: my CD burner for VS1680 has bitten the dust. Am informed that the Roland endorsed replacement burner is extremely expensive -= $1500 Australian dollars. Can anybody tell me of any other CD burners that are compatible with - i.e. will read and write with - the Roland VS 1680

I am selling my VS1680 and the CD burner that came with it. Both are in excellent condition and I've never had a problem.

:
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That was a good read. Thanks for that!

: I am in a band called "Melodicy", and we are a very experimental band from LONDON ONTARIO CANADA. We are a three piece (Guitar, Bass, and Drums) but we also use a computer to run ORIGINAL DRUM and BASS, Break beats, and pounding House beats alongside. The end result is a sort of FOLK FUSION.

: Over the past few years of Remixing for various artists like WAX MANNEQUIN, EDDIE WARREN, JOE BALDUCCHI, and BALLS FALLS. I have been asked the same questions over and over again. I will now attempt to write some of the more common issues with remixing in the hopes that it helps those of you just starting out with this shiz.

: First of all, I should say that remixing bands (or acoustic artists like I focus on) is a very time consuming and sometimes painful job. "NATURAL" music isn't perfect, and falls in and out of "Perfect" time like drum machines have. THe result is that, unless you are working for ROBOTS, your samples will not fit tightly.

: Here is how to beat that.

: Take the song you are going to work with. Sample the ENTIRE SONG, either in chunks or in one pass.
: MAKE SURE IT IS A GOOD SAMPLE RATE (44100).
: Then you should take it over to some software that can make loops (SOUNDFORGE, RECYCLE, COOLedit, etc) I recomend Recycle, as it is a no nonsense program just for loops.

: HINT #1:

: Make sure that when you take your samples that you begin your loops on the FIRST BEAT of a bar, and not even that, but the VERY first beat!!!! Ugh. Sloppy sound sucks.

: When taking your loops you want to work in 1 or 2 bar loops. Needless to say, this can be a ton of samples when you are finished (a whole song can be 30-50 samples!) THE POINT TO TAKING SO MANY LITTLE SAMPLES is that when you take them over to a multi tracker, or a .wav stacker (Like ACID) you can make them seamless to you electronic beats and sounds.

: When you have your smaples take them over to your stacker or multi-tracker. I recomend ACID for one very good reason. ACID will automaticly stretch or compress your samples to match a specified tempo, and is very rarely wrong. Powerful software.

: Stack them one after another to chain play. If you play the song, it should sound like the original, without glitches and skips. IF YOU GET SOME GLITCHES, your samples are screwed (probably just one or two samples, another advantage of taking many small samples.)

: If it plays smooth, test it with a looped drum beat, either homemade or other. I like to use samples in the rough style that I am going to remix the song in (eg. break, jungle, house). Running a good loop with your samples will expose any discrepencies in time and tone.

: After your samples sound good, build your beats, add your extra sounds.

: BE TASTEFULL.

: When you remix you shouldn't lose the "feel" and "soul" of the song. If it's light, keep your beats light and tight. If it's heavier, than loosen your drums up with sounds that ring out a bit more (rides/toms). Don't kill someone elses emotional song with your bumping booty bass.
: The last and probably the most improtant thing is to play it for the artist BEFORE you release it. They will have ideas you never thought of, and seeing as it is THEIR SONG, chances are they should have the final say. I usually call an artist the moment I have my sample loops arranged and my "test beat" in place. If you are thinking jungle, and they want house, you should probably catch that early in the process.

: If you are going to rearange the song, like using vocal clips over house beats or a constant loop of a piece of the guitar solo over some breaks, be VERY TASTEFULL. It is soo easy to loose the attitude and feel of the original song by hacking it up into chunky bits. Funky, yes. Shlumpy, no.
: Be sure to watch your tones and fequencies. If you are using a huge 808 kick over an acoustic artist, often the tone of the drum will create dischord with the music playing. Sometimes pitchshifting will save your ass. Sometimes, no.
: Speaking of pitchshifting, it isn't a good idea to pitchshift your music samples (particually vocals) too much. Just use a couple steps up or down. If your artist begins to sound like a Squirrel, or like the Devil, chances are you are warping the original sound too much an you will lose that elusive "Feel" you need to desperately hold onto.
: I hope that some of this information is helpful, I wish I could have read something like this when I started out. If you would like to ask me anything, or would like some remixes done (My rates are VERY reasonable) I can't promise I will know how to help but my life has an open door policy. Feel free to contact me.
: Peace for now.

: CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW I CAN CONVERT MY .RMJ FILES TO MP3'S OR WAVE'S FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!

You need an audio editor. You'll find em via the <a href="http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/">front page</a> of this site. LFC!

: WANTED:Some softwares for a beginner..............

: I'm looking initially for a program that will allow me
: to record from a mic input on my computer..........A user manual downlaod site..........Recommendations and advice gladly received...........Do not hesitate to email me......Tottenham Hotspur.........

This type of stuff is proprietry to Yamaha, and they're not likely to make it generally available. You don't find the likes of Roland and Korg telling everyone how their synths work, as this would allow rival manufacrurers to copy the inner workings, thus removing any advantage.

Andy

This site only seems to link to files on other servers. If a file is stuffed, you may as well let the software author know. Oh yeah, always use the latest winzip or whatever. Using old versions sometimes means you can't open files.

: Everytime i try to download something ITS SH*T either the zip file is damaged or the file is corrupt this or that why?!?!? you guys have real good programs that noboady can use again why?? someone tell whats wrong with this site or what am i doing wrong.......

What as in you want to record you voice into your computer? That's a largish question that could do with more information on what equipment you already have

SteveE

No,I am sorry...Encore4.0 and Encore 4.2.1 Will not work in Windows 2000.
Only Encore 4.5 is working in Windows bassed on NT.

I tried most suggestions but none seemed to work. Don't format your harddrive or get rid of all your songs! Stupid suggestions! I ran msconfig and unchecked everything but System Tray and then un-installed and re-installed my sound driver. That finally is what worked. Hope it works for you too. I just wish I knew how to prevent it from happening again.

Unless the music is very simple (i.e one instrument), you can't make a MIDI file from a CD, because there is no way to determine which notes are being played and which instrument is playing them. As for creating MIDI files, any of the sequencing packages will do.

Andy

pareciera que fuese un trial version...

Hmmm... You should get away from using that headphone output. It's amplified for starters and isn't matched for the audio input on your computer...

SteveR

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