PsiJohniCS
New member
Hi! I'm new. And off course, in need of guidance.
You see, I've decided to make some music again after many years. In fact, the last time I actually recorded songs I used Windows XP and a Creative Audigy sound card. What's puzzling though is that everything seemed to be easier back then; When I was recording in Acid I could hear my input feed together with rest of the output/mix while recording. When I record now I hear nothing, but it is indeed recording. So what do I need to do to get the sound through?
And on my XP there was also a "What U hear" playback device that was REALLY handy, playing back internal sound. Can't find that again nowadays. This was maybe a function on the sound card I had.
Oh, and one more question; when I use my XLR cables from by keyboards line ports and into my h4n, I either just get sound from one side, or complete mono sound. Also, it sounds absolutely terrible (edit: I think this may have something to do with the "line level"?). In contrast, when I just use a mini-jack from the phones port of my keyboard and directly into the line-in on my computer it sounds pretty good! Shouldn't I be using the line-outs and my expensive XLR's? Is using headphones out and minijack a bad idea?
Thanks a lot for any help
You see, I've decided to make some music again after many years. In fact, the last time I actually recorded songs I used Windows XP and a Creative Audigy sound card. What's puzzling though is that everything seemed to be easier back then; When I was recording in Acid I could hear my input feed together with rest of the output/mix while recording. When I record now I hear nothing, but it is indeed recording. So what do I need to do to get the sound through?
And on my XP there was also a "What U hear" playback device that was REALLY handy, playing back internal sound. Can't find that again nowadays. This was maybe a function on the sound card I had.
Oh, and one more question; when I use my XLR cables from by keyboards line ports and into my h4n, I either just get sound from one side, or complete mono sound. Also, it sounds absolutely terrible (edit: I think this may have something to do with the "line level"?). In contrast, when I just use a mini-jack from the phones port of my keyboard and directly into the line-in on my computer it sounds pretty good! Shouldn't I be using the line-outs and my expensive XLR's? Is using headphones out and minijack a bad idea?
Thanks a lot for any help