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ok, the hard part...
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Posted by JC on June 08, 2000 at 15:51:37:

In Reply to: Re: you are!! Check this out!! posted by maury on June 08, 2000 at 15:00:08:

you could actually send two at a time with a standard soundcard. Most have stereo line in's which will make for two tracks... that's four passes, whew! But it should work ok. Now remember, you're using your soundcard's A-D convertors so whatever you put in Cakewalk is only going to sound as good as those convertors... anyways, yes, while you're sending the tracks over (actually, you're re-recording them) Cakewalk will follow the MD8's sync, at least in theory.

Now, once you get all your tracks in you'll want to verify that your sync was OK... so at least the first time you do this make the slate on your MD8 so that you can visually and audibly verify the tracks do indeed line up (I had a problem with Cakewalk 7.0 chasing my ADAT- it wouldn't.) If there is some slop, it won't be much and might not even be audible. You can fix this anyways, so no problem. You're going to have to do some reading to learn how to set up the MD8 and Cakewalk for sync, and it's been awhile since I set up Cakewalk. FWIW, Cake WILL transmit MMC so if you have MIDI in and out on the computer and have two midi cables you'll be able to control the MD8's transport from Cakewalk's controls- moght be easier for you to implement.

Things you need to know:

Be sure to set the port that Cakewalk will use to send MMC controls to the MD8 if you plan to use it. By the same token you'll definately want to verify that Cakewalk is recieving MTC from the right port.

Be sure to set up each track in Cakewalk to record from your soundcard's line in. Mute the track after you import it so you won't have it playing while you record the next track. Cakewalk will make a stereo .wav for each pass you make (I think, 7.0 did anyway) and this is no problem, you can split the .wav to mono later.

Try to get the level coming into Cakewalk as hot as you can without clipping. You're not doing a digital to digital transfer here so any EQ or processing you add on the way to the computer is there permanantly (at least on the computer copy)

remember that your stuff is getting a LOT of analog passes but if you're careful you should do OK...

Yes, you could mix down right in Cakewalk. I really abhor mixing on computer but a lot of people do and if you don't have a mixer and soundcard with lots of I/O it's really your only option. Cakewalk can render your multitrack as a stereo .wav, which you could put on your CD.

So for you, time to do some serious reading. I think at this stage i'd make sure the compy has midi ports (at least an in) and just try the sync thing to make sure it works- it should, anyway. When the wife's out of town and you have a few hours to burn, at least. What you have right now will at least get you going, and we'll be here if you run into more questions.

Glad I could help!

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