788 can't sound

[susank]

I've got a tascam 788 portastudio and extigy sound card w/spdif in and out. Can't get anything to register and "sound" in computer. Any suggestions? Had this sucker for 4 yrs, and still can't get the files to sound on computer. Tascam has no answers; I run xp prof. Thanks....

[fetchwood]

I've got an AMD 2ghz with a simple editing studio Magix (I'm not at home so I don't remember the version.)

I use a TASCAM 414mkII 4 track analog that I've had for a while.

I get fine sound if I run the 4 track though monitors, but when I run it into the microphone line on my computer to create a WAV file, the software picks it up, but is so faint I can't really hear it.

The problem is simple I'm sure, like turning the tv to channel 3 instead of 2 for the DVDs, but I'm so sick and tired of having to figure this stuff out, I just walk away from it.

[fasterthanu]

are you using the correct cable. A guy sold me a digital cabe once that he said should work, right connectors and everything, but it wasn't a spdif and it didn't work. I user digital village or studio spares you could try them.

i don't know your specific soundcard but most come with software that installs a control panel, you should find an icon for this in the windows control panel and or in the system tray. open it up and make sure you have the spdif input selected. If this is all ok are you getting a signal on the metres in youir sound cards control panel. If you are then i would check the input you have selected on you sequencer.

[susank]

Thanks for the suggestions. I, too, think the cable, an expensive spdif cable, might be at fault. However, for the first time I have been able to get sounds into the computer. Sound card is an Extigy, an external, one of the first to accept spdif in, but I used analog outputs from tascam into sound card and it worked!!!!
Extigy came with "creative" software. creative recorder, play center, wave studio, nomad and jukebox. I didn't find these so good when I first tried to work with them. Screwed up my computer. But, I had to re-install them for Creative recorder and that probably allowed transference of input. Now, I'm trying to learn how to edit with wave studio. Manual a bust, a lot of stuff on screen not even identified. Thank god I've been in education for all my adult years. I'm trying to teach myself how this thing could possibly have been developed.
Next issue: the first file I successfully edited is 34mb big. How can I send it as a wav file? My son tells me it's tooooo big. I guess I need to compress, but haven't a clue how.

[susank]

If recorded file is too soft, check a few things. Input recording level, output recording level, whatever monitor switch or knob you have on your tascam. Monitor output has too be cranked right up to transfer. Then of course the obvious, sound/speaker level of computer.