RECORDING MIDI TO WAV/MP3 IN CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO 9
If you don't use the audio side of Cakewalk you can still record and mixdown your Midi or SoundFont compositions to Windows media formats Wav, Mp3 etc. This is how to do it with the SBLive soundcard.
Open the Midi or SoundFont composition you want to record in Cakewalk then in a new 'Track' double click the 'Track Properties'.
Change the 'Source' to 'Stereo SB Live! Wave In' (or whatever your equivalent soundcard driver is) and click 'OK'.
'Arm' the track for recording by clicking the 'R' in the 'Track View'.
Now open your soundcard or Windows mixer and select the playback and recording properties you want to use. For playback set your 'Play Control', 'Wave/Direct Sound' and 'Midi' volumes to full and 'Mute' all other playback settings.
Under 'Options/Properties' change your settings for recording. We are going to use the 'What U Hear' option which will record everything that is played back. These settings will reduce any background noise and optimize the volume when recording.
Click the 'Record' button in Cakewalk and stop when you have finished your recording.
You should now have a track of audio.
'Unarm' the track and 'Solo' the audio track for auditioning by clicking the 'S' button in the 'Track View'. When you are satisfied with your recording you can save it as a media file.
Open 'Tools/Mixdown Audio/Export To Files'.
Name your 'File', Select your 'File Type' and 'Format' then click 'Export'.
Cakewalk will now mixdown your chosen media format to disk.
NOTE: CD quality audio requires 10mb of disk space per minute of recording so make sure you have sufficient disk space for saving your files.
