Don't keep us guessing. What kind of player?? poker player??

Steve...R

Hi
I have the same problem, please send a e-mail to me if you find out whats wrong with the keyboard.
/Lucas
: Dear friends,

: I'm looking for a technical support in Brazil for Alesis keyboards. The crystal liquid display of my QS6 ins't working well anymore, the information appears with broken letters and some words simply don't appear. A friend told me that the problem would probably be some internal damaged fuses, which should be changed so that the display would work well.
: My power supply (original) also presents an anoying noise always when I turn on the keyboard.

: Please, any suggestion and explanations about the problem will be helpful.

: Thanks.

:

Converting any fully-mixed track into MIDI is virtually impossible, since there
is no way to accurately separate each instrument, and then determine which note
or chord that instrument is playing. Only on tracks which consist of a single
instrument, and even then the best programs aren't 100% accurate. The only
way is to search the net for the song in MIDI format.

Andy

You are very wise to search for this. Yes. There are many standalone CD recorder decks. DENON, SONY, PHILIPS, HHB, FOSTEX, TEAC, MARANTZ, TECHNICS, PIONEER and TASCAM all sell them. Many other companies sell them.

Before you buy, go to a bookstore that sells lots of magazines and look for all of the magazines I mention at the bottom of this message. These magazines specialize in professional audio. Professional audio is what you are looking for, not computer music software.

Expect to pay around 200 to 800 U.S. dollars. Many such CD recorders can also be rented for about 15 to 60 U.S. dollars per 24-48 hours, weekends being the cheapest times.

The easiest one I have used was a TEAC CD recorder with a built in mixer and microphone inputs and digital inputs and outputs. It also had a digital volume controller which allowed fade ins and fade outs. Back in 1999 it was as cheap as 300 U.S. dollars. However, CD recorders aren't as cheap as they ought to be anymore, because most people are buying CD-R drives for their computers. Still, if you look hard enough, you should be able to get one new for about 250 U.S. dollars. Used, you could maybe get one for cheaper if you are lucky. Look on eBay for current international street prices.

Try Musician's Friend, Guitar Center, zZounds, American Musical Supply, Sweetwater, anybody who advertises in Mix Magazine, EQ Magazine, or Electronic Musician Magazine.

Dont worry. It will all work out. Have fun, Tia.

p.s.-any store that specializes in home audio
should be able to help you in person, but
you will be more prepared to deal with them
if you find catalogs and ads first so you
can learn what features are available for
whichever prices.

You need to remove your soundcard and uninstall all of it's drivers and delete all of it's remnants that it leaves behind.

After that, you can get an M-Audio Audiophile (24bit 96kHz MIDI-capable full-duplex soundcard) for about 180 dollars.

DONT BELIEVE WHAT THE FOOLS AT BEST BUY OR ANY COMPUTER STORE TELL YOU.

Subscribe to Electronic Musician.
Go to a book store that sells lots of magazines. Browse through Mix magazine for some ads for newer soundcards. You will learn from these ads what is really cutting edge or not.

I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure that you can't do that on your PC very easily. You will need to keep scouring the internet. I suggest looking up info about DVD software since DVD players usually can do it all.

I'm not sure if there is a freeware download that can do this. With a bit of effort I'm sure you can find 6.1. Or you could look in the MP3 section of this site via the <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/">front page</a>.

: does any one know of a free programme that you can record using the line in of your soundcard - direct to mp3, for an unlimited length? Musicmatch 6.1 free version could do it this, but has now been updated to 7.0 which cannot. (not the free version anyway). is there another one out there?

Have a read of the following links. There are tons there...

Steve...R

Unless your MD player has a digital OUTPUT, then you can't transfer digitally into your computer. You will just have to record into your computer using the microphone or line input. You can do it in stereo if you get a stereo 1/8" plug to stereo 1/8" plug cord from a store such as Radio Shack. Just make sure that your MD player's volume isn't set too high. Usually 50% volume is about enough. If your MD player has a line output, use that instead of the headphones output.

If you are lucky enough to have an MD player that has a real digital output, then check to see if it is optical or coaxial. Then check if your computer's digital input is optical or coaxial. What you are looking for is called a S/P-DIF connection (Sony/Philips Digital Interchange Format). Look in your MD player manual to learn about how it relates to your player. If your computer has a PCI soundcard, then you just might be in luck. Otherwise, you will need to just do it the simple way using NO digital connection, and just a regular audio connection such as what I mentioned before using the Radio Shack cable.

Actually, that is the easiest way. Either way, you will have to start and stop your recording software for each song. Each song should be saved as a separate file. If you don't have a recording program, you can use SoundHack, which is freeware that can be found online. You will also want to download SoundApp so you can convert file formats.

If you'd like to get an MD player/recorder that has both digital inputs and outputs, try looking on eBay or in pawn shops. Older minidisc recorder decks usually have optical outputs and inputs, but newer models usually only have an optical input. Sony makes some very good models, but the best ones are already rather old. Try contacting Musician's Friend also.

If you are on a PC, you can use the following technique to deal with tricky files...

1) turn off the pc
2) turn on the pc to start in pure DOS mode
3) hold down the control key or whichever key
brings up a menu of startup options during
startup.
4) select DOS-only in text mode.
5) at the DOS prompt, type this:

ATTRIB C:\*.* -r -h -s -a /S

If you use other modifiable drives or partitions than C: , than repeat it for each one substituting D, or whatever for it's letter.

This is a harmless command, but it takes a long time because it acts on every file on your hard drive('s partition).

6) Wait until it is totally done.
7) Turn off the computer.
8) Turn on the computer.

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For a macintosh:

1) shutdown and restart your computer
2) hold down the shift, command, and option keys
at the same time as everything loads.
3) Note that your monitor should show that your
Extensions are not loaded. If not, wait until
it's done loading and shutdown and start over.
4) You should get a dialog box asking if you
want to rebuild the desktop. Be sure to allow
it, but it is safer if extensions are off.
(We held down shift key during startup)
5) Wait for it to complete. This can take a very
very long time, so expect it to take from 5
minutes to an hour, depending on how many
files are on your system.
6) Shutdown and restart your system.
7) If you still can't change your files, you need
to use a special Technical program to manually
set the attributes of your folders and files.
Call somebody who fixes computers for a living
and ask them which FREEWARE technical fix-it
program they reccommend. You might already
own one, but it could be damaged if it's on
your malfunctioning file system.
8) If you have ResEdit 2.1.3 or later, you can
use it to get file info on your troubled
files. This may or may not work, however.
9) Be sure that file sharing settings are set
correctly and that your own privileges are
set high enough.

Good luck...

p.s.-for an older 68k mac or system running system 7.x you could run Norton Utilities and DiskTop. DiskTop is nice because it's a small freeware program that allows you to sort, move,
delete, and edit attributes of files. It's a
desk accessory. It even works on systems thru 9.1.