recording with audigy and acid 4.0 -ACID Product Family

Subject:recording with audigy and acid 4.0 Posted by: chrisb1024 Date:9/11/2003 12:30:48 PM hi i am looking into this for a friend he is running acid 4.0 on a win98 machine of all things and when he tries to record from an external device say a guitar or microphone connected to his audigy live drive it will not record...it looks like it is recording but it isn't...he can record from the hard drive ar cd rom...this stuff is veru out of my ellement so any help would be greatly apreciated thank you i can be emailed at chrisb1024@comcast.net
Subject:RE: recording with audigy and acid 4.0 Reply by: Iacobus Date:9/11/2003 1:10:43 PM Are the record meters actually moving in the Record window? You may have to enable and subsequently choose a specific hardware input for recording. Be sure that you go to Options>Preferences on the menu bar and click the Audio tab and choose a specific audio device type other than "Microsoft Sound Mapper". Also go into your soundcard's software mixer and ensure that the specific input you intend to use is not muted and its sliders turned all the way up. How is your gear (like your guitar) connected? HTH, Iacobus ------- RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid mD's ACIDplanet Page
Subject:RE: recording with audigy and acid 4.0 Reply by: chrisb1024 Date:9/11/2003 11:19:49 PM yeah i have configured the software propperly for the audigy card...the meters do infact move...i am playing the guitar the the live drive wicj is an exstension of the sound card it has a 1/4 inch jack built right in...it is pretty frustrating
Subject:RE: recording with audigy and acid 4.0 Reply by: cloudspine Date:9/12/2003 8:40:34 AM unless he's tried this already, and if he has an amp or a hardware mixer (inexpensive ones can be found), it would be much, much better to plug the microphone (via mixer/amp) into the "input" instead of "microphone," and selected "line in" for recording in the software mixer.

Subject:recording with audigy and acid 4.0

Posted by: chrisb1024

Date:9/11/2003 12:30:48 PM

hi i am looking into this for a friend he is running acid 4.0 on a win98 machine of all things and when he tries to record from an external device say a guitar or microphone connected to his audigy live drive it will not record...it looks like it is recording but it isn't...he can record from the hard drive ar cd rom...this stuff is veru out of my ellement so any help would be greatly apreciated thank you i can be emailed at chrisb1024@comcast.net

Subject:RE: recording with audigy and acid 4.0

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:9/11/2003 1:10:43 PM

Are the record meters actually moving in the Record window?

You may have to enable and subsequently choose a specific hardware input for recording.

Be sure that you go to Options>Preferences on the menu bar and click the Audio tab and choose a specific audio device type other than "Microsoft Sound Mapper".

Also go into your soundcard's software mixer and ensure that the specific input you intend to use is not muted and its sliders turned all the way up.

How is your gear (like your guitar) connected?

HTH,
Iacobus
-------
RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid
mD's ACIDplanet Page

Subject:RE: recording with audigy and acid 4.0

Reply by: chrisb1024

Date:9/11/2003 11:19:49 PM

yeah i have configured the software propperly for the audigy card...the meters do infact move...i am playing the guitar the the live drive wicj is an exstension of the sound card it has a 1/4 inch jack built right in...it is pretty frustrating

Subject:RE: recording with audigy and acid 4.0

Reply by: cloudspine

Date:9/12/2003 8:40:34 AM

unless he's tried this already, and if he has an amp or a hardware mixer (inexpensive ones can be found), it would be much, much better to plug the microphone (via mixer/amp) into the "input" instead of "microphone," and selected "line in" for recording in the software mixer.