I can't load my master file in my CD writer program.
Make sure the file is a stereo .wav file. If you're using the Pro Plus edition then also make sure it's a 16 bit file (CDs are always 16 bit). All other tracks are on the track I recorded. What's wrong?
Your sound device is recording it's own audio output. If your sound device comes with some kind of mixer window you can search for the problematic setting there.
Windows XP/2000: If you're using the WinSound driverset you can go click the Recording Options area's Input button, and make sure all inputs are turned off (except the one you're using). The offending one may be called "What U Hear" or "Master". My vocals are on the left or right channel only.
Record to mono audio files. Microphones are mono, so recording to a stereo file results in one channel being silent. Track's Play or Rec Button turns gray when starting Transport.
There is no audio/MIDI device available to play or record this file. If the mixer is disabled you can play only as many audio files (stereo files count as 2!) as there are output channels on your device. Can't load MIDI files recorded with MultitrackStudio in another application.
In the Preferences window switch the MIDI File Format to '480 ticks per quarter note', this format is more widely supported than the other one. There are glitches/short bursts of static in my recordings. or
MIDI device seems to 'pause' periodically. or
Transport stops with 'Buffer over/underrun' message now and then.
Close all other programs. My audio tracks are out of sync. What can I do?
- Make sure you're using the latest drivers for your sound device
- Try using a samplerate of 48 Khz rather than the default 44.1 kHz (see Song Properties).
- Windows: Try using a different driverset.
- Windows: The WinSound driverset features an 'Apply EMU10k1 44.1 kHz Audio Sync Correction' setting. Soundcards of the Soundblaster Live! type (including 128, 512, 1024 and Ensoniq AudioPCI) use slightly different samplerates for playback and recording when using a samplerate of 44.1 kHz. MultitrackStudio compensates for this effect if the 'Apply EMU10k1 44.1 kHz Audio Sync Correction' button is engaged in the Winsound Properties window. Make sure this button is engaged if you have one the aforementioned soundcards, make sure it isn't if you don't.
- Mac: : If you're using different devices for audio recording and playback you can create an "aggregate device" using the Audio MIDI Setup application and use that device instead. My songs play back too fast. What can I do?
- If your sound device's control panel has a samplerate setting, make sure its value is identical to the one used in the MultitrackStudio Song menu's Properties window.
- Windows: In the Windows Control Panel, set Sound Scheme to "No Sounds". I hear another instrument while recording using a soft instrument. or
I don't hear a recording soft instrument.
The track you are recording is using a MIDI channel that is not equal to the one your MIDI keyboard uses. I want to restore the previous version of a file.
Song, songlist, MIDI, patch and .aem files are backed up every time they are saved to disk. The old versions receive a file extension starting with '~': .hdr, .lml, .mid, .ptc and .aem become .~hdr, .~lml, .~mid, .~ptc and .~aem respectively. The old versions can be made ready for use by renaming them to a file with the correct extension. I hear glitches when opening windows etc. in Windows Vista.
- Try turning off the Aero Vista looks (switch to the Windows Classic display theme).
- If you're using the AsioSnd driverset: try turning on MMCSS (see Compensating for bad drivers). The file open/save dialogs hang on Windows Vista
This happens to a small number of users. Just terminate the program using the Task Manager and run MultitrackStudio again. MultitrackStudio will now revert to using the old style dialogs automatically. |