Being still new to electronic music, I'm not sure if my terminology is correct.
I use MUZYS with DS-404 for drums and mostly SFV with soundfonts to create my instrument parts and have been quite succesful. The thing I really like is a direct export to a wave file to use in Music Studio 2005 to overdub vocals and guitars. This all works well but MUZYS is limited and quite a memory hog.
Is there another sequencer that will give me this direct export to an audio file?
btw, MUZYS is FREEWARE, which is of course a plus.
Thanks
Exporting midi to audio
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- KVRist
- 33 posts since 3 Nov, 2004 from Pleasantville, NY USA
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
Almost all hosts will allow you to "export" your MIDI creations to audio. The process is called "rendering" and is analagous to 'bouncing' which is a term used in the days when you'd have to mix several tracks down to one in order to maximize total track count of a tape machine.
Surely the best thing for your current situation is to add MIDI Studio (or whatever it's called) to your Music Studio setup?
Greg
Surely the best thing for your current situation is to add MIDI Studio (or whatever it's called) to your Music Studio setup?
Greg
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- KVRist
- 72 posts since 17 Apr, 2002 from Scotland
IIRC, the only clear advantage you'll gain by working in CMuzys is that DS-404 will work multi-timbrally (which it won't do in Midi Studio). If that's not important to you, as Lunch Money says, you already have a great sequencer in your setup that will render WAVs from the apps you mention (unless you're using one of the e-versions, Midi Studio's installed at the same time as Audio Studio).
To nitpick a little, what you're trying to do isn't exporting MIDI to audio (unless I've misunderstood you). MIDI data is used to trigger the DS-404 and SF, but the output they produce is already audio.
You could take the CMuzys MIDI tracks you already have and import them into Midi Studio (for simplicity, dragging and dropping MIDI and audio files directly into the Arrange page works with Midi Studio, though I don't know whether CMuzys will let you do this), then set up DS-404 etc. within Midi Studio to play back the same patches you've been working with in CMuzys. You can then use Midi Studio's Bounce function (on the Output track of the Mixer window) to render a WAV. (If you were indeed trying to export MIDI to audio in Midi Studio - that is, capture as a WAV sounds produced by a MIDI sound source such as the Microsoft GS Softsynth, a soundcard's built-in MIDI synth or an external MIDI sound module, you'd need to use Midi Studio - or Audio Studio - to record the part as a WAV, rather than using the Bounce feature.)
To nitpick a little, what you're trying to do isn't exporting MIDI to audio (unless I've misunderstood you). MIDI data is used to trigger the DS-404 and SF, but the output they produce is already audio.
You could take the CMuzys MIDI tracks you already have and import them into Midi Studio (for simplicity, dragging and dropping MIDI and audio files directly into the Arrange page works with Midi Studio, though I don't know whether CMuzys will let you do this), then set up DS-404 etc. within Midi Studio to play back the same patches you've been working with in CMuzys. You can then use Midi Studio's Bounce function (on the Output track of the Mixer window) to render a WAV. (If you were indeed trying to export MIDI to audio in Midi Studio - that is, capture as a WAV sounds produced by a MIDI sound source such as the Microsoft GS Softsynth, a soundcard's built-in MIDI synth or an external MIDI sound module, you'd need to use Midi Studio - or Audio Studio - to record the part as a WAV, rather than using the Bounce feature.)
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- KVRAF
- 3441 posts since 15 Mar, 2003
The "memory hog"problem you are encountering is because Muzys doesn't have disk streaming for audio. It loads the waves into ram. With even 16 bit audio using 10mb/ minute you can run out of ram quikly.
I don't think you will have that problem with Music Studio.
I don't think you will have that problem with Music Studio.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 33 posts since 3 Nov, 2004 from Pleasantville, NY USA
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Thank you for the quick response. I am impressed with your wish to help and also the knowledge that you all have. I will try spending a bit more time with MIDI Studio.
Thank you for the quick response. I am impressed with your wish to help and also the knowledge that you all have. I will try spending a bit more time with MIDI Studio.