Amplitube

open it in stand alone and register it.  the serial number should have come with MC5.  did you purchase MC5 as a boxed version or a download?  if you purchased it as a boxed version then the serial number for amplitube is in the box.  if you purchased as a download then it was sent to you in an email.  if you didn't get it then it might have been sent to your spam filter.

Thanks Beagle for responding. But as I said in my post, I purchased it in a box and of course that would be the first place I would look for a number but the only one given is for MC 5. Yes I did open it in stand alone and tried to register it and that is where I ran into the problem that prompted my post.

Okay....apparently I'm a dumba**. Beagle you of course are right. The serial number is on the flap above the serial number for MC5.

God I feel stupid right now. Sorry guys.

glad you found it!

OK.... understand that just because you are having problems, it does not indicate that the software is bad. Quite the opposite. MC5 is quite capable of handling all but the biggest projects (track numbers) and will give you EXCELLENT results.

HOWEVER.... there are 2 things you should understand.

1. there is a learning curve with MC5, although it is a smaller curve than with Sonar.

2. You should have the right tools to do the job and not try to get 100% functionality with sub par equipment.

What I mean.... it will take you time to learn the ins and outs of MC5. Once you do, recording is actually (pardon the pun) a cakewalk. Easy as turn it on and start on a new project and record with in seconds.

Part 2 is having the right gear. If you want to record multitrack music and possibly use MIDI, you need to have more than just your laptop and it's crappy built in sound card. A nice interface will set you back a couple of hundred bux (maybe) BUT it will make the job of recording SO MUCH EASIER. Trust me, I know.
You also need to have the correct drivers set up and have the other controls in the sound signal path set up correctly to get sound out of the system.

It is possible to get sound from the laptop & the POC card. Usually, it requires MME drivers and set to 16 bits 44.1khz sampleing. Some cards require 48khz sampleing (soundblasters maybe?) I'm not 100% sure on that.

Set the factory card to be the in & out for audio and midi. Don't use the Wavetable synth.

DWS: what are you trying to do and what is the system setup? Sound card, computer, etc?
 
 
BTW: Just so you newbies know... it took me 2 weeks to get this thing set up and working with sound. I was about to carry it all back when a long time user here gave me the assistance and advice that allowed me to set up my system. All we can do is try to point you in the right direction. We are not there with you, and therefore are not able to do it for you. You must learn to diagnose your own system. Once you set it up and get it working, you will be amazed at how simple it actually was, and also with what you can do with it.
 
Just remember, we all started exactly where you are at now. It's a long term thing. I've been serious about this for 3 years now and I still learn something new every day I set down at the DAW to record..... and I have much to learn still.

When I started my Amplitube I had no problems running it but it sounded like crap and had a horrible pulsing buzzing sound. I had to adjust all of the audio/MIDI settings. I set the input and output audio interface to my sound card, the sample rate to 22050, and the buffer size to 1024. That cured the sound problems. But, there is a delay from when I play something and the sound comes out of the Amplitube. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Incidentally I discovered that you can use the Amplitube as an effect on your audio tracks. Just set the output of the track to a buss and add it as your effect on the FX part of the buss in the Console View. Very handy.

had a horrible pulsing buzzing sound

 
Also, Ampltube will generate a noise until you register it.

If Amplitube is installed but not registered you may be able to register it from within the program. Open it and in the bottom left corner there is a button that has a padlock symbol on it. That is where the registration information is.


If that doesn't work you might try running a registry cleaner and reinstall it.

So for 4 hours straight today, and probably 6 hours straight yesterday I have been reading tutorials, how to's, "help" instructions and I have gotten absolutely nowhere.

Two issues I am trying to sort out are
1) How to program the friggin drums and
2) How to incorporate Amplitude (only because I want to see if it is going to be more beneficial than using my POD XT Live)

So I have read all about the SI drums. Great. I can now understand (pretty much) the SI Drums GUI. How to make that interact with the MC5 track...not so much. So I have a drum track, great. It is using the SI drums, great. I go to piano roll view to start editing and this is where the fun begins.

First of all, if I have a clip in there (a pattern and program from SI drums), what I see on the piano roll view is not representative of the clip. The clip consists solely of kick and snare notes, but the PRV shows at least 3 or 4 other notes. They are visible but do not sound. They don't belong there, I don't want them there.

Okay so I ditch the clip and decide to start from scratch and make my own pattern (something I have done MANY times on Homestudio 2XL). Problem is, I don't have any drum note names in the PRV. Okay, so I right click and get the "note names" dialogue box. If I say use assigned instrument settings (Afterall I have a recognized soft synth that is generating the drums which is SI drums) and configure to use general midi drums....nothing happens. So I go to the other choice "Use these note names instead". There, I get the same choices as in the "use assigned instrument settings" only now I can actually pick one. But which one? SI drums is not listed there, that would seem to be logical. So I get all these other choices but not one of them precisely matches up with the sounds I get when a SI clip is present. Nice.

Okay so I get rid of the clip and just pick one of note name choices offered. Say "Roland GS Standard Set". Now, when I go to the view on the left where the names are listed, I should be able to press one and preview it's sound. But no...just silence.

So now I figure "okay better do some more reading" and I go to help. This little gem of a lobotomy inducing rabbit trail sends me to all kinds of sub topics, each one less descriptive than the last. It tells me about the different panes in the PRV, one of which is the Drum Grid Pane but it gives me no further description of what it looks like. Am I looking at it or not? I don't know, but I don't think so since the help file makes it sound like it will be fairly obvious when I am looking at it. It gives no further help as to how to correct this condition other that to tell me I need to create a drum map. Okay great (I just want to get on with it!)

That's where I'm at now. Getting into the drum map manager and all the minutiae of in-notes, out notes, ports, midi channels and all the other BS that I got so tired of messing with in HS2XL.

So much for the  ease of use claim by cakewalk.

As for the Amplitube issue, I have been in contact with Amplitube and they have had me uninstall it, go to regedit and remove it from there, re-install it and try again and the problem still exists. So now they are scratching their heads as well.

I am sure I will get through this, but when I finally get a song out, it will have been so traumatic a process like giving birth or something that I won't want to do it again for a while and then when I finally do, I'll have to go through much of the same pain all over again. At least that has been my experience with HS2XL. I am really starting to hate this software.

The amplitude..... hum... I don't use it often, preferring instead to use my POD2 hardware sim..... but... plug the guitar into the soundcard direct. Set it up to record and play through a new audio track. Click the echo back icon in the track inspector. Insert the Amplitude into the FX bin... set it up with an amp, and it should play OK..... the playback quality will depend on the computer speed, available resources, and the sound card.

Register it to loose the static noise burst.

Hey Joe The Gardener thanks for the screen shots however I don't even get this.  When I click on the application from Programs, start in windows I get about the top third of the picture you show and no opportunity to register it.  It also says I have something wrong with the registry.   I've given up on it.  My only reason for getting MC5 was the drum package which is pretty good and easy to work with.