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Hmm yeah, looks like the only way to get it running would be in a VM. But hey, you'd be learning something new.



Be a bit more specific. Do you mean that you installed a new font and now your keyboard layout is mixed? Have you checked Windows' input options via the control panel to make sure it's set to EN-US?

It's specifically the font, I'm sure

It's really annoying, is there an easy fix that doesn't involve uninstalling it

It still isn't clear what your actual problem is. Is it the way text is displayed, or the way it is input as you type?
Is the font simply borked, did it replace your system's default fonts, or did it screw with other fonts?

Display

Typing it is fine, I'm sure

So if you type out some normal text in word or some shit and change the font to the one you installed. If the letters change, then we know that the font has a few of the letters swapped. The only way to change that would be to open up the font and change it back around or get a new, updated version from the creator. I guess such an oversight would be spotted rather quickly.

I created a piece of music using the 'KORG M01D' application on my 3DS but when I exported the midi file and uploaded it to windows media player all I'm hearing is piano sounds in the place of the instruments I was using.

Anyone know how to fix this?

I'm guessing I need to 'restyle' the midi file or something but really I have no idea how to do that or what software I need to use.

You can download the free trial version of Mixcraft; it can handle midi files forever without needing to pay.

On my own note, this makes twice now I've unsuccessfully tried to uninstall drivers in windows 8. Every time I go to control panel > device manager > device > driver > uninstall, the driver is back and perfectly fine after a reboot. Is there a new step I'm missing? I've never had this problem with Windows 7. Something to do with administrator privileges, maybe?

I looked into what few specifications on the program that I could find, and it seems that the problem is that a) it's based off of the programming in a keyboard from the 1980s, and b) it only exports to single track midi. This means that all of your voice layers (or whatever terms the program uses) are all saved onto one track, and one voice. I haven't even been able to find anything saying that you can change the preset midi voice (which would potentially enable you to go around and just layer tracks in Audacity or something).

This is because the way that MIDI files work, they aren't actually a recording playback the way that an MP3 or a WAV is. They're basically just spreadsheets that tell your music player which virtual keys to press, and how to press them. So when you only have one track, no matter what you do, all you're going to get is an aggregate piano track.

From what I read, it looks like it will play the way that you composed it in the actual synthesizing program, but (probably due to file size constraint) any exported files will basically be converted into the most compact arrangement possible, which happens to unfortunately be single-track midi.

It's understandable, though, considering it's just a synthesizer on a handheld.

So I downloaded the trial version of Mixcraft 6 but it's telling me that I'll have to pay for the full version on the 28th Nov - I'll probably only do that if I can get this Midi file sounding anything like how it sounds on the 3DS/KORG (which I don't know if I can do because the drum sets are set up differently on Mixcraft - I might have to build a separate 'channel' or 'layer' for the 'Reverb Cymbal' or whatever it's called).


The Midi file is still separated into 8 different channels or layers - so I can assign an instrument to each individual layer as I could on the 3DS/KORG - the difficulty is in finding instruments which sound like the ones I was using on the 3DS/KORG - which I'm having difficulty doing at the moment.

I thought I'd discovered a hidden gift for music but this is demanding a lot more effort than I was prepared to invest up front.

I'll probably play around with Mixcraft 6 a bit more but I'm not entirely convinced I want to invest in the full version anytime soon; I'll have to see how this goes over the next couple of weeks but I'm expecting that my interest could drop off completely if this becomes too much of a headache.

Ahhh I misunderstood the question. Also I apparently ran into a bad message board, because they all seemed to say that it was single-track. But like I said, I'm not familiar with the program at all besides trying to look stuff up.

Good luck with the instrument synthesizers.

Yeah, I came across a few messageboards which did little more than add further bafflement to my confusion - I think I'm on the right track with this 'Mixcraft' thing though.

I'm a complete n00b to this music stuff so I appreciate your effort to help. Thanks.

After the trial "runs out," you can keep using it. You just remain unable to export proper audio (MIDI saving works fine) and every once in a while a popup prompts you to buy. I've been using the demo for a while, so if you get really into it I cant show you a way to get proper audio out as well.

Don't worry about proper audio exporting too soon if you're pop flyin' with MIDI for now; once you fix the instruments and save the MIDI it'll sound right just playing the MID file.

Also, if you're still having issues with the instrument channels with the drum,what drums are you using in Mixcraft right now? You might be able to get everything you want out of a drumkit instead of a single drum.

Good to know that the program doesn't lock me out completely when the trial period runs out - and I may need to ask you about exporting audio files at some point so thanks for the offer.

On the drums - it just seems as though the drums/drum kits on Mixcraft don't line up the different drum sounds the same way as they are organised on the KORG M01D - so I'll need to look into re-jigging the notes on my drum channels in order to make the sounds work the way I want them to - I guess it's just a bad bit of luck the the 'Electrokit' drum kit I was using on the KORG M01D uses a 'RevCym' sound that doesn't seem to be built into any of the drums/drumkits on Mixcraft, so I was expecting to have to build a new channel to use that sound (I think Cymbals are treated as a separate instrument group in Mixcraft) - though I probably need to spend more time with Mixcraft before I can fully get to grips with it.

I've had somebody else suggest to me that I could try buying a male-to-male audio jack and try recording the sound directly from my 3DS through my laptop to something like Audacity in order to preserve the integrity of the original composition I came up with in KORG M01D - so I may have a go with that as well as a short-term quick-fix way of getting my compositions online (though I'm not sure how much the sound quality might degrade with that method).

If I really take to this music thing I'll probably start looking into using Mixcraft to compose pieces as well - but I don't want to get too distracted from writing/artwork atm.

I suppose really I was just put off by the prospect of having to learn another new program after I'd just spent an afternoon and evening getting to grips with KORG M01D. Also I think my brain needs a few days to come to terms with everything I've learnt so far.

My ipod can't find my wifi signal anymore even though I'm bodaciously sitting right next to the modem.

Sometimes wireless connections can bug out on either side of the issue. Try rebooting your iPod; pretty frequently my iphone decides to stop seeing cellular or wifi at all. Your wifi router should also be reset.