Help - getting sound onto the comp -ACID Product Family

Subject:Help - getting sound onto the comp Posted by: punkrockjunkie Date:7/20/2007 5:38:21 AM Quick question for you all: Just bought Acid Music Studio 6.0 and am trying to record onto the computer. I've got a Dell desktop (Intel Pentium 4) and a 20 channel Mixer. I have tried connecting the Mixer to the sound card in the computer, but for some reason, it's not working. When I record, the Master on Acid is showing evidence of sound, but the Preview section and Timeline show nothing. I have also tried using plugging in my guitar to a Stereo Adapter and then into my computer. A guy at a music store suggested this as it works for him. But--it didn't work! This is all very new for me, but I would like to hear your ideas about this. How does everyone record onto their computer? I know there a ton of different options. Please help! Thanks!
Subject:RE: Help - getting sound onto the comp Reply by: jdscogin Date:7/20/2007 6:54:23 AM Are you using an internal sound card? Those kind of devices do not play well with Acid. I will be blasted for saying this, but I used a Sound Blaster for years and it would pretty well. I now have 2 M-Audio Delta 44's in my computer which works very will. I also tried plugging my guitar directly into the computer but it made the pots very noisy. Hope this helps.
Subject:RE: Help - getting sound onto the comp Reply by: pwppch Date:7/20/2007 7:16:32 AM Please fill out your system specs in your user profile. Could you provide the procedure you are doing step by step? Thanks Peter
Subject:RE: Help - getting sound onto the comp Reply by: JohnnyRoy Date:7/22/2007 9:45:05 AM > I have tried connecting the Mixer to the sound card in the computer, but for some reason, it's not working. When I record, the Master on Acid is showing evidence of sound, but the Preview section and Timeline show nothing. There are a few things at play here. One is that you have to have your sound card set up to record from the proper input. I see from your profile that you have a SoundBlaster Live! If you instal the software that came with it, one of the programs is a little control panel that determines which input is active. If you are using an external mixer, you want to plug that into the Line-In of your soundcard. So find the control pannel app for your SBLive and make sure you set it to record from Line-In. Next you have to tell ACID what device to use and where to record from. I don't think the SBLive has ASIO drivers (which are referred) so just go to Options -> Preferences -> Audio and under Audio device type select Windows Classic Wave Driver. Then press OK. Finally, when you press the Record button there is a Record device at the bottom of the Record window. Make sure your SBLive is selected. Now with the Monitor option checked, whenever you play something through the mixer you should see the meters in the Record window respond. If not, check all these connections and settings and try again. > How does everyone record onto their computer? I use an M-Audio Firewire 410 audio interface. It plugs into the firewire port on my computer and I can move it from my desktop to my laptop with ease. It also has ASIO drivers which are required for getting low latency recordings and because it's external to the PC it doesn't suffer from any internal electronic PC noise. If you are serious about recording, get rid of the SoundBlaster game card and get good audio interface. M-Audio and Echo make some good yet inexpensive interfaces. The problem you are going to have with the SBLive card you're using is high latency. You will record and it will be out of sync. The SB Audigy cards have ASIO drivers but the Live! cards do not. They are kind of the "value" series are are really for gaming. You need a card with ASIO drivers to get low latency recording in ACID. ~jr Message last edited on7/22/2007 9:49:25 AM byJohnnyRoy.
Subject:RE: Help - getting sound onto the comp Reply by: jumbuk Date:7/22/2007 5:58:35 PM There is a free download of ASIO4ALL that will work with Soundblaster cards. This will give you ASIO drivers - you will still have latency limits, but the performance should be acceptable for single track recording.

Subject:Help - getting sound onto the comp

Date:7/20/2007 5:38:21 AM

Quick question for you all:

Just bought Acid Music Studio 6.0 and am trying to record onto the computer.

I've got a Dell desktop (Intel Pentium 4) and a 20 channel Mixer. I have tried connecting the Mixer to the sound card in the computer, but for some reason, it's not working. When I record, the Master on Acid is showing evidence of sound, but the Preview section and Timeline show nothing. I have also tried using plugging in my guitar to a Stereo Adapter and then into my computer. A guy at a music store suggested this as it works for him. But--it didn't work!

This is all very new for me, but I would like to hear your ideas about this. How does everyone record onto their computer? I know there a ton of different options. Please help! Thanks!

Subject:RE: Help - getting sound onto the comp

Reply by: jdscogin

Date:7/20/2007 6:54:23 AM

Are you using an internal sound card? Those kind of devices do not play well with Acid. I will be blasted for saying this, but I used a Sound Blaster for years and it would pretty well. I now have 2 M-Audio Delta 44's in my computer which works very will. I also tried plugging my guitar directly into the computer but it made the pots very noisy. Hope this helps.

Subject:RE: Help - getting sound onto the comp

Reply by: pwppch

Date:7/20/2007 7:16:32 AM

Please fill out your system specs in your user profile.

Could you provide the procedure you are doing step by step?

Thanks
Peter

Subject:RE: Help - getting sound onto the comp

Reply by: JohnnyRoy

Date:7/22/2007 9:45:05 AM

> I have tried connecting the Mixer to the sound card in the computer, but for some reason, it's not working. When I record, the Master on Acid is showing evidence of sound, but the Preview section and Timeline show nothing.

There are a few things at play here. One is that you have to have your sound card set up to record from the proper input. I see from your profile that you have a SoundBlaster Live! If you instal the software that came with it, one of the programs is a little control panel that determines which input is active. If you are using an external mixer, you want to plug that into the Line-In of your soundcard. So find the control pannel app for your SBLive and make sure you set it to record from Line-In.

Next you have to tell ACID what device to use and where to record from. I don't think the SBLive has ASIO drivers (which are referred) so just go to Options -> Preferences -> Audio and under Audio device type select Windows Classic Wave Driver. Then press OK.

Finally, when you press the Record button there is a Record device at the bottom of the Record window. Make sure your SBLive is selected. Now with the Monitor option checked, whenever you play something through the mixer you should see the meters in the Record window respond. If not, check all these connections and settings and try again.

> How does everyone record onto their computer?

I use an M-Audio Firewire 410 audio interface. It plugs into the firewire port on my computer and I can move it from my desktop to my laptop with ease. It also has ASIO drivers which are required for getting low latency recordings and because it's external to the PC it doesn't suffer from any internal electronic PC noise.

If you are serious about recording, get rid of the SoundBlaster game card and get good audio interface. M-Audio and Echo make some good yet inexpensive interfaces. The problem you are going to have with the SBLive card you're using is high latency. You will record and it will be out of sync. The SB Audigy cards have ASIO drivers but the Live! cards do not. They are kind of the "value" series are are really for gaming. You need a card with ASIO drivers to get low latency recording in ACID.

~jr

Message last edited on7/22/2007 9:49:25 AM byJohnnyRoy.

Subject:RE: Help - getting sound onto the comp

Reply by: jumbuk

Date:7/22/2007 5:58:35 PM

There is a free download of ASIO4ALL that will work with Soundblaster cards. This will give you ASIO drivers - you will still have latency limits, but the performance should be acceptable for single track recording.