A couple of months ago, I installed Cubase LE 1.09 on my Mac Powerbook G4. There were many frustrating hassles with getting it to set up and run, and meanwhile, I got distracted by a video project which came with its own set of problems. That project is now complete, so I got back to Cubase. I recorded some tracks on Garage Band, mixed them to aif, and then imported then into Cubase. That part went fine; I cut and pasted and edited, and that all went well. When I tried to do a mixdown, I got a message, "export file failed". Over and over; I tried aif, wav, mp3, all with the same result. Any ideas what's causing this? The project is; I recorded an instrumental piece, and dedicated it to president-elect Obama. It happens that I finished the recording of the song, and realized that his inauguration was about to happen, so I turned the microphone around towards the radio, and caught the address. It's one of my favourite speeches ever. I then broke it up into segments, and matched it to the instrumental, and it fit as if it had been pre-arranged! The speech has not only a good message, but a cadence which lends itself well to such a treatment. Where he repeated "On this day"... and then "For us"... I copied those soundbites and pasted them in as rhythmic bits. It didn't take much genius on my part, it came pre-ordained. Anyway, I can't show anyone else this, unless I haul my laptop around. I'd like to export it as a wav or aif.
On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:09:41 -0700 (PDT), wrote: >A couple of months ago, I installed Cubase LE 1.09 on my Mac Powerbook >G4. There were many frustrating hassles with getting it to set up and >run, and meanwhile, I got distracted by a video project which came >with its own set of problems. That project is now complete, so I got >back to Cubase. > >I recorded some tracks on Garage Band, mixed them to aif, and then >imported then into Cubase. That part went fine; I cut and pasted and >edited, and that all went well. When I tried to do a mixdown, I got a >message, "export file failed". Over and over; I tried aif, wav, mp3, >all with the same result. > >Any ideas what's causing this? You have the left and right locaters reversed. The cart is before the horse! Ap
On Apr 28, 5:31 pm, (Aphelion) wrote: > On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:09:41 -0700 (PDT), > wrote: > > >I recorded some tracks on Garage Band, mixed them to aif, and then > >imported then into Cubase. That part went fine; I cut and pasted and > >edited, and that all went well. When I tried to do a mixdown, I got a > >message, "export file failed". Over and over; I tried aif, wav, mp3, > >all with the same result. > > >Any ideas what's causing this? > > You have the left and right locaters reversed. > > The cart is before the horse! > > Ap Sounds reasonable - I'll check it out and get back to you.
On Apr 28, 5:31 pm, (Aphelion) wrote: > On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:09:41 -0700 (PDT), > wrote: > > >A couple of months ago, I installed Cubase LE 1.09 on my Mac Powerbook > >G4. There were many frustrating hassles with getting it to set up and > >run, and meanwhile, I got distracted by a video project which came > >with its own set of problems. That project is now complete, so I got > >back to Cubase. > > >I recorded some tracks on Garage Band, mixed them to aif, and then > >imported then into Cubase. That part went fine; I cut and pasted and > >edited, and that all went well. When I tried to do a mixdown, I got a > >message, "export file failed". Over and over; I tried aif, wav, mp3, > >all with the same result. > > >Any ideas what's causing this? > > You have the left and right locaters reversed. > > The cart is before the horse! > > Ap Yes, that did the trick! It wasn't any TOO obvious though, how to set (and reset) the locaters. Here's an Homeric DOH! I'm soon to be a Cubase user!
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:07:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote: >On Apr 28, 5:31=A0pm, (Aphelion) wrote: >> On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:09:41 -0700 (PDT), >> wrote: >> >> >A couple of months ago, I installed Cubase LE 1.09 on my Mac Powerbook >> >G4. There were many frustrating hassles with getting it to set up and >> >run, and meanwhile, I got distracted by a video project which came >> >with its own set of problems. That project is now complete, so I got >> >back to Cubase. >> >> >I recorded some tracks on Garage Band, mixed them to aif, and then >> >imported then into Cubase. That part went fine; I cut and pasted and >> >edited, and that all went well. When I tried to do a mixdown, I got a >> >message, "export file failed". Over and over; I tried aif, wav, mp3, >> >all with the same result. >> >> >Any ideas what's causing this? >> >> You have the left and right locaters reversed. >> >> The cart is before the horse! >> >> Ap > >Yes, that did the trick! It wasn't any TOO obvious though, That's how I knew what it was. an Homeric DOH! Excellent Smithers. Ap
On May 1, 4:45 am, (Aphelion) wrote: > On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:07:57 -0700 (PDT), > wrote: > > > > >On Apr 28, 5:31=A0pm, (Aphelion) wrote: > >> On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:09:41 -0700 (PDT), > >> wrote: > > >> >A couple of months ago, I installed Cubase LE 1.09 on my Mac Powerbook > >> >G4. There were many frustrating hassles with getting it to set up and > >> >run, and meanwhile, I got distracted by a video project which came > >> >with its own set of problems. That project is now complete, so I got > >> >back to Cubase. > > >> >I recorded some tracks on Garage Band, mixed them to aif, and then > >> >imported then into Cubase. That part went fine; I cut and pasted and > >> >edited, and that all went well. When I tried to do a mixdown, I got a > >> >message, "export file failed". Over and over; I tried aif, wav, mp3, > >> >all with the same result. > > >> >Any ideas what's causing this? > > >> You have the left and right locaters reversed. > > >> The cart is before the horse! > > >> Ap > > >Yes, that did the trick! It wasn't any TOO obvious though, > > That's how I knew what it was. > > an Homeric DOH! > > Excellent Smithers. > > Ap <kvetch> I know practically nothing about programming, but it seems really dense, that they would code Cubase in such a way, that it is possible to have the locaters reversed. In what circumstance would that be useful? No other program I've used would allow this; at least, there should be a popup box that says something like, "Locaters reversed; are you SURE this is what you want?" </kvetch>
schreef: > <kvetch> I know practically nothing about programming, but it seems > really dense, that they would code Cubase in such a way, that it is > possible to have the locaters reversed. In what circumstance would > that be useful? No other program I've used would allow this; at least, > there should be a popup box that says something like, "Locaters > reversed; are you SURE this is what you want?" </kvetch> True. If you reverse the locators, Cubase will skip the range on playback. However, that is of no use if you want to mixdown, so a warning would be useful. (Knowing something about programming, skipping the range when locators are reversed was probably an unintended side effect that they decided to keep, not a feature according to specs.) Jos. -- www.ardispark.nl
On Fri, 1 May 2009 06:06:00 -0700 (PDT), wrote: ><kvetch> I know practically nothing about programming, but it seems >really dense, that they would code Cubase in such a way, that it is >possible to have the locaters reversed. In what circumstance would >that be useful? No other program I've used would allow this; at least, >there should be a popup box that says something like, "Locaters >reversed; are you SURE this is what you want?" </kvetch> Reversed locators in some versions gave the useful function of skipping the included section on playback. But I agree, there should be an informative error message when attempting mixdown. CubaseFAQ page: http://www.laurencepayne.co.uk/CubaseFAQ.htm
On May 1, 9:03 am, Laurence Payne <> wrote: > > Reversed locators in some versions gave the useful function of > skipping the included section on playback. But I agree, there should > be an informative error message when attempting mixdown. > It doesn't seem to do that in the version of Cubase LE that I have. I might have twigged to the problem if it did. It played back fine, but wouldn't mix. Oh, well, now I know. I'll soon have a mix online, and will do my next project in Cubase from the get-go.
