Subject:cannot hear what i'm recording while recording

Posted by: pantywaist_killah

Date:12/31/2009 3:07:39 PM

i cannot hear anything but what is already armed to record. is this standard? in older models of acid i could hear what i was in the process of recording. anybody else know what's up?

Subject:RE: cannot hear what i'm recording while recording

Reply by: pwppch

Date:1/2/2010 11:18:12 AM

Please fill out your system specs in your user profile.

What older version of ACID where you using?

What audio hardware are you using?
What driver model are you using in ACID?

In ACID, you can monitor live input only when you use ASIO drivers for your audio card/hardware. You then enable the input monitoring on your tracks that are armed for recording.

Exactly what are you trying to do? The more details of your workflow the better.

Peter

Subject:RE: cannot hear what i'm recording while recording

Reply by: pantywaist_killah

Date:1/2/2010 1:06:51 PM

i used to use acid 4 pro and an old soundblaster pci card.
now i've got acid 7 and an audigy 2 with an internal interface mounted in the front as well as a pci card. the asio drivers are all installed. i just can't figure out how to enable the input monitoring for the unarmed track as i am recording it. i use acid as a glorified 8track recorder and usually record one track at a time with my own intruments and voice, so i like to hear what i'm doing as i do it. i don't if that is possible with this version of acid or not though. i can hear the armed tracks just fine, but volume on the input signal disappears on the unarmed track, unless i arm it at which point i can't record on it. does any of that make sense? thanks for any help or advice you can give me.

Subject:RE: cannot hear what i'm recording while recording

Reply by: pwppch

Date:1/2/2010 5:13:10 PM

Please fill out your system specs in your user profile.

I really don't understand what you are trying to do.

ACID 4 did not permit recording of more than one track at a time, and provided no input monitoring mode. All input monitoring had to to be done through hardware.

i just can't figure out how to enable the input monitoring for the unarmed track as i am recording it.

You cannot record to a track unless it is armed.

You cannot input monitor through ACID with a track unless the track is armed.

Once a track is recorded, then you can play it back during the recording of another track. You can hear both the recorded tracks and the input to other tracks that are armed.

i can hear the armed tracks just fine, but volume on the input signal disappears on the unarmed track, unless i arm it at which point i can't record on it.

If a track is not armed, then it recieves no input.

You are saying that you cannot record to an armed track? I don't see how that is possible, as by default all armed tracks are recorded.

When you arm the track this permits the input signal to be heard if you enable track monitoring.

When you unarm the track, the input source is no longer input into ACID.

ACID Pro 7 also has input busses. You can route your hardware inputs directly to an input bus and the input bus to your master bus, allowing you to always heard the input sources. You can also record from an input bus to audio tracks.

Peter

Subject:RE: cannot hear what i'm recording while recording

Reply by: pantywaist_killah

Date:1/2/2010 8:33:40 PM

ok, some of my terminology was mixed up. once a track is armed to record the input source (my 1/4" line in jack in the front) becomes inaudible. i can visually monitor the input, but i cannot hear anything other than the tracks previously recorded and unarmed. i would like to hear the track that is armed for recording at the same time i'm recording it. is there a setting to enable track monitoring? if so i have not found it. it is quite possible this is a hardware issue the more i read the creative how to's. "You can route your hardware inputs directly to an input bus and the input bus to your master bus, allowing you to always heard the input sources. You can also record from an input bus to audio tracks." I am not well versed in these terms, obviously, and so i'm a little intimidated to tackle that without a breakdown. as i said before, perhaps i only need to enable track monitoring if that means i will be able to hear the input source on my headphones while a track is armed and in the process of being recorded. thank you again and thanks for responding so promptly.

lee

Subject:RE: cannot hear what i'm recording while recording

Reply by: pwppch

Date:1/4/2010 8:07:56 AM

Ok, some of my terminology was mixed up. once a track is armed to record the input source (my 1/4" line in jack in the front) becomes inaudible. I can visually monitor the input, but i cannot hear anything other than the tracks previously recorded and unarmed. I would like to hear the track that is armed for recording at the same time i'm recording it.

You enable input monitoring on an armed track by selecting

Input Monitor On
Input Monitor Auto

You can do this as follows:

1. On the track header of the time line:
Click on the Record Input button of the track and select the appropriate Input Monitor Mode

2. Right click on the audio track and select the "Input" menu item and then the appropriate input monitor mode.

3. From the Mix Console view, there is an "Input Monitor" mode button on all audio track channels.

This is also covered in the on-line help. Do a search for Toggle record input monitoring. On the Recording Audio page, scroll down and you will see a "What do you want to do?" list of topics. Locate the "Toggle record input monitoring" subject and expand it.

Peter