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: Hello
: I have cubase lite on my computer and with that program i can make songs in midi-format, now i want to convert those files in .wav files. But i've heard you need a program + many many patches. Well i want a free program which i can download and that immediately can convert the files, something very easy! I hope there is such a program, hope anybody can help me.
: greetings Ludo

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Hi Ludo,

Strictly speaking you can't CONVERT a .mid file to
a .wav file but you can make a .wav file from a .mid
file through a process known as 'rendering'.

Sound confusing? It is. The reason is because a .mid
file doesn't contain music but rather a series of
instructions for a synth or sound module like your
soundcard to create music. There is a good tutorial
on this site you might like to read called
<a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/9903_105/">What's the difference between Wave, MIDI, MOD and MP3?</a>
which will explain it.

The reason I point this out is because it's very
important to understand that the .wav file you
create from a .mid will be different to what another
person will create from the same .mid file if they
use different sounds when rendering.

Now that I've put you through all that pain here is
some software which will create .wav files for you:
<li><a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Audio_Compositor/">Audio Compositor</a>
<li><a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/WAVmaker_for_Windows_95/">WAVmaker</a>

I hope this helps,
Alf.

There is a way. Switch off the 'snap to' feature. This lets you place the sample wherever you want to. It's kind of clumbsy and doesn't give you a lot of freedom - I like mixman better for that sort of thing. But it's not what you'd call a 'real' music creation tool.

Let me know if you get any more feedback. I'd like to know more about the programme too. The manual's very light. I have a PDF written by an Acid pro user but I can't get it open. Acrobat 3 won't do it.

Cheers, Havanother

Reply: Have you tried to edit the Sounds with the Midi parameters? Put the sound out to better amplifier and speakers. Sound fonts will only basicly provide you a very small sample. The bigger the sample gets,(including it's sample rate) the better (more realistic) the sound becomes.
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:The new operating system on your new computer will have reverted to the widows default settings. Run winamp, then choose options>preferences, and you will be able to assosciate various filetypes, including .wav .mod. .mid .cda and many more. I would NOT reccomend making Winamp the default player for .wav files, as it seems to have problems with that. You can also open a file with a program of your preference by holding down the Shift key whilst right clicking on a file with the mouse - this will bring up the option "open with..." you can then select the program you wish to play these files with and check the box marked "always open this type of file with this program" No Problemo!

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: It has a sampling rate of 44,100, as do nearly all modern soundcards, but of course that does not tell you anything about the frequency response, which is a major factor for reproducing high quality sound. It also needs to be full duplex, i.e. capable fo recording and playback simultaneously;again, most modern soundcards meet this standard. You should however ascertain wheter the voices are wavetable sound, or software emulated- the latter, as well as requiring more memory can cause latency problems (Delays of notes sounding), and can be problematical with some sequencing software such as Cubase.A soundcard is too important to be buying without knowing all the specs, so do a bit of research, don't just buy the first one that has an impressive ad... Whoops, sorry, I seem to have slipped into pontificating lecture mode there!

: HOW DO YOU SEPARATE VOICE FROM BEATS
: IS THERE ANY SOFTWARE WHERE I CAN DO THIS
: THANX

Try running the setupMME utility, and check that the MIDI port is enabled. Also, check whether the MIDI input indicator light flashes on the transport bar, if not it could be a hardware problem. I once spent a week messing about with drivers and stuff before I realised that the joystick to MIDI lead was faulty. These tend to be a bit cheap, so it might be worth trying a different one.
Hope you get it sorted!

: did you know about some place that have a good and free sound font to downlad?
: i find a lot of this but they all are very poor and dont goot.
: if you know tell me

: thank kobi schawrtz

www.hammersound.com
http://soundfontcentral.blessedhope.org
http://www.mp3-tribe.com/karsten/index

Yeah, they pop up fairly frequent at eBay.
Check it.

~zig

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: to learn scales, riffs, etc. Does anyone know where
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