hello

Hi,

Anyone know how to convert mp3's to ra's....?

TIA.

I REALLY NEED TO BUY A GOOD EAR TRAINING PROGRAM BUT I AM OVERWHELMED BY MY CHOICES.
CAN YOU HELP? I JUST NEED ALL OF THE BASICS: CHORD PROGRESSION, INTERVALS, CHORD TYPES, ETC.
WHICH ONE DO YOU RECOMMEND?

I ve sound blast platinum card and cubase, I ld like to know if Ican plug in my guitar and record a track on the cubase , or in which way can I do .
For the moment I don t have a keybord to use.
If you can send me information about the use of cubase , like a manual.

Found out that new version of Winamp has new plug-ins that can do conversion from ra to wav format. Check it out here - www.winamp.com

ya know, if you really want
someone here to solve your problem...

why don't you post some helpful advice yourself.
If you keep helping others out, maybe they will
be willing to help you out!

So here i go:

1) A lot of you are asking for software to convert
from one format to another. A good way to do this,
is to find a program that can PLAY the sound.
Then download and install: VIRTUAL AUDIO CABLE.
You can find this at http://www.google.com if
you know how to use a search engine. This sound
driver lets you RECORD ANY SOUND YOU CAN HEAR.
Then, keep downloading freeware and shareware
until you find something that can play the format
you need to hear, and another which can record in
the format you need to record in. It sounds harder
than it actually is. It takes some experimentation,
but it's actually alot less time consuming than
trying to hunt down and get the PERFECT PROGRAM.

2) Search the web using carefully chosen words.
The PERFECT PROGRAM doesn't exist. You'll have to
look for software that does one or a few things well.
Get an editor here, a multitrack there, a MIDI sequencer
from somewhere else. Many programs can do more than
one thing. Each program has a different set of advantages
and disadvantages. LIVE WITH IT.

If you DONT
know how to use a search engine, then you really
won't be able to do much of ANYTHING with your
audio software until you learn.

3) Many problems are caused by really crappy software
designed by RICH companies. You can stop that
pattern by getting really GOOD programs from
very POOR freeware and shareware programmers.
Just cause it's popular doesn't mean that it
doesn't suck.

4) DO MIX APPLES and ORANGES!!! Many programs
claim to be good at doing one thing, but
really they are better at doing another thing.

I have found that multitrack programs are
better as effect processors. Effects programs
are better at synthesis. Editing programs
are better at sequencing. Etc. Many editing
programs are better at converting formats than
format converters.

5) Hard work is hard work. Making good music is NOT EASY.
Either it's gonna COST alot of TIME or alot of MONEY.
Probably BOTH. RICH PEOPLE HIRE PRODUCERS AND MUSICIANS
TO WORK FOR THEM. You could do the same, but it's cheaper
to whine and whine. Why not quit whining and just do the
work. After you learn how to do your own work and solve
your own problems, you'll know how to avoid future headaches.

6) YOUR COMPUTER IS NOT YOUR BRAIN.

Get a calculator and USE IT! You can do BPM
calculations really fast with a stopwatch and
a calculator. You can even do transpositions
and beat matching for timestretching and such.
Change sample rates to change pitches.

Here's a few clues: 1.05946 x 440Hz = A sharp
440 / 1.05946 = A flat

240 / stopwatch loop phrase timed = rough BPM

(multiply times 2 until you get a number high
enough, divide by 2 until you get a number low
enough)

7) COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS ARE NOT ALWAYS MUSICAL

Go to a goddammed music store and talk to the clerk.
Talk to other musicians. Hell, go to a recording studio
and ask for a tour. While you're there, ask them about
why what they have there is better than your home studio
computer set-up. You will learn some new tricks.

8) DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO FIRST. THEN DECIDE
WHAT YOU NEED TO GET IT DONE.

Maybe you do'nt really need some software, you
just want to get some attention for making
music. Go buy a trumpet. Learn to play.
Get tips at the open mic night at yer coffeehouse.

Nothing can beat musicians who can play live.

9) Quit trying to imitate the pop stars on TV
Most videos and TV celebrity musicians are
posers. They can't give away all of their
secrets, cause then they'd get poor real fast.

Create your own style and just worry about
sounding better. Fuck the latest shitheads.
Their label pays them to look pretty.

10) Listen to the GEEKS of the PLANET.

If YOU aren't willing to read the damn
manual and all of the shitty fine print,
then at least you can listen to someone
who does. People who do the hard work
usually don't get much recognition.
They are often really bitter cause they
always get shafted and ripped off by the
richer, better looking, faster talking
wannabees of the world.

But if you have a technical problem that
you just can't solve alone,

for GOD's sake, listen to the Geek who lives
for the thrill of the technological puzzle.

they will always lead you to the promised land,
no matter how boring the long ride is.

This is how computers were invented.

i need an old version of streambox ripper to convert
ram files to wav,

can anyone help

thanks

wanted ra to aiff or mpeg3 convertor for Mac!