: Hi Per<

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With respect for music makers Neo.

In case this isn't clear yet, the whole point of MP3 is that is compresses the files to make them much smaller than .wav. That is why you can only get about 15 wavs to a cd compared to 200 MP3. But wav is the only format that will work on a standard audio cd player. If you want to archive the music to play on your computer then just keep them as MP3s.

Cheezus man, what do you want? You got the MP3's and you've found out what the size of the original wav. really is.

How much are the CD's in your neck of the woods? The price the rest of us get 'em for makes it a bargain, and you can get 20 or so of your uncompressed files on a CD.

You can only record to CD's at 16 bit/44.100, unless they've changed the standards.

Cheez, be happy you've got the files in the first place.

: how do I change mp3 to wav?

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First you need samples, you can either download them or make them from an external source (turntable, synth,. Check what kind of inputs you soundcard has, even the worst pc probably has some kind of line in or mic jack. This is passable, but even a decent sound card like a sb live will make a big difference. You can also rip samples from CD's you have. download nero burning rom for this. Save all your samples as .wav files at the highest sampling rate your hard drive can stand and your programs can support. You can edit the samples for time, add effects, cut and paste etc. with any good editor, but I think sound forge really blows away everything else. Take your samples and load them into a sequencer like fruity loops and order them into patterns. You can also try making patterns with soft synths (a virtual instrument simulator, like playing a hammond b4 with your qwerty keyboard). Rubber Duck is a great bassline creation box. After you 've made your pattersns you need to create a cohesive beat. Acid 2.o is definetly the best thing out right now, especially if you're just getting started. You use acid like you would a mixing board. Here you combine the samples in common time and do a rough mix for volume. Now is the time to add effects (learn about compression from a faq file or something, this can be the key to good drums for hip-hop). Acid locks up the samples so you don't have to spend days syncing everything up, which used to be the hardest thing about computer music. Incidentally, where acid fails miserably is recording vocals. You COULD record vocals over your beats directly into acid, but it doesn't ever came out the right way. There are a million multi-track programs for recording dtraight to hard drive, most will work pretty well for your needs. ProTools free is free and super powerful, but you the learning curve is steep and it's buggy at times. Cubasis (Cubase's slightly impaired younger sibling) is simple and pretty cheap. Try a bunch until you hit one you find easy to master. Render your song in acid into a .wav, or import them track by track into seperate channels in your recording program of choice. Now record your vocals, instruments etc.. Into this program, mix them , add more effects (again compression on the vocals), render a .wav and burn cd's/

It's much better to know how to work a less powerful program inside out than to have bare bones knowledge of some behemoth with features you'll never use. Add two additional partitions to your hardive. On for music programs and one for samples and recording. defrag your hard drive often.

: I don't know anything about making music, but my roommates and I would really like to learn. I have been playing around with wav files on Cool Edit Pro 1.2. I wanted to know if someone could give me advice on the process of making music. From making the beat (ex. hip-hop beats) all the way to recording the lycrics on the track. Also, what computer software do we need to get started.
: Thanks

: Dave

Microsoft Windows Media Encoder: Encode WAV to ASF (Windows Media - Active Streaming Format) files.

Im not sure exactly what happened but Midisoft is now <a href="http://www.recordlab.com">recordlab.com</a>
They still offer Midisoft software and support.

: Can anyone tell me what happened to Midisoft Software Company. Their midisoft.com leads to another company with no relationship to music composition.

: I consider this company's software quality as excellent and have not see better to this date. I wonder if they were absorbed by another company? They do not respond to telephone calls.

: Is there comparable software out there I should know about?
: Thanks for your help in advance.