Scott from MA Posted May 15, 2001 Share Posted May 15, 2001 I think I'm doing something REALLY wrong, and I sure could use some help and/or suggestions. I had been recording on an analog Tascam 8-track for years, and had managed to make some great sounding recordings. Alas, I felt I had outgrown the 8-track, and wanted something that allowed me more freedom. At the suggestion of a friend, I sold my 8-track and bought Cakewalk Pro-audio 9 for my computer. I also bought a Tascam TMD-1000 digital mixer. Well, folks, I've been unable to record anything since. OK here's the problems... I can record the first track (let's say a drum track) fine, but when I go back and record a second track it comes out way off time. Also, if I try to use the effects plug-ins, I get dropouts. I can't believe it's a problem with my computer, since it's a 1GHz processor with 128M RAM. My friend is recording, using the same program, on a 233 with 64M RAM, and he has no problems. Has anyone had the same problems? Does anyone know how to fix them? Should I just go back to recording analog??? Aaaarrrrghhhhhh!!!!!!!!! I just want to be able to record my music!!!!!! Scott (just another cantankerous bastard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted May 15, 2001 Share Posted May 15, 2001 >>OK here's the problems... I can record the first track (let's say a drum track) fine, but when I go back and record a second track it comes out way off time. Also, if I try to use the effects plug-ins, I get dropouts. I can't believe it's a problem with my computer, since it's a 1GHz processor with 128M RAM. My friend is recording, using the same program, on a 233 with 64M RAM, and he has no problems.<< You are probably running into sound card/driver issues. You don't mention which sound card you have, but it's essential that you have the latest drivers for it. Also, there are usually several drivers you can use; emulated drivers are the WORST (500 ms delay is not uncommon), ASIO are the best (I obtain typical latencies around 10 ms). I think the PA 9 manual is pretty explicit about drivers and which to use, and I'm pretty sure that's where your problem lies. BTW as you have a hardware mixer, you'll have no latency if you monitor the signal you're recording via your mixer, rather than sending it into the computer, and hearing it come back from the sound card. That's what I do, and it works just fine. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott from MA Posted May 15, 2001 Author Share Posted May 15, 2001 Thanks Craig, I'll have to take another look at the manual and see what it says about drivers. My soundcard is built into my motherboard (which is an Asus A7V-133 board). Should I be using a seperate soundcard? Sorry to ask such stupid questions, but all my recording/editing experience is from the days of tape and razor blades. Scott (just another cantankerous bastard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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