sonicbhoc Posted March 16, 2007 Posted March 16, 2007 Well... I have a midiman usb 1x1 uno hooking up to my casio wk-3500 keyboard. I made a little tune that is nowhere near complete but I wanted to share it to ask what people thought so far... but then I realized I needed to make it an MP3. I also noticed that the sound doesn't play through my sound card at all, but instead through the keyboard, which, obvioiusly, doesn't have a "make MP3" button on it anywhere. So, how would I put music from my keyboard to MP3? My guess is that I have to use the two out ports on the back and hook them to something... I don't think I have the right connectors for it though. I suppose now would be a good time to say all I have as far as sound cards go is a crappy integrated Intel8x0 card in my motherboard. I was able to deal with the MIDI latency problems one would most likely have with such a crappy card, but now I think the only way to go from MIDI to MP3 would be to pick my entire "studio" up and bring it to school (not going to happen ) so that my music teacher can record it. Or bring my MIDI file to the school's lab and record it... but their synths suck. Crap. I named the thread wrong (stupid daylight savings time... giving me less sleep...) and I can't change it. Great. Quote
OverCoat Posted March 16, 2007 Posted March 16, 2007 Haha you got screwed Actually, if you just want to make music entirely on your keyboard you don't need a MIDI cord AT ALL, but actually a standard everyday cheap audio cable, and you'll probably need an adapter, 'cause the out on your keyboard is probably 1/4". As you've found out the hard way, MIDI cables don't actually carry audio signals. Sorry! Luckily now you can write songs for pretty much nothing since you already have an all-in-one workstation, though you'll likely upgrade in the future because... come on, it's a Casio . But all you need for now is a wav recorder like Audacity [google it] and the audio cable and adapter, which shouldn't cost too much. Hooray! visual reference! Quote
sonicbhoc Posted March 16, 2007 Author Posted March 16, 2007 OK, then it's just as I thought. I knew which cables I'll need (there are in/out cables that remsemble what's on my dad's turntable system and huge-size headphone jacks, either of which I could use, and something to make it hook up to a plain old microphone/in port on my crappy integrated intel card. I hate this thing ) Another thing - my computer is full of 6-year-old goodness, including a pentium 3 processor and a floppy drive. So, with hardware this old, what are the ways my music can get castrated when I play the song to the keyboard and have it plug back into my computer through the sound port? Oh, and I already have audacity, thank goodness. I do a lot of StepMania stuff (speaking of which, I should probably get back to work on that) so a waveform editor is priceless for getting gaps and, if I feel like it, calculating BPMs. My dad is a SuperDJ®, so I should be able to find wires easy. Unless he doesn't have the wires, but then my friend Arjun, who is also a SuperDJ® probably does. Quote
OverCoat Posted March 17, 2007 Posted March 17, 2007 My dad is a SuperDJ® ok also no your computer will not mangle the sound unless your drivers are messed up, and I don't think they are. Computers have been a staple in professional audio recording for longer than P3s have existed, too, so I don't think your PC is too slow to handle a single stereo input Quote
OverCoat Posted March 17, 2007 Posted March 17, 2007 Oh also can I ask what a SuperDJ® is? Sounds super. Quote
sonicbhoc Posted March 17, 2007 Author Posted March 17, 2007 SuperDJ®: a DJ that's super, as in pwnage, perfect timing, awesome music selection, and enough hardware to make you crap a huge brick just by looking at it. Quote
Yoozer Posted March 18, 2007 Posted March 18, 2007 but instead through the keyboard, which, obvioiusly, doesn't have a "make MP3" button on it anywhere. So, how would I put music from my keyboard to MP3? You don't make mp3s - you simply record the sound coming out of your keyboard using the cables as a wave file (.wav). You then use a so-called encoder to turn that file into an mp3. Free/easy to use : RazorLAME. Quote
sonicbhoc Posted March 18, 2007 Author Posted March 18, 2007 You don't make mp3s - you simply record the sound coming out of your keyboard using the cables as a wave file (.wav). You then use a so-called encoder to turn that file into an mp3. Free/easy to use : RazorLAME. Yeah, I know that. I should've added a sarcasm emoticon there or something. I use audacity and simply export sounds to other formats. I already have lame. Quote
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