If you want more instruments, you can download sound fonts as an alternative if you have a sound card that will let you use them. SoundBlaster Live cards do as do others but I don't know which ones do and don't.
I haven't figured out how to use soundfonts yet, but supposedly they can be pretty cool.

As for n-tracks, you may need to make sure midi is selected for recording instead of line in or microphone.
Go to view -> soundcard mixer-> and recording controls and then make sure the right options are selected.
You may need to go to the options menu to get the right preferences to show.

Hope you figure it out
coolo

: I'm wondering if it is possible to take a recording of cd audio music (a piano demo) and convert it to a midi file so it can be worked with and manipulated. Is there anyone who can help me with this?

Yes Hannah, singing in the car is all very well so long as you are being attentive to the ever changing traffic situation? And as for entering notes and chords on a PC while driving I think that is highly irresponsible. Unless you don't intend to do this WHILE driving???

OK well what you could do with is an audio/midi sequencer. You need a soundcard on your PC obviously for this to work. With a sequencer you can use your sonudcards midi soundbank and enter notes on an edit grid in the sequencer for playback. Chords are no problem you simply insert three notes on a tracks edit grid and stretch them to the desired play length. Have a look round www.sonicspot.com for demo downloads of sequencers. Try a few and see which one you like. A real jem is Data Beckers Music Centre Pro which has excellent midi editing features. Many computer magazines also give away full working copies of midi sequencers (on their cover CDs) such as Micro Logic Fun which is also a nice little program

steve

What you need is an Antares Auto Tune. Thats what they used on the Cher record. It cost 700.00.
Gary

Gary Carter from Faith Hill MP3.com

Cher's vocal was recorded through a pitch correction effect like the Antares Auto Tune. The auto tune would have been cheated from it's regular role of subtle pitch correction, and duped into adjusting her vocal in real time to the exact note that it thought she should be singing.

In practise, these means turning up the speed at which the program changes her voice from one note to the next. So instead of her 'sloping' from one note to the other, the auto tune made her voice - - leap - directly from one note to the next with no 'sloping'. Listen to the record and the notes she sings when the effect is evident, and you will get my drift.

There are hardware versions but the VST pluggin, Antares Auto tune, could do the job.

I think your distortion reference may be misguided although let me know if you think i've confused you at all...!

Regards

Steve..R

Im trying to play a copied game on my computer, but its reading as a cda file instead of autostarting the game. where can i go or what can i download to make my computer read the copied cd as the game and auto start it.

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: I'm looking for a wav to cda converter so I can burn wav files onto CD and play them on any CD player. Anyone know of any free software I can download to do this??
please i realy need on if so email me

What do you want to do? plug the guitar into the computer or play a synth with the guitar?

Steve..R

although I don't know it well, i've tried the Mac demo. I think it's aimed at beginners and intermediates so it may suit you. It's cheap as well so you can't go wrong really. Check out some reviews, I did and it sounds good..

Steve..

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: I'm looking for free software to convert wav files to cda files and burn to CD. Any ideas??

sure there is a free software like
PTS ASHAMPOO AUDIO CD MP3 STUDIO DO THAT..

GET THE FREE TRIAL KEY WITH FULL FUNCTION AT THEY
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Yes! Yes! I have a synthesizer which creates .sng files that I want to convert to .wav -- Let me know what you learn!!

: how do you conver a DVD to a *.asf or *mpg you biyatch.