Re: Cakewalk Pro audio 9

~Dream~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hi
> 
> John`s wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Does anyone use the Cakewalk Pro audio 9 to record the audio music?.
>  
> > I saved the recordings as "wrk" or "midi" and still it seems like the file
> > is empty.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any response.
> > 
> > John
> 
> I believe Cake saves audio in a separate file, 
> links and syncs the MIDI file to it. 
> .wrk is just an extended MIDI format Cake uses
> that keep more side data than a standsrd MIDI file. 
> (like undo history, screen snapshot, etc.)
> If you successfully have recorded the Audio into Cake, then
> clicking the rewind radio button and then the play arrow 
> will let you hear your recording immediately. 
> 
> Sequencers at that generation added audio capability 
> mostly as an added feature to work with MIDI files
> ... Cake wants to sell a different product to you if 
> you want to do audio recording as a primary function.
> 
> Pro Tools (digidesign.com) is a free download 
> and is used by many people in pro-studio recording... 
> you might be better off learning how to use Pro tools 
> in the long run.  I just installed it recently to 
> go with a simple ECHO brand (pci) card 
> (standard 1/4" jacks and stereo I/O)
> but havn't had time to learn how to use it yet. 


According to D & A Studios, DigiDesign's ProTools LE and TDM software
for music recording and post production work is only a small part of
the system.  If you are going to convert any analog sounds to digital,
MIDI interface hardware, ranging from DigiDesign's Mbox to Digi 002 to
very high end units, is necessary for the total recording process. 
The free software download also does not include the over 25 fee based
plug-ins available and sometimes necessary for certain recording
operations.

A number of live touring groups are only using a MAC G4 Powerbook and
DigiDesign's Mbox (with ProTools LE and TDM).  They record the live
performance (mostly analog) and convert it to digital.  By their next
evening's performance they have the previous performance recorded,
digitized, duplicated, labeled with CD's ready for sale at the next
evening's performance.

DigiDesign is a great system, but it's not cheap.  It's true that many
major recording studios are using DigiDesign's system.  However, their
complete DD systems run from mid- five figures to low six figure
expenditures.  DigiDesign is not the only system on the market.  It
just doesn't have any equals at this time.

If one's only aim is to record an acoustic accordion, all you need is
a mic, small mixer and a cassette recorder.

I am currently using the Mbox (appx cost $400) to convert over 3,000
LP's to digital CDs.  Works just great.  Does everything I require to
turn out a high quality CD, including a "cleaning" process to
eliminate unwanted noise and distortion.  The only real drawback is
that each LP must be played in it's entirety (real time).  I might not
live long enough to complete the process.


Cliff Bentz