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Subject:Can't open loops. Posted by: SDaW Date:4/11/2001 11:58:08 AM Hi, I've bought a DV Storm from Canopus and there inside was ACID Styl 2.0a and ACIS Xpress. There is also a second disk with "Loops for ACID" for Canupus. I registered the program and I can start it without problems, but I can open the loopse. When I search the CD, there are loop fils like *.wa_ but I can't open them. What can I do? thx for help
Subject:RE: Can't open loops. Reply by: nlamartina Date:4/12/2001 1:06:51 PM SDaW, The files you are looking at in Explorer are zipped- up/compressed wave files, probably intended for part of an installation or program feature. Try a couple of things to see if we can't help you through this: 1. Make sure you're in the right directory. All the ACID CD's contain directories for promotional advertisements, usually including a few sample libraries. Are you accessing those instead of the real loops supplemented with your program? 2. Try copying one of the .wa_ files from the CD to your hard disk, and rename the extension to .wav, and see if you can open/listen to it. If you can, and you're positive you're in the right directory, then the file isn't named correctly for some reason (unless ACID Style has proprietary loops, which to my knowledge, isn't the case). 3. If you can't play the file after you've renamed it, it's because it's a compressed file. Go back to suggestion number one. Those are my guesses. If I had the CD in question in my hand, I might be a little more helpful, but at least check those two things out first. I'll monitor this thread for a response. Good luck, Nick LaMartina

SDaW,

The files you are looking at in Explorer are zipped-
up/compressed wave files, probably intended for part of an
installation or program feature. Try a couple of things to
see if we can't help you through this:

1. Make sure you're in the right directory. All the ACID
CD's contain directories for promotional advertisements,
usually including a few sample libraries. Are you accessing
those instead of the real loops supplemented with your
program?

2. Try copying one of the *.wa_ files from the CD to your
hard disk, and rename the extension to *.wav, and see if
you can open/listen to it. If you can, and you're positive
you're in the right directory, then the file isn't named
correctly for some reason (unless ACID Style has
proprietary loops, which to my knowledge, isn't the case).

3. If you can't play the file after you've renamed it, it's
because it's a compressed file. Go back to suggestion
number one.

Those are my guesses. If I had the CD in question in my
hand, I might be a little more helpful, but at least check
those two things out first. I'll monitor this thread for a
response.

Good luck,
Nick LaMartina