How come after I create and save a VIP in Samplitude, it doesn't show up as a Table Of Contents within Point CDaudio? Samplitude is Hohner Midia's audio recording editing program, and Point CDaudio is Point's CD burning program. These are bundled as Red Roaster. Samplitude allows you to record and edit audio, and it's also equipped with automatic and manual CD mastering software that creates a "Table Of Contents" which can then be imported into Point's CDaudio. A problem between these two programs has to do with file names. When naming a file in Samplitude, it is possible to use more than 8 characters, however Point CDaudio can't read more than 8 characters (a DOS limitation), so any VIP saved from Samplitude with more than 8 characters won't show up in CDaudio as a TOC. CD audio will simply report that there is no TOC. Just make sure to save using less than 8 characters within Samplitude. I need to to send digital information from my ADAT's lightpipe output to an S/PDIF digital in. How do I do this? We probably average 3-5 calls and e-mails a week from ADAT users looking to pick up an Alesis AI-1 digital format converter. Unfortunately, AI-1's are extremely hard to come by, having been discontinued for some time. To get from ADAT lightpipe to S/PDIF, one inSync reader offers the following solution: Korg's 168RC digital mixer. The 168RC has 8-channels of ADAT lightpipe I/O, and can send and return stereo S/PDIF signals. The really cool thing about this is that unlike an AI-1, the 168RC allows you to change levels, EQ, mix multiple channels, add effects and more while outputting to S/PDIF from lightpipe inputs. Not bad considering that, at the new Sweetwater price of only $999, the 168RC is literally only a few dollars more than the AI-1 was! How do I approach the Kurzweil 2500 Operating System Update? I have a Mac and the download and Kurzweil are DOS formats. What do I do? Any Mac with a Superdrive floppy drive (pretty much every model since the Mac II) can read and write to DOS formatted disks. First, download the files to your Mac's hard drive. Then, copy the files from your Mac's drive to a floppy formatted in your Kurzweil. Insert the floppy into your Kurzweil, and you're ready to rock! This also works for transferring AIFF sample data and standard MIDI files. Does the ADAT Interface work with Pro Tools|24? No. Pro Tools|24 uses a 24-bit word data system. It is therefore incompatable with the 16 bit word in the ADAT interface. Got a question? Well, we've got answers! Simply mail your question to Sweetwater at 5335 Bass Rd., Ft. Wayne, IN 46808 or send e-mail to "tech_support@sweetwater.com". Master Index | Sweet Notes Index | Home | Back Page | Next Page