Cakewalk Creat Music LE

I'm another newbie - and I MEAN newbie.
 
I've been 'writing ' songs for thirty years and with the arrival of the latest, decided to do something about making a record of them.
 
So, I just got a Belkin Tunestudio and with it, the Cakewalk Music Create LE software.
 
I've managed to work the Belkin TStudio with my Korg concert C30 Midi piano- - it took two days, but I'm there.
I've managed to register my Cakewalk software and have got it on to the computer.
I've gotten as far as hooking up my keyboard to the computer. This is what happened next:
Firsts, I got a 'track 1' up and managed to see what I was playing, appear as a graph on the screen - but NO sound.
Then I did something and got, Audio on the screen with Midi sections listed below.
This time, I didn't even get the graph created on the screen as I played - and no sound either.
 
Help!!
 
Ultimately I want to be able to put my piano track down, then record a vocal and then a vocal harmony, using:
 
Tunestudio
My Midi keyboard
A good Mic
Cakewalk
My computer
 
and then to put it all onto my ipod. 
 
As I said, I've worked out how to put piano and vocal both at the same time directly on to the ipod via the Tunestudio.
 
How do I do it via the computer, and Cakewalk, to mix it and then get the finished mix/product from the computer on to the iPod.
 
Please.
 
Wow.
 
Thank you.
 
 
 
 
 
 

I first want to say WELCOME... to the forums and recording with Cakewalk software....

Second, I agree with Greg...I did see the first post about the BTS and it is a very limited device.... In the catagory of a gimmick as opposed to serious recording gear.

Can you return it for a refund? If so, AND if you are serious about wanting to record music as I was when I started in the Cakewalk world, there are much better interfaces available and  in the same price range as a BTS..... 

You mentioned wanting to work with a midi keyboard.... however, the BTS only appears to allow AUDIO to be recorded. The better way to work with a midi keyboard is to record the MIDI data (not the audio output) and use a soft synth in Music Creator (MC) to play back the sounds. The sound quality is better and the variety of instruments is not limited to the built in sounds in the keyboard which are generally not as good as the synth samples available to you in MC. This doesn't even factor in the editing of MIDI, which is soooooo much easier than editing audio to fix mistakes..... 

The BTS was $250 approx...and for that same amount, you can get a rock solid interface that will give you 2 channels of audio with phantom power, and midi input for the keyboard. Its the better way to go if you want to record music and are serious about it. 

Some good interface brands to look at: Focusrite and M-Audio  also check Beagle's web site, he's another Cake user here. He has a list of interfaces on the site for easy comparison. 

Looks like in the last paragraph you are recording direct to the Ipod..... if that's the case... Just say NO!  

You want to record to the computer hard drive. Then you can export the file as a wave and convert it to MP3 before loading it on the mp3 player. This is the better way.  Again, a dedicated recording interface will make this whole process easier. The BTS is a gimmick that joins an ipod with a limited interface, and charges the price of a nice dedicated interface. For the money, return it and get the proper tool to do the job you want to do. 

You can dig a hole with a screwdriver if you have to, but a shovel works best. 

Everything you want to do can be done, and is done best and easiest with the minimum fuss and trouble when you have the right interface.

I got back into recording "seriously" just over 4 years ago. I came in with the attitude I would get the right tools to do the job and bought a Focusrite Saffire. (Greg also uses this same interface) I couldn't be more pleased at it's performance and the results I can get using it and MC as my DAW platform.

check out my music on my site to see what can be done with the right (not very expensive either) tools.