How can I make it so MIDI is heard out of the program?

Ive made threads about this before, but I never get a straight answer. So here I go again, please answer with a non-computer babble type answer so that I can understand it.
After I transfer a track out of HS and onto the desktop, how do I get the MIDI sounds to be heard. And how do I get the MIDI sounds to be heard on a cd when I burn the track onto a cd?

Still haven't figured it out yet?

I'm sure I've told you before to read the Desktop Music Handbook. http://www.cakewalk.com/tips/desktop.asp

so there is no way that MIDI sounds can be heard on a buned cd?

Im using the MIDI cymbal sounds that come with the program.

Im just wondering how I can get the cymbal noise to be heard on the track after I trasfer it onto a cd. Because last time I transfered it onto the desktop, I couldnt hear the cymbals.

As some of the defacto leaders and sages on this forum will tell you: start with the tutorials in the manual and the website. MIDI data is basically a player piano roll. It is what note you hit, how long you hit it, how hard you hit and when you stopped hitting hit. It is NOT the note of music itself. So you must assign that note to something that will create the sound you want based on that information: maybe a drum sample, maybe a synth pad, whatever. When papa says "bounce" he is talking about a Home Studio feature that makes it easy for you to do what everybody working in MIDI data has to do at some point to get their stuff heard: assign it to some sounds/voices.

A good book that is entertaining but full of useful information and tons of websites is Secrets of Digital Studio by QUE. It is a bit old (2002) but starts at teh VERY beginning but moves quickly into practical aspects of making music on a PC.

Im just wondering how I can get the cymbal noise to be heard on the track after I trasfer it onto a cd. Because last time I transfered it onto the desktop, I couldnt hear the cymbals.

More info as to your setup would be helpful, but for right now, given the limited info,
I'll try to take a shot at helping here.

I believe the problem you are encountering Halv, is that you are mixing the song down
(this is what I think he means when he says "transfers to desktop"), but because the cymbals are midi in source, while you hear the cymbals playing while you are in HS, they're not ending up on your final mix because they are midi and you didn't convert them to audio first before doing so. You think the cymbals are really a part of the finished mix when they are only going to play within HS. Just because the cymbals are playing back through your midi device doesn't mean they are actual digital audio, and this is what every track has to be in order to end up on your final CD.

And to answer your question, no. There is no way to bring out something that wasn't there to begin with on a final mix (again..what you are referring to as "moving to your desktop".).

Go back to HS, open the song file, and any tracks that are midi in source are going to have to be converted to audio tracks before you mix them down.

I think that helping to know a few key terms might help you to communicate problems more clearly. Phrases like "move or transfer to desktop" are misleading to those trying to help when what you are really referring to is "final mix" or "rendering", etc.

And, as stated above, it would be helpful for us to know more about what your set up is..

D.

so how do I trasfer MIDI tracks into audio tracks?

Sorry if Ive been hard to deal with, I just dont really know all the stuff with computers, thanks for all your help and patience!

Im using the MIDI cymbal sounds that come with the program.

That isn't an answer. Do you mean you're using the Edirol VSC? The Dyad? Maybe you're using a hardware synth on your soundcard - do you have a Soundblaster?

Continuously repeating your question won't help. We need to know your hardware, and how you have your tracks set up - how many, what type, and what inputs and outputs for each. The procedure you need to follow is different depending on what you're using as a MIDI instrument.

Have you tried Tutorial 9 yet? It's a pretty step-by-step guide to using the Edirol VSC...

That isn't an answer. Do you mean you're using the Edirol VSC? The Dyad? Maybe you're using a hardware synth on your soundcard - do you have a Soundblaster?

Continuously repeating your question won't help. We need to know your hardware, and how you have your tracks set up - how many, what type, and what inputs and outputs for each. The procedure you need to follow is different depending on what you're using as a MIDI instrument.

I'm not going to answer any more questions until you start answering mine.

Any minute now I'm expecting Rod Serling to enter,and say...."Submitted for your approval...musicians...trapped in a thread with no beginning....no end....like a dog chasing his tail......

Let's face it...Some folks just don't get it, don't want to do the work to learn how to "get it", and want us to draw them a picture so they CAN "get it"...This thread has become ridiculous...I'm of the opinion that nothing we've offered in the way of advice has even begun to sink in...

Regards,
Papa