How the heII do you get started with this program!? I am so confused. Nothing is playing back for us, we can't hear anything and I am just technologically challenged so I would really appreciate any help you Cakewalkers can throw at me for starting. Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!
2006-10-01 12:26:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
I don't use Cakewalk (never cared for it myself) but it's my understanding that to fully utilize it you need (A) a midi device and (B) an audio card or some other port configured to inport midi data from the midi device, like these days there's usb midi controllers on the market (only usb 2.0 is good, however; usb 1.1 has too much latency--or in other words, there can be an undesireable lag between the time you strike a key and hear a sound from your speakers..that's latency, simplified).
Not to startle you but just be honest, midi (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) actually *has no sound of it's own*; a keyboard controller, for example, actually sends 'instructions' (in a matter of speaking) which Cakewalk lays out graphically, but the audio signal you eventually hear gets created vicariously through a third-party component. On my computer, that component is called "Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth", which I can access certain properties to by going to Start Menu>Control Panel>Sounds and Audio Devices under the Audio tab. Basically, because I'm not really big on midi, my only choice is volume. When I briefly had a keyboard controller (I since ran back to guitar lol), I had to install a device driver that would accept the keyboard controller as a interface...this driver had it's own (virtual) stereo mixer and properties.
Speaking of which, by the way, if you do have a midi device and have set it up, you might know more than half of this stuff anyway; what might be left for you to do is to select the midi interface in Cakewalk to correspond with your midi device.
However, you haven't really mentioned whether you have such a device or not or if so, what you've already done to get that established.. it's as if you heard a lot of cool stuff about Cakewalk, acquired it, installed it, looked at the program and just said "Now what?"
Ha.. just consider this nothing more than a long "hello" from deidonis. I'm sorry this answer is pretty useless, but I wish you all the best in your musical endeavors.
See you at the Grammys; I'll be watching from home.
2006-10-01 13:37:57 · answer #1 · answered by deidonis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have cakewalk and it's fantasic...
i never had any problems with it...
i'm wondering...is your sound card compatible with the software?
2006-10-01 19:36:05 · answer #2 · answered by chefzilla65 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋