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Subject:Recording Audio Posted by: Couture Date:2/28/2004 5:22:43 AM Ok I got my new soundcard... Its the MIA/Midi Echo. It has to quarter inch input lines for audio and 2 quarter inch outs. I have my mic going through a mixer with the levels up and I see a good signal on the mixer. The main mix volume is up and there are 2 quarter inch audio cables comming out of the Main Left and Right Outputs and going into line 1 and line 2 of my soundcard. Im set up to record. I press record on acid pro and I get variouse results from this same set up. At first I could record but only on one side. Mono not stereo. Then after fidgeting a little while but not really changing anything I, in one instance get a stereo signal so I get excited and test it by recording a vocal track. The result is half of the track I just recorded is stereo then the other half drops off and in the end of the recording it is back to one side,mono. Next I fidget some more only getting mono signal again and decide to press help and type in recording on the software. It doesnt show me anything helpfull. I go back fidget agian and find out I can right click on the levels in the record function and get some options. I play with that a little but it doesnt really help. After pressing reset clip a few times it does not help. One side is like -84 and the other side is like -12. Fidget with my cords a little to make sure they are securely in the quarter inch slots. Try the reset click button one more time and boom, theyre both at -84 and I get no more signals on either side. My question is what the heck???... seriously though, how do I get a straight stereo signal with this thing? I also tried putting both quarter inch cables into an y adapter so there both just going into one line in on my sound card but that also was recording on one side only. Im glad I got rid of the hisss but its useless if Im getting these quarky results...
Subject:RE: Recording Audio Reply by: Iacobus Date:2/28/2004 10:13:50 AM Things to check: -Ensure that the cables themselves aren't bad. (It actually sounds like that they could be.) -Clean your plugs and connectors if it hasn't been done in awhile. They might have oxidized. Use lint-free cloths and swabs dipped in rubbing alcohol and let them dry completely; be sure you do not have anything plugged in and powered on while you do this. (Since your MiaMIDI is new, I doubt it'll need it.) -Ensure that the MiaMIDI's mixer settings are set right. (Similarly, be sure you have the latest supported drivers from Echo; there could be an issue with the drivers similar to yours that might have been resolved.) -Check to make sure that you have the right type of hardware input selected under the Record dialog. (Some interfaces/soundcards let you select left, right or both.) -If you're recording just one mic, stereo probably won't be advantageous to you unless you plan on adding stereo effects later on. You could render a mono file to a new track in stereo if need be. (Ask me how if you'd like to know.) HTH, Iacobus ------- RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid mD's ACIDplanet Page
Subject:RE: Recording Audio Reply by: metrazol Date:3/2/2004 1:22:05 PM Yep, sounds like a bad 1/4 inch cable. Are the inputs on the card mono or stereo jacks? What about the cables, how're they wired? It sounds like you have a bad wiring on one of the plugs, either internally or the little ring that separates the various contact surfaces is shorting. Check those little green (or blue, or red, or gray, or whichever) rings between the tip and base of the plug. One ring for mono, 2 for stereo, making 2 and 3 parts respectively. If there's a short, you'll see it there. I've had all kinds of problems with that, from mini plugs that were too short to make a good contact (don't ask...) and knicked insulators such that I was getting L/R and distortion on one track and just noise on the other.
Subject:RE: Recording Audio Reply by: Iacobus Date:3/2/2004 8:39:42 PM Yeah, I've had similar problems too. I've had problems trying to get my guitar effects processor to communicate with my computer. At first I thought it was the drivers for my audio interface, but it turns out it was a bad MIDI cable that was the culprit. Iacobus ------- RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid mD's ACIDplanet Page

Subject:Recording Audio

Posted by: Couture

Date:2/28/2004 5:22:43 AM

Ok I got my new soundcard... Its the MIA/Midi Echo. It has to quarter inch input lines for audio and 2 quarter inch outs. I have my mic going through a mixer with the levels up and I see a good signal on the mixer. The main mix volume is up and there are 2 quarter inch audio cables comming out of the Main Left and Right Outputs and going into line 1 and line 2 of my soundcard. Im set up to record. I press record on acid pro and I get variouse results from this same set up. At first I could record but only on one side. Mono not stereo. Then after fidgeting a little while but not really changing anything I, in one instance get a stereo signal so I get excited and test it by recording a vocal track. The result is half of the track I just recorded is stereo then the other half drops off and in the end of the recording it is back to one side,mono. Next I fidget some more only getting mono signal again and decide to press help and type in recording on the software. It doesnt show me anything helpfull. I go back fidget agian and find out I can right click on the levels in the record function and get some options. I play with that a little but it doesnt really help. After pressing reset clip a few times it does not help. One side is like -84 and the other side is like -12. Fidget with my cords a little to make sure they are securely in the quarter inch slots. Try the reset click button one more time and boom, theyre both at -84 and I get no more signals on either side. My question is what the heck???... seriously though, how do I get a straight stereo signal with this thing? I also tried putting both quarter inch cables into an y adapter so there both just going into one line in on my sound card but that also was recording on one side only. Im glad I got rid of the hisss but its useless if Im getting these quarky results...

Subject:RE: Recording Audio

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:2/28/2004 10:13:50 AM

Things to check:

-Ensure that the cables themselves aren't bad. (It actually sounds like that they could be.)

-Clean your plugs and connectors if it hasn't been done in awhile. They might have oxidized. Use lint-free cloths and swabs dipped in rubbing alcohol and let them dry completely; be sure you do not have anything plugged in and powered on while you do this.

(Since your MiaMIDI is new, I doubt it'll need it.)

-Ensure that the MiaMIDI's mixer settings are set right. (Similarly, be sure you have the latest supported drivers from Echo; there could be an issue with the drivers similar to yours that might have been resolved.)

-Check to make sure that you have the right type of hardware input selected under the Record dialog. (Some interfaces/soundcards let you select left, right or both.)

-If you're recording just one mic, stereo probably won't be advantageous to you unless you plan on adding stereo effects later on. You could render a mono file to a new track in stereo if need be. (Ask me how if you'd like to know.)

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

Subject:RE: Recording Audio

Reply by: metrazol

Date:3/2/2004 1:22:05 PM

Yep, sounds like a bad 1/4 inch cable. Are the inputs on the card mono or stereo jacks? What about the cables, how're they wired? It sounds like you have a bad wiring on one of the plugs, either internally or the little ring that separates the various contact surfaces is shorting. Check those little green (or blue, or red, or gray, or whichever) rings between the tip and base of the plug. One ring for mono, 2 for stereo, making 2 and 3 parts respectively. If there's a short, you'll see it there. I've had all kinds of problems with that, from mini plugs that were too short to make a good contact (don't ask...) and knicked insulators such that I was getting L/R and distortion on one track and just noise on the other.

Subject:RE: Recording Audio

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:3/2/2004 8:39:42 PM

Yeah, I've had similar problems too. I've had problems trying to get my guitar effects processor to communicate with my computer.

At first I thought it was the drivers for my audio interface, but it turns out it was a bad MIDI cable that was the culprit.

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