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Subject:Recording Unreliable Posted by: eightieschild Date:6/21/2006 7:35:27 AM Hi. I sometimes use Sound Forge Audio Studio 8 to internally record midi files on my PC. I select "Stereo Mix" in the Windows Recording Control window, and play back a file in Windows Media Player. However, I've noticed that Sound Forge is a bit unreliable when recording. Sometimes when I open the Record window, the meters are live and flickering green. But other times, they're completely dead, and can't "hear" anything. Why it does this is a mystery to me, as I use exactly the same settings each time. What I do know is, closing and re-opening Sound Forge usually solves the problem. So I believe this is a bug with Sound Forge.
Subject:RE: Recording Unreliable Reply by: Geoff_Wood Date:6/23/2006 7:18:03 PM I very much doubt it, as most users don't get your problem, and somebody else of the many thousands of users would be surely have noticed by now. More likely a bug in your Windows setup, or another application changing your default device/drivers, etc. In SF make sure you have the actual soundcard selected as the Audio Device in Options. If you have Microsoft Sound Mapper selected, other applications sometimes alter the device. Message last edited on6/25/2006 2:17:16 AM byGeoff_Wood.
Subject:Recording Reliable Reply by: eightieschild Date:7/23/2006 12:02:40 PM Hey, I changed the Audio device type from "Microsoft Sound Mapper" to "Windows Classic Wave Driver, and the problem went away. My Default recording device is now on "Yamaha AC-XG WDM Audio" instead of Microsoft Sound Mapper. I now get reliable recordings, with the meters always flickering green. That's a tip to remember.

Subject:Recording Unreliable

Date:6/21/2006 7:35:27 AM

Hi. I sometimes use Sound Forge Audio Studio 8 to internally record midi files on my PC. I select "Stereo Mix" in the Windows Recording Control window, and play back a file in Windows Media Player.

However, I've noticed that Sound Forge is a bit unreliable when recording. Sometimes when I open the Record window, the meters are live and flickering green. But other times, they're completely dead, and can't "hear" anything. Why it does this is a mystery to me, as I use exactly the same settings each time. What I do know is, closing and re-opening Sound Forge usually solves the problem. So I believe this is a bug with Sound Forge.

Subject:RE: Recording Unreliable

Reply by: Geoff_Wood

Date:6/23/2006 7:18:03 PM

I very much doubt it, as most users don't get your problem, and somebody else of the many thousands of users would be surely have noticed by now.

More likely a bug in your Windows setup, or another application changing your default device/drivers, etc.

In SF make sure you have the actual soundcard selected as the Audio Device in Options. If you have Microsoft Sound Mapper selected, other applications sometimes alter the device.

Message last edited on6/25/2006 2:17:16 AM byGeoff_Wood.

Subject:Recording Reliable

Reply by: eightieschild

Date:7/23/2006 12:02:40 PM

Hey, I changed the Audio device type from "Microsoft Sound Mapper" to "Windows Classic Wave Driver, and the problem went away. My Default recording device is now on "Yamaha AC-XG WDM Audio" instead of Microsoft Sound Mapper.

I now get reliable recordings, with the meters always flickering green. That's a tip to remember.