Record MIDI with DirectSound?

Is there any way I could record my MIDIs using DirectSound? I have a player with a game of mine that uses DirectSound to play the MIDIs and it makes my songs sound absolutely awesome! Can SONAR record with DirectSound (If so, how?) or do I have to use some other program?

-Koroshiya

You totally lost me there, dude... Care explaining in more simple terms?

You automatically assume that I know how to work SONAR. Tor stated the where to go, but not how to get there.

I know only basic usage for SONAR; Composing and recording to .wav or .mp3 (whichever suits my purpose). And that is all I need. I'm not a home studio, I write music for the games I program.

I want to know is if it is possible to record a MIDI using DirectSound with SONAR? And if so, how does one go about doing so? A step-by-step guide would be very appreciated.

ORIGINAL: Koroshiya

You totally lost me there, dude... Care explaining in more simple terms?

In my experience it's also dependent on the drivers available to your soundcard.

Some drivers are made that way that you have an option "What Y hear" and that is the actuall output from anything in windows audio, including the synths played.

But if this ever is available in Sonar, I cannot say.

But you may very well use soundrecorder in windows to do it, or some other software supporting recording DirectSound drivers.

After that you can move this wave to Sonar if needed.

If I'm not mistaken I read somewhere about how to make audio from midi in Sonar having such an example in tutorials. Attack your manual a bit more maybe.

hehe...LoopJunkie from Hamburg (my uncle lives in Hamburg!!).....anyways i got a couple of questions: i use midi with VSC and i get high latency and unfortunately my scard does not support midi in/out. how can i go abt playing midis ??any alternative solutions?should i buy a new soundcard ? ..and a 2nd question,i play the guitar and i use sonar to make recordings... but lately i recorded a song and i get dropouts!!!!!! is it low requirements?! ok here is what i use: M audio delta 44, PC: Pentium 4, CPU 1.5 Ghz, 512 RAM....oh and i have an older soundblaster live!(should i disconnect it?!)

ORIGINAL: tsatsos007

hehe...LoopJunkie from Hamburg (my uncle lives in Hamburg!!).....anyways i got a couple of questions: i use midi with VSC and i get high latency and unfortunately my scard does not support midi in/out. how can i go abt playing midis ??any alternative solutions?should i buy a new soundcard ? ..and a 2nd question,i play the guitar and i use sonar to make recordings... but lately i recorded a song and i get dropouts!!!!!! is it low requirements?! ok here is what i use: M audio delta 44, PC: Pentium 4, CPU 1.5 Ghz, 512 RAM....oh and i have an older soundblaster live!(should i disconnect it?!)

My Delta 44 runs fine with <10 ms latency and doesn't have dropouts, unless I really overload my system with lots of soft synths and numerous track FX. I use the older .27 driver in WDM mode.

It's always a good idea to rip out Soundblasters, they can really screw up things - get a cheap MIDI interface instead.

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nice ..having fun?

If you can shed a bit more light on your situation we may be able to help you

..and so all others -

Koroshiya posted his Q back in 08/23 and then after coming back here (3 weeks later) to read the responds he got
he wasn't really "pleased" i guess.. "You totally lost me there, dude... " DUDE ? SIMPLE terms ?

y'all did your best ;)

Are we talking about General Midi files here? Yes
Are you using a soft synth or external hardware synth? I have no idea
Have you got any ofthe files to play in SONAR? Yes

What version of SONAR? 3 Producer Edition
Are you familiar with midi? Just writing and recording to wave or mp3
Do you know that midi is NOT audio? Not until previous posts

Do you know how to run a SoftSynth in SONAR? No


You people are making huge deal over nothing. All I wanted to know is if it was possible to record a MIDI that has been affected by DirectSound through SONAR. A yes or no answer would have sufficed. I'll make sure to post any future questions elsewhere since most of you have no tolerance for those who are still in the learning process.

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ORIGINAL: Koroshiya
You people are making huge deal over nothing. All I wanted to know is if it was possible to record a MIDI that has been affected by DirectSound through SONAR. A yes or no answer would have sufficed. I'll make sure to post any future questions elsewhere since most of you have no tolerance for those who are still in the learning process.

hehehehe
Just in case you didn't know it
was obvious from your very
1st sentence that you were
"still in the learning process"
LOL.

And ...furthermore....incredible as it may seem....
some of us actually require a certain humility
and grace from those "still in the learning process"
(LOL).

If you're nice to us we'll be nice to you, in the main.

What was it exactly that "we" did to annoy you?
All I see is some "regulars" here (myself included)
trying to steer you gently in the right direction....

Is that too much for your noob brain to handle?
Or are you just weak and simple minded?