Plug-in problem mc5

Earlier i bought MC5 from best-buy....
And i'm honestly not pleased..
I know it's pathetic, but i'm actually crying.
$40 dollars is a lot to me... and it barely works!

I've been trying to understand other threads, but i can't.
I start it up, the program i paid for, and it can't find the guitar plug-in, or whatever..i try starting it up in hip-hop, and it can't find a synth.
I'm extremely disappointed. 

Can someone please help me out...
Also,  do i need an instrument to plug-in to create music..because i don't have them money to go out and buy a drumset...and a guitar....and a piano...

Yah, Amplitube xgear track:guitar.
And, creating a new project, i picked hip hop 1, and cakewalksoundcenter (synth rack) wont open. 

And no, i havent tried the help files.

I don't know, i just installed the software from the box I bought today. :|

ebeach - if you don't know if you've installed the update then you haven't.  click on that link I put in the post above and it will take you to the thread where you can click on another link to download the update.  download and install the update following the instructions.

Ah, the first day. I remember that.
It's easier than it looks, but at first it is rather daunting. And it is complicated, but you can learn it in small parts.
If this is new ground for you (as it was for me) much of it is not intuitive.
Do the tutorials as suggested. push buttons and see what happens. You won't break it.
Above all, DO NOT PANIC. Step away from it if you need to.
Contrary to what it says on the box, it's a bit of a ride, and we've all been there. Take your time, relax. It will come to you. Really.

well - not a symphony!  actually my first recording was not that great, but it was a start and most of us all started with the same knowledge about it!  zero!

I can't find the link you're talking about :|

right - amplitube is an AMP SIMULATOR, not a "guitar synth"

you can still program guitar licks in the PRV and send them to Cakewalk Soundcenter or TTS-1 for guitar sounds, but it's very difficult to emulate a real guitar. 

Well crap D:

I thought that it was just just a synth program :(

I'm afraid i don't understand, when i open TTS-1 all there is, is piano 1 and standard set :S

I can't find the BANK.

Also, i have a yamaha piano, but no MIDI cable, if i were to buy an MIDI cable, and hook it up to my computer, would i only be able to play the piano part, or control others?

I'm often less diplomatic than the ever patient fellow forumites:

Ebeach....hand on your heart... did you not feel even a little embarrassed to admit that you had not even tried the help files before sending your lamenting first post? "I'm crying...40 dollars is much to me...!!"LOL

The learning curve can be a bit of a drag if one has no knowledge at all of these things, but it's worth it to struggle forward, it really is. If you don't have the patience to read and study, then maybe this isn't a hobby for you.

I would not spend a second on trying to help someone who  openly admits he hasn't done the least and most obvious himself. If you're 10 or 12 years old, it's somehow forgivable, though.

I knew there were help files, i just thought the only problem was the plug-in, so i'm sorry for being stupid okay. You don't need to be rude.

Kalle is from Finland, and since it is winter he has not seen the sun for weeks!  But he brings up a good point, this is a very difficult process to learn, with many very complex issues. We are very willing to help you, and will try to see you get pointed in the right direction. Still before getting to frustrated you must put in the work. Doing research, study and learning. There is a reason that recording techs, and engineers get paid well for their time.

We users have to stick together and learn the hard way. So hang in there and ask targeted questions. Also try to be rather Thick skinned, since we are users, not cakewalk employees, we will send you to your room to do your homework at times!!

We're not a rude bunch of people here for the most part. We are users, just like you, and we all know what it was like to get started. And.... nobody is calling you stupid for not knowing about this software.  We might call you stupid if you get drunk and have a hangover and come in whining about that.... but I don't think I've ever see anyone here call someone stupid because they didn't know something about the software.....

Here's the point. You are in your house. We are not there. We are not going to come there and hold your hand. We will help, and even go out of our way to help you. BUT..... for us to help you, we need to see that YOU are trying to help your self.

That said: Locate and read all the info you can on whatever problem you are having. Try to work through it using the help files and the tutorials.  Then, IF you are not able to understand somethign or get it to work properly or find something you know should be there...like  a GM bank...... come in to this forum, start a thread on that topic and tell us as much as you can about what you did to solve the problem, how it''s acting and we will jump in and help with our collective wisdom or lack thereof.  We are subject to be funny, or attempt to be and sometimes that is mistaken as rudeness or worse. That is not our intention to insult you. You can go to any other forum site on the net to get that..... we try to be helpful and friendly here. (There are always exceptions, even here of course)

If you do not understand something we tell you, tell us that you don't understand...do not simply repeat the question, because that makes us think you are not paying attention... THAT will illicit a bad attitude from the person trying to help you.....

Enough rambling....

one last thing..... at least until you get to the point where you pretty much know 98% of everything you need to know..... go into your profile and in the signature box, list the computer and soundcard and any other gear that is part of the signal chain.... so we don't have to continue to ask what gear you have in each new thread.  You can edit that with new gear, and remove it when you get really comfortable with your DAW.