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Free wav editors

Posted by Pervis Dewitty on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 18:03.

Does anyone know where i can get a good free wav editor. I would really appreciate the help

Re: Free wav editors

Posted by Tim R. on Mon, 11/29/1999 - 01:12.

: Does anyone know where i can get a good free wav editor. I would really appreciate the help

Try Yamaha.co.uk the TWE wave editor looks
pretty useful, I downloaded it,haven't used it yet
but the readme file is quite deep.
It is free from Yamaha.

MC500 MKII files converted to MIDI files????

Posted by Tim Lynk on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 16:29.

Please can anybody help me with a successful and reliable method of converting files from a Roland MC500 MkII into standard MIDI files???

I am also running Cubase VST 24/16 version 3.7 in conjunction with the Yamaha DSP Factory and AX44 breakout box, on a Pentium III MMX 450 with dual bios, 128 meg of RAM, two removable EIDE 6.1 gig hard drives, and a Midiman USB Midisport 2x2 MIDI interface.

Surely there must be someone who can offer a word of friendly and helpful advice!!!

Thanks in anticipation...... Tim.

Re: MC500 MKII files and SMF conversion

Posted by Andy Martin on Wed, 05/08/2002 - 12:45.

Hi Tim,

Are you still living in the same place as when I lived in Williams Rd, Toorak?

There is a program disc from Roland that will convert your files to standard midi. The other answer of course is to play your files directly into your cubase system from your MC500 and then save the transferred information into SMF.

I stopped using the MC500 a long time ago and now use a Yamaha QY700 - with excellent results.

I have a copy of the MC500 disc I can send you (with compliments) - please get in touch as I would like to talk with you. I have been living in Spain these last 6 years. I hope you and the family are well - especially your son.

I hope to hear from you - my best, Andy Martin

Re: MC500 MKII files converted to MIDI files????

Posted by eric mathurin on Fri, 12/29/2000 - 01:13.

: Please can anybody help me with a successful and reliable method of converting files from a Roland MC500 MkII into standard MIDI files???

: Surely there must be someone who can offer a word of friendly and helpful advice!!!

: Thanks in anticipation...... Tim.

MC500 MKII files converted to MIDI files????

Posted by Tim Lynk on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 16:28.

Please can anybody help me with a successful and reliable method of converting files from a Roland MC500 MkII into standard MIDI files???

I am also running Cubase VST 24/16 version 3.7 in conjunction with the Yamaha DSP Factory and AX44 breakout box, on a Pentium III MMX 450 with dual bios, 128 meg of RAM, two removable EIDE 6.1 gig hard drives, and a Midiman USB Midisport 2x2 MIDI interface.

Surely there must be someone who can offer a word of friendly and helpful advice!!!

Thanks in anticipation...... Tim.

MC500 MKII files converted to MIDI files????

Posted by Tim Lynk on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 16:28.

Please can anybody help me with a successful and reliable method of converting files from a Roland MC500 MkII into standard MIDI files???

I am also running Cubase VST 24/16 version 3.7 in conjunction with the Yamaha DSP Factory and AX44 breakout box, on a Pentium III MMX 450 with dual bios, 128 meg of RAM, two removable EIDE 6.1 gig hard drives, and a Midiman USB Midisport 2x2 MIDI interface.

Surely there must be someone who can offer a word of friendly and helpful advice!!!

Thanks in anticipation...... Tim.

MC500 MKII files converted to MIDI files????

Posted by Tim Lynk on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 16:25.

Please can anybody help me with a successful and reliable method of converting files from a Roland MC500 MkII into standard MIDI files???

I am also running Cubase VST 24/16 version 3.7 in conjunction with the Yamaha DSP Factory and AX44 breakout box, on a Pentium III MMX 450 with dual bios, 128 meg of RAM, two removable EIDE 6.1 gig hard drives, and a Midiman USB Midisport 2x2 MIDI interface.

Surely there must be someone who can offer a word of friendly and helpful advice!!!

Thanks in anticipation...... Tim.

Re: MC500 MKII files converted to MIDI files????

Posted by Andy Martin (via moderator) on Mon, 02/16/2004 - 05:18.

Tim,

I don't understand why you're having so many problems with this - it is surely not so difficult if you apply a little lateral thinking?

A) Roland make a conversion disc - I have a copy that I would be only too happy to mail you, free of charge

B) Play your MC500 MK11 file directly into your Cubase software and sort it out there! Are you sending merged or unmerged information?

c) Record your MC500 data into your midifile player and this would perhaps automatically generate a standard midifile.

d) Put the program change numbers and data related to EACH track into a seperate MC500 track and use this as your reference track when you pass the whole lot over to your Cubase program or of course, send this info as sysex.

Your Cubase program ought to be capable of making a GM map and file? Surely?

e) Does the MC500Mk11 enable you to 'name' each midi track? Should you be sending a 'merged' song over to Cubase, it would be a simple matter of unravelling it or 'unmerging' it and then creating your standard midifile. As long as you know which voices are related to specific tracks, you ought to be able to create your GM file easily in Cubase.

Good luck, Andy (this is easy to solve!)

Re: MC500 MKII files converted to MIDI files????

Posted by Andy Martin on Thu, 01/02/2003 - 12:30.

Hi Tim,

Re' your quest for MC500 standard midifile conversion:I can help. Get in touch!

Happy New Year 003.

Andy Martin - ex Melbourne.

Re: MC500 MKII files converted to MIDI files????

Posted by Andy Martin on Wed, 02/11/2004 - 10:36.

:
: Hi There Im sitting with some original songs on mc500 mkII format. Is there a simple utility to convert to Standard Midi on either pc or mac
: Please

The answer is simple. Roland make a disc to convert MC500 files to standard midi file! Contact your Roland dealer:Andy Martin

Looking for a UNITOR

Posted by issa on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 06:44.

Hello, I am looking to buy a Unitor. I have a Mega STE running
Notator & I need the Unitor. Please, let me know if anyone has one for sale
or if you know where I might find one. Thanks!

Need CDA to MP3 and/or RA Converter

Posted by Que on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 05:05.

I Need a CDA to MP3 and/or RA Converter. Do you know a link to one?

Re: Need CDA to MP3 and/or RA Converter

Posted by Roger Greer on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 13:23.

http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

NEED MIDI CC# HELP

Posted by Tim R. on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 04:21.

I have not been able to find out how to control
vibrato speed with controller messages, I have
looked at several CC charts, nrpn lists etc..
It is never listed.
I am thankful to anyone who can help.

thanx,
Tim

MIDI to WAV

Posted by Fahd Mahamood on Sat, 11/27/1999 - 20:19.

Anyway of converting MIDI files to Windows PCM WAV files cause I want to burn these WAV onto a CD to make tracks. Many thanks.

Re: MIDI to WAV

Posted by Caleb on Wed, 12/01/1999 - 03:18.

: Anyway of converting MIDI files to Windows PCM WAV files cause I want to burn these WAV onto a CD to make tracks. Many thanks.

Hi,

Audio Compositor etc. are really great midi to wave rendering programs. I think Audio Compositor is probably the best, but anyway....

I think what you are asking is, if I like the soundset on my soundcard when I play my midi file, how to I make it a wave file?

If this is want you want to do, all the programs mentioned, ie Audio Compositor are useless to you and a waste of money. With that software you actually make your own soundsets/instruments out of wave files or soundbanks etc.

If you have an audio editor that records or a multitracker or anything that records wave files. Then you set up your soundcard's record properties so that you are recording the wave output. Sometimes it's called the stereo mixer or wave synthesiser or whatever. Then simply press record on your recording software and then play on your midi playing software.

Don't underestimate the basic premise of this as everything is done digitally and internally and you shouldn't experience any significant signal loss.

Of course, then you need software to prepare the wave file for burning and to do the actual burning. That's another story.

Hope this helps,
Caleb

Re: MIDI to WAV

Posted by Mike on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 01:23.

: Anyway of converting MIDI files to Windows PCM WAV files cause I want to burn these WAV onto a CD to make tracks. Many thanks.

Yes - download any of these programs:
<li><a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Audio_Compositor/">Audio Compositor for Windows 95/NT</a>
<li><a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/MIDInight_Express/">MIDInight Express for Windows 95</a>
<li><a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Sontica/">Sontica for Windows 3.1</a>
<li><a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/WAVmaker_for_Windows_95/">WAVmaker for Windows 95</a>

compress your wav files 1:5 with no audible loss

Posted by km on Sat, 11/27/1999 - 19:53.

hi.

new demo-4 of our TAC software package is out.

it has a broad range of compression ratios ; from 1:3 to 1:15 , the higher settings are very near lossless (can you hear or measure any loss?) , the lower gives a good answer to what could come after MP3....

bye km - http://kk-research.hypermart.net/

Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by David O'Connell on Sat, 11/27/1999 - 19:18.

HELP!!!

I am looking for an easy and reliable method of converting RA, WAV, and MP3 files to the CDA format in order to burn them to a CD and make them playable in any standard CD player...

I am far from an experienced computer guru, so please be specific in terms of steps I would need to take...

Many Thanks!

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by anubhav on Sat, 03/31/2001 - 07:59.

: HELP!!!

: I am looking for an easy and reliable method of converting RA, WAV, and MP3 files to the CDA format in order to burn them to a CD and make them playable in any standard CD player...

: I am far from an experienced computer guru, so please be specific in terms of steps I would need to take...

: Many Thanks!

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by trdrydyhd on Wed, 10/24/2001 - 03:48.

: : HELP!!!

sound out from the audio card into the line in on another soundcard installed in same or seperate computer :)

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by Dewayne C. Bell on Thu, 12/28/2000 - 05:44.

: HELP!!!

: I am looking for an easy and reliable method of converting RA, WAV, and MP3 files to the CDA format in order to burn them to a CD and make them playable in any standard CD player...

: I am far from an experienced computer guru, so please be specific in terms of steps I would need to take...

: Many Thanks!
HELP I'm looking for a way to may the File Smaller when I do Change it to CDA format. I have software that Changes it to CDA format for me but I have a file that is too large to fit on a single CD and I don't know how to make it smaller or to split it up. HELP.

Thanks Blake.

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by Jack on Sun, 11/05/2000 - 20:36.

Glad to see I am not the only person with this problem...How do I convert mp3 files to .wav files so I can burn audio cds?

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by jim on Mon, 07/03/2000 - 23:49.

: HELP!!!

: I am looking for an easy and reliale method of converting RA, WAV, and MP3 files to the CDA format in order to burn them to a CD and make them playable in any standard CD player...

: I am far from an experienced computer guru, so please be specific in terms of steps I would need to take...

: Many Thanks!

On Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by Rhonda on Sun, 08/06/2000 - 00:24.

Go to http://www.sahertian.com and get the MP3bee it is
shareware that costs only 15.00 which must be paid after the 3rd use.
This will burn directly onto most all cd burners out there,
I use it and it works great.

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by belluscio on Fri, 07/14/2000 - 13:05.

: : HELP!!!

: : I am looking for an easy and reliale method of converting RA, WAV, and MP3 files to the CDA format in order to burn them to a CD and make them playable in any standard CD player...

: : I am far from an experienced computer guru, so please be specific in terms of steps I would need to take...

: : Many Thanks!

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by dhamodharan on Thu, 09/13/2001 - 01:05.

: : : HELP!!!

: : : I am looking for an easy and reliale method of converting RA, WAV, and MP3 files to the CDA format in order to burn them to a CD and make them playable in any standard CD player...

: : : I am far from an experienced computer guru, so please be specific in terms of steps I would need to take...

: : : Many Thanks!

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by George Tamero on Wed, 10/30/2002 - 00:28.

: : : : HELP!!!

: : : : I am looking for an easy and reliale method of converting RA, WAV, and MP3 files to the CDA format in order to burn them to a CD and make them playable in any standard CD player...

: : : : I am far from an experienced computer guru, so please be specific in terms of steps I would need to take...

: : : : Many Thanks!

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by George Tamero on Wed, 10/30/2002 - 00:31.

: : : : : HELP!!!

: : : : : I am looking for an easy and reliale method of converting RA, WAV, and MP3 files to the CDA format in order to burn them to a CD and make them playable in any standard CD player...

: : : : : I am far from an experienced computer guru, so please be specific in terms of steps I would need to take...

: : : : : Many Thanks!
same question for me, too!!!

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by Roger Greer on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 13:08.

I think ra file are somewhat funky for burning to a cd but mp3's have possibilities. You'll need a decoder to convert the mp3's to 44100 hz 16 bit wave file which is what is needed to convert to cda that will play in a car player. You can find a shareware version here. http://ehoffman.simplenet.com/hplsoft/mp3dec/mp3dec142.exev. After that I use Adaptec's Easy CD Creator with a Phillips CDR

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by Roger Greer on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 12:59.

: HELP!!!

: I am looking for an easy and reliable method of converting RA, WAV, and MP3 files to the CDA format in order to burn them to a CD and make them playable in any standard CD player...

: I am far from an experienced computer guru, so please be specific in terms of steps I would need to take...

: Many Thanks!

Convert .wav to .mp3

Posted by Neal on Sat, 01/20/2001 - 19:01.

How can I convert a wav file to an MP3?

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by skutr on Mon, 06/05/2000 - 20:32.

Ok...sortof a follow up, How do I convert .IT and .WAV to .mp3? I have an .MP3 player and I have some favorite songs that Are in other formats as well as some music I have written myself thast I would like to share, but its all stuck on my computer, unable to be played on my playuer. How do I do it? How DO I do it?
Thanks,
Skutr

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by fsdg on Wed, 12/01/1999 - 11:52.

You don't have to wav can be burnt to cds straight get adaptec cd creator and you'll see what i mean

Re: How do you convert mp3 to wav ?

Posted by JB on Wed, 01/17/2001 - 21:59.

: : I have adaptec cd creator and a burner and it wont let me select music from my music folders that i have , therefore I cant burn them on to a cd. So if anyone could help me please respond.

Re: Converting RA, WAV, MP3 files to CDA

Posted by dave on Sat, 12/02/2000 - 16:19.

www.remixer.com for an mp3 to wav converter

How do you convert mp3 to wav ?

Posted by Gilbert Lopez on Sat, 05/06/2000 - 18:04.

I have adaptec cd creator and a burner and it wont let me select music from my music folders that i have , therefore I cant burn them on to a cd. So if anyone could help me please respond.

This is how to make audio CD's out of MP3's

Posted by Rhonda on Sun, 08/06/2000 - 00:25.

Go to http://www.sahertian.com and get the MP3bee it is
shareware that costs only 15.00 which must be paid after the 3rd use.
This will burn directly onto most all cd burners out there,
I use it and it works great.

Re: How do you convert mp3 to wav ?

Posted by Jessica on Sun, 05/14/2000 - 23:21.

": I have adaptec cd creator and a burner and it wont let me select music from my music folders that i have , therefore I cant burn them on to a cd. So if anyone could help me please respond."

Go to www.xaudio.de and download their mp3 decoder. A decoder will decompress a .mp3 into a .wav which you can use on the Adaptec CD Creator. Quick and easy.

midi to cda format

Posted by koolaid on Sat, 11/27/1999 - 19:03.

Hi I have my own beats and track pre recorded as midi files, and I would like to know if there is a prog that converts midi to mp3 format so that I can burn them on a cd?

Re: midi to cda format

Posted by John Blaze on Sat, 12/30/2000 - 02:28.

: Hi I have my own beats and track pre recorded as midi files, and I would like to know if there is a prog that converts midi to mp3 format so that I can burn them on a cd?

Re: midi to cda format

Posted by joe on Tue, 11/06/2001 - 23:00.

: : Hi I have my own beats and track pre recorded as midi files, and I would like to know if there is a prog that converts midi to mp3 format so that I can burn them on a cd?

yeah yeah

Re: midi to cda format

Posted by Roger Greer on Sun, 11/28/1999 - 13:17.

Not knowing which sound card you have, here's the process. At some point in your signal path the midi audio signal has a line out that you can connect to an amp, mixer, etc. Connect that output to the line in of you card and record the midi signal as a wave file. You'll need some sort of software app which will allow the playback of midi and the recording of audio at the same time (i.e. Cakewalk). I'm assuming your card has an internal mixer inboard. Check the documentation for your card on routing the signal.

no sound

Posted by john brady on Sat, 11/27/1999 - 14:57.

i cant get any opening or closing sounds from my computer . i get a message saying windat drivers not opened.cant find driver on hard drive.
any help would be appreciated.
thanks
john brady

HOW CAN I COPY AN OLD RECORD OR TAPE TO CD?please help

Posted by jayo on Sat, 11/27/1999 - 13:26.

HELP

Re: HOW CAN I COPY AN OLD RECORD OR TAPE TO CD?please help

Posted by Robert on Sun, 09/28/2003 - 15:17.

: HELP

Check out www.reel2reel2cd.com

Re: HOW CAN I COPY AN OLD RECORD OR TAPE TO CD?please help

Posted by Roy on Sun, 09/14/2003 - 09:16.

Visit Xitel.com and get an MD-Port I/O for $69
headphone jack on anything to USB on computer.
It is good

Re: HOW CAN I COPY AN OLD RECORD OR TAPE TO CD?please help

Posted by Richard on Fri, 08/17/2001 - 15:38.

: HELP
What type of Equ will I need to record tap to cd with my Com.Or H,S,Ware Thank you.

Re: HOW CAN I COPY AN OLD RECORD OR TAPE TO CD?please help

Posted by Norma Thompson on Sat, 12/09/2000 - 23:19.

: HELP
I have 2 record my grandfather recorded in one of the recorded booth, I can't play them on anything, I don't know if thier 33 1/3, 78 or something in between. but I want to have them copied to cd and or tape so I can give copies to my dad ( he'd be thrilled to hear his dad on talking after all these years)

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