PLEASE EVERYONE BEGINNER NEEDING ASSISTANCE!!!

ALRIGHT GUYS CHECK IT OUT...

IM A DJ FROM MIAMI AND I NEED UR HELP...I JUST BOUGHT THIS PROGRAM TO START MAKING MY OWN BEATS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, NOTHING TOO BIG...I JUST WANTED TO GIVE IT A TEST RUN. BUT I CANT EVEN DO THAT! I KEEP READING THE INSTRUCTIONS AND I SAW THE ENTIRE TUTORIAL AND STILL NOTHING. I TRIED EVEN PLAYING THE SAMPLE SONGS THAT COME WITH THE SOFTWARE AND FOR SOME REASON THERE IS NO SOUND COMING OUT OF MY SPEAKERS WHEN IT PLAYS. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE WRONG WITH MY PROGRAM. I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE MIDI PROCESS BUT I DONT EVEN KNO WHICH ONES TO PUT ON THE TOP OR BOTTOM OR WTF? I JUST CLICKED THEM ALL. LOL

WHEN I PULL OUT THE PIANO VIEW I NEVER HEAR THE KEYS WHEN I CLICK THEM...SO WHAT MIGHT BE WRONG WITH THE SOUND? DO I HAVE MIDI ON MY COMPUTER OR WHAT? LET ME KNOW PLEASE!!!

first off i rilly appreciate you offering the help i greatly appreciate it. 2ndly sorry about the whole caps thing this is my first time on a forum so bare with me. ummm ok keep in mind i dnt know too much about computers...i kno i have an emachines computer which has been restored numerous times (but computer functions fine). Not sure what kind of processor or sound card (im sorry, if theres anywhere i can check in my computer please let me know) but if it helps in any way im still able to download music without any problems. regarding equipment connections...negative...i dont have any connections of guitars or anything like that so theres a plus. lol all i want to do is make beats on the program itself. thanks.

write back.

Beagle, how the heck did you get so patient? You must have like 37 grandkids or something so NOTHING (note shouting...) bothers you. (LOL)

RMc

Maranatha, Beagle!

RMc

Beagle
U are GREAT! I was reading this just the other day and was gonna say the very same thing to DJSpin. In fact, i was gonna link to that wonderful "newbie tutorial" that is still in this forum somewhere. But U are so patient and kind and timely that you took care of everything! Thank u for that.
DJSpin: Listen, i know it seems hard initially- but we have all been where u are right now, and it's just a matter of trial & error and more importantly taking the time to read everything you possibly can and leaving NO stone unturned. This is digital audio and it is innately complex, as is anything -the first time you do it. Imagine how anyone would have stared at an ATM machine back in the 50's? Now, we think nothing of walkin up and using it... It's kinda like that.... Some time from now, hopefully you'll be back here helpin peeps w/other questions that seem simple to you later down the line...
Best to all,
Cake/Maker

ok beagal i did everything u told me to do...your a genius...i am finally getting some sound lol i can finally listen to the sample clips. ok now the next problem is why cant i hear the piano when i pull out the piano roll? i tried playing a tune for a track and nothing...what do u think it could be?

and cakemaker im glad u know exactly what im going through. lol i bought this program after messing with my friends fruity loops program which was very simple for me to understand. then i bought this program thinking it was the same but i was dead wrong lol. if u can help me out too that would be awesome.

Are you just wanting a metronome? A click track?
go to OPTIONS>PROJECT>METRONOME and check PLAYBACK - there are other Met settings you can make there, too.

I want to thank Beagle for his help. I spent countless hours trying to figure out how to get my MIDI card recognized by MC3. Until I followed Beagle's directions in his 9/13 post I was totally lost and frustrated. Now MC works and I can get started. THANKS BIG TIME!
(And I do mean to shout!)
BTW, I struggled with Buzz for a while and got lost. Documentation is poor, can't figure out how to change tempo, etc. Finally broke down and bought MC, and hoping for the best.
BlueNose

Sir Beagle,

I have a simliar problem as the illustrious DJ; I did follow your adivce, but to no avail. The tutorial voices do work, but not the music I create, nor the sample pieces. I have a sony 2006 desktop Vaio, with Legacy sound card.

The one thing that does not match the Dj's situation is that when I start up my Music Creator program, a small window pops up saying: "Audio Driver Error - the following driver(s) either do not do not support the current audio format, or are in use by another application." Then it gives me a choice to disable or use anyway. I have tried both but neither option seem to work.

My audio drivers are the problem I know, but how do I fix this so Cakewalk will work? In my control panel, the system hardware manager insists (and, rather rudley at that) that the drivers are in perfect operative order.

My goal in using this software is not to attached musical devices to the PC and create music, but to use the virtual instruments already on the software to do so, as well as importing voice MP3's of speeches currently on my hard-drive.

I can get the voice Mp3s imported and showing , but I cannot play them back. I am grateful for any assistance.

Thank you,

Lady Lorien

Beagle,

I am not seeing the error message, since taking the advice from the links you gave, but there is still no sound when it comes to playback of the music I create. Any help is appreciated.

Thank you,
Lady Lorien

Ive been having a sound problem too. I have a nutrend computer but im not sure what sound driver is installed on it. I dont get any error messages or anything. None of the samples or anything that I write will play back. Ive tried everything that was listed here in this post and nothing seems to be working. Any help would be great

On each track, whether it's AUDIO or MIDI, you must select the inputs, outputs, and if it's MIDI, what channel and patch you want to use. Expand an AUDIO track you've already recorded; you'll see some abbreviations which shouldn't be too hard to understand. What is listed for 'out'? It should be the name of your sound card. If it reads 'none', click the down arrow and see if anything is listed. If there is, click it, and see if it will make noise. Greg