Problem with MC5

Hello

i just started to use MC5 (i am almost totally new to making music, i played around with cakewalk about 20 years ago for some time, but can't really remember anthing besides that i had fun)

that's also the reason i bought MC5, to play around and get some things done for my own entertainment ;)


after installing and ading a few notes i ran into an issue which i cannot figure out, everything sounded weird and somehow "out of sync"
simple example out of the event list (this "Subway Tunnel" out of the DSF Urban Instument Addon in case that matters)
1 - 00:00:00:00 - 1:01:000 - Note - 1- C3 - 100 - 1000
1 - 00:00:00:10 - 1:02:000 - Note - 1- C3 - 100 - 1000
1 - 00:00:00:20 - 1:03:000 - Note - 1- C3 - 100 - 1000
1 - 00:00:01:00 - 1:04:000 - Note - 1- C3 - 100 - 1000
1 - 00:00:01:10 - 2:01:000 - Note - 1- C3 - 100 - 1000
1 - 00:00:01:20 - 2:02:000 - Note - 1- C3 - 100 - 1000
1 - 00:00:02:00 - 2:03:000 - Note - 1- C3 - 100 - 1000
1 - 00:00:02:10 - 2:04:000 - Note - 1- C3 - 100 - 1000
Notes whre set manuelly in Piano Roll

when i loop this and play it this should simply be a steady beat, but it is clearly not the case, and it's much easier to recognize the faster the speed is (from 140+ it's really awful, at 100 i can't recognize it)

Anyone encountered something like this or has an idea what i do wrong?

first, if you want a steady sound for 2 measures, why did you use quarter notes instead of two tied whole notes? (in the PRV, just use one long note across both measures) my guess is that if you do that you will not hear a problem between the notes.

2nd - my first point above is only assuming what you're talking about, so let's clarify - are you saying that you hear a brief pause between each note?  you didn't specify what you DO hear, you only specified what you DON'T hear.

if you hear a brief drop between each quarter note then that is going to be due to the way that the softsynth is handling the MIDI data for that sample.  the sample you are using ("Subway Tunnel") is apparently ramping up at the beginning and dropping off at the end of each note ON and OFF respectively.  Honestly this is the behavior I would normally expect anyway.

first : thanks for the quick answers

to jasongking: i'm using windoes 7 with every windows upgrade available installed, with Music Creater in Version 5.0.5.6

to Beagle : i hear difference in time between the notes (C3 in subway tunnel is a bassdrum), i used quarter notes because its easier to handle in the piano roll (better overview , IMHO) and the sound is the same.
when i put quarter notes in a row i would expect the tim between 2 notes be exactly the same, but it's not.

i've tried the same with a bass sound (1/8 notes at 1:01:480 / 1:02:480 and so on), and every 4th note sound different (shorter), wich does match my feeling the like the last 1/16 to 1/32 note of every full note is just skipped and, so timespan of the last the quarter note is shorter than the first 3.

Sorry if the explanation does look weird, but i'm not a native english speaker, and also not familiar with writing about music programming

 

to guitarhacker: i also have the soundcard on my shortlist, it's only a crappy onboard soundcard (because i never expected to play around with music on this PC when i bought it 3 years ago).  Now i just wanted to try around a bit, and upgrade the hardware if i experience the same fun again playing around with MC5 as i had with cakewalk 2 years ago.
If the chance is good the soundcard is the reason for this odd sound (while the instruments itself sound good) i guess i got to do this earlier than planned.
For that case, any suggstion with hardware would you suggest is a good value? I don't need to get cheap, but i also do not see the need to get real high-end equipment for my purpose.

it's windows 7 32-bit and german

ok - this is a bass (kick) note sound.  they don't sound for 1/4 note durations, they're transient with short decays, so I'm not sure I understand then exactly what you're having a problem with for the sounds.  I understand it's difficult to explain to us if your not a native English speaker, but please try to explain in a different way what the problem with the sound is.

screenshots are possible and it might help a lot

here are instructions on how to post screenshots

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=1592276

and for looking for soundcards in Europe, I'll ping Strummy and he can give some help with that.

steve said he didn't know of a supplier that ships to Germany, sorry.  I don't know who to contact about that.

Yeah that should work just fine..... even though it doesn't specifically say "soundcard" in the specs...... trust us when we say that it is.

You should be able to set that up and be very happy with the results.

It had all the things I would look for in a basic interface: 2 channels in, level controls, midi in/out, phantom power, hi & lo impedence inputs, nice flashing and steady lights to make it look cool, USB on the back..... oh yeah, and several outputs to send to the monitors.

I say yes.