instruction manual for music creator

All versions of Cakewalk software has a help file built in with a ton of info in it, plus there are many good book on cakewalk, especially the Power books by Scott Garrigus, these are great resources. And the best part is that Scott is magic he appears out of thin air!!


Wait for it ....wait for it ......

i want to thank both of you for all the help and assistance......

sounds like i will be making a trip to the book store to check out some reading material LOL

that or get some paper and ink cartridges to print out HELP files....LOL

thank you again very much

Nah, I look more like that Merlin character from the old Bugs Bunny cartoon who wore that propeller beanie cap on his head.

Scott

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Scott R. Garrigus - Author of Cakewalk, Sound Forge 6, 7/8 and SONAR 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Power books.
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http://www.garrigus.com/

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Years ago, now, Robomusic helped me get started with MC3 which I have used ever since and very simply: Mic on grand piano. Period. I use only audio, obviously, so even the basic tutorial demo would not work. I still don't know what I can do with just audio since things like staff view etc. don't seem to work. No video came with the disc. Well, someone told me Adobe Audition was better for audio. It was expensive for me, but I bought it, then discovered that altho one could buy a very helpful book WITH CD (Classroom in a Book, - I didn't) , my old Cakewalk was much cleaner to use. Back to square one. Now do any of your books come with a cd? Which one would I want? I'd really to like to know just what I can do with just audio. I have gone thru the tutorials. Should you have time to answer, could you send it to windrow@localnet.com, as I find trying to negotiate around the forums difficult. Thank you. Sister Maria

sister maria

sorry for taking so long to reply......as has been mentioned before, cakewalk is a 2cd set and the video tutorial is on one of the cds.....(disc 2 perhaps)

that is part of what started this whole thread....i was looking for an instruction manual......i hope that such a thing might be included, say as a .pdf file in future editions....

i went to a boarders books looking for Scott Garrigus books and the humanoid who waited on me told me that i would have to have them special ordered....


i still like the idea of going thru and printing out the "help" section from the programme, if it will let me....

as far as editing audio, i cut my teeth on cool edit and cool edit pro....which has now become adobe audition......

i hope that this helps a bit....good luck to you

Thank you! Went to the Garrigus site and ordered Sonar Power on Amazon, which he seemed to recommend over Cakewalk Power (?). Where, exactly, on Cakewalk .com does one find the videos? I have a Yamaha Portatone PSR 275/273 keyboard, which has a MIDI in/out on the back??? My computer is a Presario laptop. Do I somehow plug the keyboard into it and see what happens? With what? The Yamaha manual says "When connecting to a computer with a USB interface, use the Yamaha UX 16 USB/MIDi Interface. Connect the UX16 and the computer with a standard USB cable, hen make the proper MIDI connections between the PSR-275/273 and the UX16." Right. And I was hoping to progress a little in learning just what I can and cannot do with audio? Have been recording piano for years now with MC3. Very simple. Maybe I should just leave it at that? This is not without its humor.
Anyway. Thank you so much for replying. Sister

MC3 did come with the 2 cd's, at least mine did. The videos were on the second disc.

Does anyone know where I can get the CD set and the video tutorial? Have had MC3 for years. Still have the box.

Years ago, now, Robomusic helped me get started with MC3 which I have used ever since and very simply:

Let, me point out...she,stated she has had MC3 for years! We know MC3 hasn't been out for years. Maybe,a type O?

Yes, MC3 has basic (overview)tutorials( in a monotone voice) that, really does more to confuse than help, IMO. There are a lot of gaps and gives too much info at once about various functions. It's, not well produced.

Disclaimer: These statements are merely an opinion and not meant to offend those that may find the CD tutorials useful!

Sister Maria,
If you can't hear any of the tutorials, then you need to work tutorial #8 first. it will explain to you how to use a softsynth, then you can apply that to the other tutuorials before proceeding to learn what they're about because it will allow you to hear all of them.

Sonar Power with no number associated with it will not be a good help to you. you need Sonar 4 Power.
here's the link directly to the Sonar 4 Power book:
http://www.digifreq.com/pwrbkinf.asp?BookID=7

As for the vote - there is a contest on the gearwire website for the "Most Valuable Poster" which I am a candidate for. if I get the most votes, I win $5,000 worth of gear.

Hey Cake! thanks for that! if you'll send it to me, I'll make it available on my website for download for everyone!

I just tried to PM you and your PM box is full (you only get 4 before the inbox is full!)

HEY! Maybe I should write an MC book and be famous like the Garrigus!!!

No bother, Sister!

The tutorials you listed won't play until you actually work THRU the instructions on Tutorial #8. the instructions in the tutorial help files tell you how to insert a soft synth. And actually for what you say you want to do, it would actually help you with your projects, if you want to spend that much time on them. you can connect your yamaha keyboard up with a MIDI to USB cable (or your keyboard might already have a USB connection available depending on the model) and record MIDI, then using the softsynths which are explained in tutorial #8, you can play flute, bells, etc or change the sound to something completely different like sax! and by recording MIDI instead of audio, you can EDIT the midi notes even after you've played them. move them around to the correct timing if your timing was off a little, or lengthen the note duration, shorten it, change the velocity. MIDI is wonderfully versatile - but can be time consuming.

if you don't want to go that route, you can just use audio from your keyboard in a much better way. you'll need to get some more cables and adapters, probably and you can connect the audio output of your keyboard directly into the input of your soundcard and that way you just record directly from the keyboard instead of setting up the microphone and worrying about someone making noise while you're recording.

if you give me the model of your keyboard I can help you with both of those options above. but if you want to start learning MIDI, go ahead and start working thru Tutorial #8 in the help files and it will get you going on inserting a softsynth.

yes, Cakemaker is very sweet for offering her help. I don't have it on the website yet, she's in UK and is probably at work right now (if she works - it's about 3:30 there as I write this).

thanks for the wishes on the contest - I should know more in about 2 weeks!