Subject:Please Help.... Recording problems

Posted by: foefoe

Date:2/19/2002 3:35:39 PM

hey guys im lost... tried everything. anyways, in my volume control i can only selecet one thing to record at a time. i can only record my MIC, or my wav files... or cd... cant record my beats with my voice at same time... and i dont know why.
my friend has sound forge 5 just like me and he can record everything just fine...
i got a SB PCI 512 sound card and it should be recording just fine... any ideas on what i need to do? i really need to get this working, if you know you can ICQ me at 47555597 or just post ofcourse :P

Thanks alot

Subject:RE: Please Help.... Recording problems

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:2/19/2002 6:50:36 PM

This is a limitation of your SoundBlaster card, which is only intended for basic multimedia sound anyway. Your friend probably has a studio grade sound card with many more features.

Probably a better solution to look into is a small outboard mixer. You could use that to connect all your sources and set a nice balance, EQ each input individually, pan, etc. and then take the stereo output from that mixer into the line input on the sound card. There are really nice 8 input mixers available in the $200 to $400 range, and they're very small so you can carry them around easily. I like Mackie a lot because they're inexpensive, reliable, and (in my opinion anyway) sound great! I'm sure there are others who will disagree though. (LOL)

Subject:RE: Please Help.... Recording problems

Reply by: foefoe

Date:2/20/2002 1:20:16 AM

my sound card is newer and better more expensive then his.... it should be working just fine and theres no way im spending $200 bucks on a mixer i dont need :(