Acid Music Studio 7.0 Drum Kit -ACID Product Family

Subject:Acid Music Studio 7.0 Drum Kit Posted by: Tire Date:11/11/2008 5:02:34 PM Hi, when I add an MIDI track and select a drum kit the notes sound like a piano. All of the other Guitar, Bass, Sound Effects categories work fine though. All of the drumkits sound like a piano or organ. Is this a defect? *Edit ~ I was playing some Sound Effects and the Screaming, Laughing, Car Stop, Car Crash all sounded like the Helicopter effect as well. Things seem to be mixed up, but I need the drum kits... maybe if I reinstall? Message last edited on11/11/2008 5:14:17 PM byTire.
Subject:RE: Acid Music Studio 7.0 Drum Kit Reply by: pwppch Date:11/11/2008 5:33:03 PM How are you selecting a drum kit patch? From the Track? From the DLS Soft-synth property page? What MIDI channel is the MIDI track assigned to? Peter
Subject:RE: Acid Music Studio 7.0 Drum Kit Reply by: Tire Date:11/11/2008 7:09:51 PM Hi, this is exactly what I did: Insert >> select MIDI Track >> Click the Program Button on the track list (the image of 3 piano keys labeled Piano 1) >> select Drum Kits >> select Standard. Then I enable MIDI Editing, scroll down to Hand Clap, Snare, Drum Kick etc... The sounds I get is some type of piano or organ... The whole list of the Standard drum kits' Snares, Claps etc... is just different notes on a piano/organ. This is the same for all of the drum kits(Standard, Jazz, Power, etc...). I just purchased this software so I might be missing something. I just followed the help files for selecting a drum kit. Message last edited on11/11/2008 7:11:24 PM byTire.
Subject:RE: Acid Music Studio 7.0 Drum Kit Reply by: pwppch Date:11/11/2008 8:40:48 PM Are you running Vista? If so.... There is a bug in Microsofts DirectMusic softsynth, which ACID uses. The bug prevents program/patch/voices to be changed. We are looking into the problem, but do not know if there is a workaround yet. If you are using XP, I cannot reproduce the problem. Peter
Subject:RE: Acid Music Studio 7.0 Drum Kit Reply by: Tire Date:11/11/2008 9:39:43 PM Yes I'm running Vista ;(
Subject:RE: Acid Music Studio 7.0 Drum Kit Reply by: pwppch Date:11/11/2008 11:17:43 PM One work around you might want to try. Assign your MIDI track to MIDI Channel 10 for output. Then open the DLS Soft-synth and select a drum patch that does NOT have a bank number, just a program/voice number. Peter
Subject:RE: Acid Music Studio 7.0 Drum Kit Reply by: Tire Date:11/12/2008 1:03:27 AM Wow, that works just fine!!! Thank You!!!

Subject:Acid Music Studio 7.0 Drum Kit

Posted by: Tire

Date:11/11/2008 5:02:34 PM

Hi, when I add an MIDI track and select a drum kit the notes sound like a piano. All of the other Guitar, Bass, Sound Effects categories work fine though. All of the drumkits sound like a piano or organ. Is this a defect?

*Edit ~ I was playing some Sound Effects and the Screaming, Laughing, Car Stop, Car Crash all sounded like the Helicopter effect as well. Things seem to be mixed up, but I need the drum kits... maybe if I reinstall?

Message last edited on11/11/2008 5:14:17 PM byTire.