Multi Track Recording

maylee wrote on 2/25/2004, 11:07 PM

Is anyone using vegas 4d as a mutitrack audio recorder with more than 6 tracks? It seems that the only option is 5.1 Is there anyway to set it up to handle more than 6 tracks at once?

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TorS wrote on 2/25/2004, 11:51 PM

If you have 24 ins on your computer, you have 24 ins on Vegas.
Tor

maylee wrote on 2/26/2004, 6:41 AM

That's what I understood, but I'm having difficulty setting vegas4 up. I have a 4 channel card with asio drivers, but I muist be overlooking something simple because I have difficulty seeing the four inputs. I don't know if it's a problem with the card or me. The manual is a little vague on this subject, and I was hoping someone was doing this on a regular basis and could enlighten me.

TorS wrote on 2/26/2004, 6:59 AM

The machine I have Delta 66 in is currently lying feet up, but I seem to remember you select input by rightclicking the audio track head. Have you tried that?
Tor

ibliss wrote on 2/26/2004, 6:59 AM

You probably need to go into the Vegas preferences, click on the audio device tab and chang the driver from Microsoft Sound Mapper to ASIO.

If it's set to Microsoft Sound Mapper Vegas will only see the default stereo pair that Windows uses for sound playback & record.

Now you should be able to select record inputs for tracks and output for mix busses from all of the available channels on you card.

maylee wrote on 2/26/2004, 9:16 AM

Thanks for your replies. I have been able to see the four inputs, but I was trying to have four separate output controls, so that i can have the card outs available separately, rather than mixed down. The only way to do that seems to be to select 5.1 rather than stereo from the file menu under properties (audio). Is that my only choice?

ibliss wrote on 2/26/2004, 9:24 AM

No, if you go to the Mixer window and click on "insert bus" you will then be able to select the soundcard outputs that the new bus uses.

maylee wrote on 2/26/2004, 11:38 AM

Thanks, ibliss. That was the missing link. After playing around I was able to understand how it works, and I could get two separate outputs to transfer to multi track tape for backup if I wanted, or to a separate hardware mixer.