Sound on sound problem

imaginACTION wrote on 5/20/2004, 1:19 AM

I admit to being somewhat 'routingly challenged' - I have a bed of music tracks (Acid etc) on the timeline in Vegas.
I want to record my accoustic guitar through a mike.

Q: How can I hear the metronome and the bed without recording the metronome and be into the new track?

The only way I've solved this is to use two sound cards and route the metronome and bed through, while recording to the other. Do I have to use two sound cards?

Same thing if I want to hear audiuo from the timeline while recording a new voiceover - if I can hear the prerecorded audio in the cans, Vegas also records this mixed with my voiceover into the new record track.

I'm pretty sure I'm missing something basic here - help appreciated!
David

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heinz3110 wrote on 5/20/2004, 4:15 AM

Soundcard related probably.See your soundcardmixer-section in your systemtray and select record -line in ,and not What-You-Hear or something like that.What soundcard is it,anyway?

Gerard.

Rednroll wrote on 5/20/2004, 2:04 PM

Here's what you do. Like Heinz said, make sure you have record what you hear, or "mix" disabled in your sound cards mixer section and then select "line IN" for your recording device. The metrodome sounds and your bed tracks, will be fed to your sound cards "outputs", your guitar will be connected to your "Line IN" inputs. Now you need to make it so, you can hear your guitar along with the other tracks and the metrodone. To do this you should enable "input monitoring" within Vegas. You might not be able to do this, unless it is setup in the preferences. Goto the preferences, and select your sound cards driver under the audio device tab. If it has an ASIO driver, than select that one. If it doesn't then select "windows Classic wave driver". If you choose the "windows classic wave driver", then click on the "advanced" button. Put a check box in the "enable input monitoring". Create a new audio track. Click on that tracks record button. Then click on the input select button. Under that button you will see an "input monitor" selection. Select either "ON" or "Auto". "Auto" will probably be your best selection, because this works like a tape machine with "auto-input" monitoring in that when in the stopped mode, you will hear your sound cards input, when in the play mode you will hear the track that is playing back. When you press record, you will then hear your guitar part going into the Line IN. This is your best monitoring mode, if you plan to do any punch-in recording on a track. With this setup correctly you should not be recording the metrodome or the tracks that are already recorded. The only thing being recorded to a new track, should be the audio going into your "line IN" input.

imaginACTION wrote on 5/20/2004, 7:41 PM

Thanks so much for the clear advice, guys!
It's an ASUS P4P 800 MB with Sound Max onboard sound, plus I have a SoundBlaster Live card as well. Probably need a better sound card with ASIO drivers, I think.
David

drbam wrote on 5/21/2004, 8:00 AM

>>Probably need a better sound card with ASIO drivers, I think.<<

Only if you're remotely serious about creating music. ;-)

drbam

donp wrote on 5/22/2004, 4:41 PM

Check out the M-Audio line of professional sound cards they all have ASIO.
I have the M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and I love it. I know a lot of folks have the Creative cards and they may be more popular but the M-Audio is more suited for my needs though.