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Subject:Monitoring Audio Recording Posted by: Paulie Date:5/22/2003 4:22:33 PM Trying to record some vocals uisng an M-Audio Duo connected via USB to ACID 4.0b. Records OK, but can't monitor my singing whilst doing the recording which makes it difficult. M-Audio people suggest I use Cakewalk which has Direct Monitoring. IS there something I need to do to switch this on in ACID? Any ideas ? Paulie
Subject:RE: Monitoring Audio Recording Reply by: pwppch Date:5/22/2003 4:40:44 PM ACID does not support software monitoring. Vegas 4.0 does. Peter
Subject:RE: Monitoring Audio Recording Reply by: dorkus Date:5/22/2003 6:29:08 PM I would suggest a different soundcard. Most have direct monitoring. The duo doesn't allow direct monitoring while overdubbing. I'll never be able to figure out why they made it that way.
Subject:RE: Monitoring Audio Recording Reply by: Iacobus Date:5/24/2003 2:30:16 PM That's mostly because USB 1.1 just can't handle dual 24-bit/96 kHz stereo streams. (Maybe mono, but I'm not sure.) It probably could be written into the Duo's drivers, but you wouldn't be able to use that bit-depth and sample rate, especially in stereo. You could use a mixer and output vocals from it to the Duo, then output the Duo in standalone mode and use its S/PDIF as a master in a sync situation to a soundcard with S/PDIF input, like the Audiophile 2496. You'd then output the Audiophile to the mixer and monitor via the mixer's control room feature while recording via S/PDIF. Kinda funky, but it'd work. This, of course, would necessitate another audio interface/soundcard and a mixer. :o( Iacobus

Subject:Monitoring Audio Recording

Posted by: Paulie

Date:5/22/2003 4:22:33 PM

Trying to record some vocals uisng an M-Audio Duo connected via USB to ACID 4.0b. Records OK, but can't monitor my singing whilst doing the recording which makes it difficult.

M-Audio people suggest I use Cakewalk which has Direct Monitoring. IS there something I need to do to switch this on in ACID?

Any ideas ?

Paulie

Subject:RE: Monitoring Audio Recording

Reply by: pwppch

Date:5/22/2003 4:40:44 PM

ACID does not support software monitoring. Vegas 4.0 does.

Peter

Subject:RE: Monitoring Audio Recording

Reply by: dorkus

Date:5/22/2003 6:29:08 PM

I would suggest a different soundcard. Most have direct monitoring. The duo doesn't allow direct monitoring while overdubbing. I'll never be able to figure out why they made it that way.

Subject:RE: Monitoring Audio Recording

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:5/24/2003 2:30:16 PM

That's mostly because USB 1.1 just can't handle dual 24-bit/96 kHz stereo streams. (Maybe mono, but I'm not sure.) It probably could be written into the Duo's drivers, but you wouldn't be able to use that bit-depth and sample rate, especially in stereo.

You could use a mixer and output vocals from it to the Duo, then output the Duo in standalone mode and use its S/PDIF as a master in a sync situation to a soundcard with S/PDIF input, like the Audiophile 2496. You'd then output the Audiophile to the mixer and monitor via the mixer's control room feature while recording via S/PDIF. Kinda funky, but it'd work.

This, of course, would necessitate another audio interface/soundcard and a mixer. :o(

Iacobus