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Subject:Unable to hear sound in 4.0 Posted by: MNeno Date:11/14/2004 7:16:34 AM I'm a newbie at this, and need some help. I just downloaded XPress 4.0, but am unable to hear any sound when I play a selection (the sound works fine in my other apps). For example, I right-click and drag a 2.53 MB wave file from a My Documents/Music folder in Explorer to the Track List, choosing One-Shot as the track type. This is a wave file which works in other apps. When I press play, the time and measure/beat curser numbers change, but there's no sound. The mute button is not off. The volume under the track title is centered. The marker bar has been dragged across the Track View. Still no sound. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
Subject:RE: Unable to hear sound in 4.0 Reply by: JohnnyRoy Date:11/14/2004 7:37:53 AM You aren’t doing anything wrong. That’s the way it should work. Check Options > Preferences > Audio and make sure your sound drivers are selected. Also make sure another application isn’t open that has control of the sound card and is not letting go. Perhaps there is something about the way the wave file is encoded that ACID doesn’t like. Try downloading some of the free loops on ACIDPlanet.com and see if they work. This will tell you if it’s that particular wave file or something about the way ACID is set up on your PC. ~jr
Subject:RE: Unable to hear sound in 4.0 Reply by: MarkWWW Date:11/14/2004 8:41:57 AM > What am I doing wrong? Nothing, you're just missing the final step - after you've dropped the file on the track you just need to paint the audio data onto the track at the locations (i.e. times) where you want it to play. Mark
Subject:RE: Unable to hear sound in 4.0 Reply by: JohnnyRoy Date:11/14/2004 9:38:10 AM Ouch! Even I didn't see that one. I keep assuming everyone knows to paint the track. Drag-Drop-Paint! Here's a tip: Use the Paint Tool and hold the CTRL key down and it will paint the entire wave file in one click. ~jr
Subject:RE: Unable to hear sound in 4.0 Reply by: MNeno Date:11/14/2004 12:10:55 PM That was it. This is a learning process, but it's working now. Thanks!

Subject:Unable to hear sound in 4.0

Posted by: MNeno

Date:11/14/2004 7:16:34 AM

I'm a newbie at this, and need some help. I just downloaded XPress 4.0, but am unable to hear any sound when I play a selection (the sound works fine in my other apps).

For example, I right-click and drag a 2.53 MB wave file from a My Documents/Music folder in Explorer to the Track List, choosing One-Shot as the track type. This is a wave file which works in other apps. When I press play, the time and measure/beat curser numbers change, but there's no sound.

The mute button is not off. The volume under the track title is centered. The marker bar has been dragged across the Track View. Still no sound. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

Subject:RE: Unable to hear sound in 4.0

Reply by: JohnnyRoy

Date:11/14/2004 7:37:53 AM

You aren’t doing anything wrong. That’s the way it should work. Check Options > Preferences > Audio and make sure your sound drivers are selected. Also make sure another application isn’t open that has control of the sound card and is not letting go.

Perhaps there is something about the way the wave file is encoded that ACID doesn’t like. Try downloading some of the free loops on ACIDPlanet.com and see if they work. This will tell you if it’s that particular wave file or something about the way ACID is set up on your PC.

~jr

Subject:RE: Unable to hear sound in 4.0

Reply by: MarkWWW

Date:11/14/2004 8:41:57 AM

> What am I doing wrong?

Nothing, you're just missing the final step - after you've dropped the file on the track you just need to paint the audio data onto the track at the locations (i.e. times) where you want it to play.

Mark

Subject:RE: Unable to hear sound in 4.0

Reply by: JohnnyRoy

Date:11/14/2004 9:38:10 AM

Ouch! Even I didn't see that one. I keep assuming everyone knows to paint the track. Drag-Drop-Paint!

Here's a tip: Use the Paint Tool and hold the CTRL key down and it will paint the entire wave file in one click.

~jr

Subject:RE: Unable to hear sound in 4.0

Reply by: MNeno

Date:11/14/2004 12:10:55 PM

That was it. This is a learning process, but it's working now. Thanks!