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Subject:ACIDizing Midi Files Posted by: aloomis Date:3/5/1999 7:18:07 AM I am pretty new to audio production. I have been playing music for about 14yrs but recently decided to try to record what I perform. A friend told me about ACID and I bought it. I don't know too much about it, other than it is extremely user friendly and basically...awesome. My question though is I know I can recording my drum beats and loop them into acid files, but is it possible to take a midi file I downloaded off the internet and and do the same? If anyone could help me with this I would really appreciate it. Cheers... adam loomis
Subject:Re: ACIDizing Midi Files Reply by: Benny Date:7/5/1999 7:22:00 AM Adam: I had the same thought. I have many pieces of music in MIDI format. The only way I found that works well is to take the output of your MIDI sound module (in my case a Roland XP-10) and route it to the input of your computer sound card. Then record the input to a wave file. Hope this helps Sincerely Robert H. Bennett adam loomis wrote: >>I am pretty new to audio production. I have been playing >>music for about 14yrs but recently decided to try to record >>what I perform. A friend told me about ACID and I bought >>it. I don't know too much about it, other than it is >>extremely user friendly and basically...awesome. My >>question though is I know I can recording my drum beats and >>loop them into acid files, but is it possible to take a >>midi file I downloaded off the internet and and do the >>same? If anyone could help me with this I would really >>appreciate it. Cheers... >>adam loomis >>
Subject:Re: ACIDizing Midi Files Reply by: Myself Date:8/4/1999 8:59:00 PM Robert H. Bennett wrote: >>Adam: >> >>I had the same thought. I have many pieces of music in MIDI format. The only way I found that works well is to take the output of your MIDI sound module (in my case a Roland XP-10) and route it to the input of your computer sound card. Then record the input to a wave file. >> >>Hope this helps >> >>Sincerely >> >>Robert H. Bennett >> Right click the speaker in the system tray, click on "Open Volume Controles". Then click Options/properties. Choose "recording radio button. Check Mark "FM Output", then OK. Select FM output on the Recording control and un-select everything else. Now you can record the MIDI without the need to patch the output to the input of your sound card. Alternatively, you can use a MIDI to WAV converter program. That will allow you to use sampled instruments (like wavetable sythesis) so the result will sound much better if your using a cheap sound card.
Subject:Re: ACIDizing Midi Files Reply by: Saint Date:8/31/1999 3:53:00 PM I don't know about other cards but you can record midi into wav's with a soundblaster Live. You set the mixer to the'what you hear'recording option, play the midi file and hit record on your acid menu. Saint
Subject:Re: ACIDizing Midi Files Reply by: Dave_K. Date:5/23/2000 10:46:00 AM There is an excellent way to convert General MIDI (or, better yet Roland GS) files directly into WAV files without using your sound card at all- it is all done in the digital/ software domain. But it'll cost you sixty bucks to do it: Buy Roland's excellent "Virtual Sound Canvas", version VSC-88H3. It converts MID files directly into WAV with CD quality sound at the click of the mouse. It is available from http://www.edirol.com/music_equipment/audio_music_software/vsc/vsc88h. html

Subject:ACIDizing Midi Files

Posted by: aloomis

Date:3/5/1999 7:18:07 AM

I am pretty new to audio production. I have been playing
music for about 14yrs but recently decided to try to record
what I perform. A friend told me about ACID and I bought
it. I don't know too much about it, other than it is
extremely user friendly and basically...awesome. My
question though is I know I can recording my drum beats and
loop them into acid files, but is it possible to take a
midi file I downloaded off the internet and and do the
same? If anyone could help me with this I would really
appreciate it. Cheers...
adam loomis

Subject:Re: ACIDizing Midi Files

Reply by: Benny

Date:7/5/1999 7:22:00 AM

Adam:

I had the same thought. I have many pieces of music in MIDI format. The only way I found that works well is to take the output of your MIDI sound module (in my case a Roland XP-10) and route it to the input of your computer sound card. Then record the input to a wave file.

Hope this helps

Sincerely

Robert H. Bennett

adam loomis wrote:
>>I am pretty new to audio production. I have been playing
>>music for about 14yrs but recently decided to try to record
>>what I perform. A friend told me about ACID and I bought
>>it. I don't know too much about it, other than it is
>>extremely user friendly and basically...awesome. My
>>question though is I know I can recording my drum beats and
>>loop them into acid files, but is it possible to take a
>>midi file I downloaded off the internet and and do the
>>same? If anyone could help me with this I would really
>>appreciate it. Cheers...
>>adam loomis
>>

Subject:Re: ACIDizing Midi Files

Reply by: Myself

Date:8/4/1999 8:59:00 PM

Robert H. Bennett wrote:
>>Adam:
>>
>>I had the same thought. I have many pieces of music in MIDI format.
The only way I found that works well is to take the output of your
MIDI sound module (in my case a Roland XP-10) and route it to the
input of your computer sound card. Then record the input to a wave
file.
>>
>>Hope this helps
>>
>>Sincerely
>>
>>Robert H. Bennett
>>
Right click the speaker in the system tray, click on "Open Volume
Controles". Then click Options/properties. Choose "recording radio
button. Check Mark "FM Output", then OK. Select FM output on the
Recording control and un-select everything else. Now you can record
the MIDI without the need to patch the output to the input of your
sound card. Alternatively, you can use a MIDI to WAV converter
program. That will allow you to use sampled instruments (like
wavetable sythesis) so the result will sound much better if your using
a cheap sound card.

Subject:Re: ACIDizing Midi Files

Reply by: Saint

Date:8/31/1999 3:53:00 PM

I don't know about other cards but you can record midi into wav's
with a soundblaster Live. You set the mixer to the'what you
hear'recording option, play the midi file and hit record on your acid
menu.

Saint

Subject:Re: ACIDizing Midi Files

Reply by: Dave_K.

Date:5/23/2000 10:46:00 AM

There is an excellent way to convert General MIDI (or, better yet
Roland GS) files directly into WAV files without using your sound
card at all- it is all done in the digital/ software domain. But
it'll cost you sixty bucks to do it: Buy Roland's excellent "Virtual
Sound Canvas", version VSC-88H3. It converts MID files directly into
WAV with CD quality sound at the click of the mouse. It is available
from
http://www.edirol.com/music_equipment/audio_music_software/vsc/vsc88h.
html