need help auditioning my drums

[mcmetal]

i recently purchased an emu tracker pre audio interface and have started recording with cakewalk le.i'm ready to start creating my drum tracks using sample loops that came on disc from beta monkey.here lies my problem when i have my audio interface on it serves as my soundcard & i'm able to monitor whatever i have going into the interface or whatever has been recorded into the cakewalk program through my studio monitors.when i want to listen to my samples they don't play through my studio monitors.i have to turn off the interface so i can hear the drums through the computer speakers which of course is being fed by the computers' soundcard drivers.well it's causing cakewalk to crash & dropout from switching back & forth plus it's a real pain to demo different samples & try and find which ones i want to use.i want to hear the samples(media player) through my studio monitors so i don't have to keep switching back & forth.actually i'd be happy to use my studio monitors for all playback purposes but i'm unsure how to get my computer to use the interface as my soundcard for everything.once imported into cakewalk i hear them fine and i have imported different samples into different tracks etc. to be able to work with different samples by setting them up to play for a few measures.so far i've just been trying to do things the old fashioned way by turing off the interface and just going through the samples,over 1300 in all,listening to them in media player with guitar in hand,finding ones that work,jotting them down on paper,and lastly importing them into cakewalk as i go.i'm new to cakewalk also so i'm only beginning to get the basics down on how to set up the drum tracks measure by measure,tempo changes and such.sorry for the long post but their has got to be an easier way to do this.i used a yamaha drum machine previously and could easily scroll through everything and listen to the beats as i scrolled through.no pointing & clicking & when i found one that worked it would play over & over til i stopped it! i guess i can break out my old computer & listen to the samples on that to audition them so i don't have to keep turning off the interface.when i listen to the samples in media player they still don't play as a continuous loop without interupting pauses so it's difficult to play along with them.i need to know how to get media player to use the interface drivers for playback but i havn't been able to figure it out.

[Jammer429]

Originally Posted by mcmetal

i recently purchased an emu tracker pre audio interface and have started recording with cakewalk le.i'm ready to start creating my drum tracks using sample loops that came on disc from beta monkey.here lies my problem when i have my audio interface on it serves as my soundcard & i'm able to monitor whatever i have going into the interface or whatever has been recorded into the cakewalk program through my studio monitors.when i want to listen to my samples they don't play through my studio monitors.i have to turn off the interface so i can hear the drums through the computer speakers which of course is being fed by the computers' soundcard drivers.well it's causing cakewalk to crash & dropout from switching back & forth plus it's a real pain to demo different samples & try and find which ones i want to use.i want to hear the samples(media player) through my studio monitors so i don't have to keep switching back & forth.actually i'd be happy to use my studio monitors for all playback purposes but i'm unsure how to get my computer to use the interface as my soundcard for everything.once imported into cakewalk i hear them fine and i have imported different samples into different tracks etc. to be able to work with different samples by setting them up to play for a few measures.so far i've just been trying to do things the old fashioned way by turing off the interface and just going through the samples,over 1300 in all,listening to them in media player with guitar in hand,finding ones that work,jotting them down on paper,and lastly importing them into cakewalk as i go.i'm new to cakewalk also so i'm only beginning to get the basics down on how to set up the drum tracks measure by measure,tempo changes and such.sorry for the long post but their has got to be an easier way to do this.i used a yamaha drum machine previously and could easily scroll through everything and listen to the beats as i scrolled through.no pointing & clicking & when i found one that worked it would play over & over til i stopped it! i guess i can break out my old computer & listen to the samples on that to audition them so i don't have to keep turning off the interface.when i listen to the samples in media player they still don't play as a continuous loop without interupting pauses so it's difficult to play along with them.i need to know how to get media player to use the interface drivers for playback but i havn't been able to figure it out.

seems simple enough go to options click on audio is should bring up a box that has tabs such as general advanced drivers...click on the drivers tab then you will see input drivers and output drivers make sure that in the output drivers your interface has a check next to it yours might look like emu 1/2 if so makes sure that that one and that one only is checked and def make sure that your stock sound card is not checked in that list try that and tell me if it works for you

[mcmetal]

ok i got sound through the studio monitors but it's crackling and came to a stop.

[Waffleness]

Originally Posted by mcmetal

ok i got sound through the studio monitors but it's crackling and came to a stop.

I didn't read your initial post because my eyes began to hurt after 2 lines. Try using the 'enter' key once in a while

I assume from the fact that your using samples, and your audio interface is beginning to crackle, you've reached a voice limit. Is your PC a good spec?

Try increasing the latency settings in your ASIO driver.

[Jammer429]

Originally Posted by Waffleness

I didn't read your initial post because my eyes began to hurt after 2 lines. Try using the 'enter' key once in a while

I assume from the fact that your using samples, and your audio interface is beginning to crackle, you've reached a voice limit. Is your PC a good spec?

Try increasing the latency settings in your ASIO driver.

yea once again go to the options and audio again like a metioned before only this time you will see a slider that adjust your buffer play with that until the crackling stops it shoud say on the slider something like fast..on one end and safe on the other ..move the slider closer to safe

[mcmetal]

ok hopefully i got it all worked out now.i had to restart my computer since cakewalk wasn't playing any audio from the last time it crashed.anyways my interface defaults it's playback at 16 bit 44.1 when it's on.

when i'm running in cakewalk i have the interface set up to record at 24 bit 96k. so i have to go to sound,click on my interface,& go to the advanced tab.then i have to click on the 24bit 96k setting & apply to be able to hear media player through my studio monitors.

when not running cakewalk i have to have my interface set at 16 bit 44.1k to hear media player through my studio monitors.when i have the interface off everything plays through my regular media speakers & all is well.

i havn't heard any crackling now but if i do i'll try turning the slider down closer to safe.guess it's just a matter of clicking on the right settings for the proper application.thanks for the help folks

[Waffleness]

Originally Posted by mcmetal

when i'm running in cakewalk i have the interface set up to record at 24 bit 96k. so i have to go to sound,click on my interface,& go to the advanced tab.then i have to click on the 24bit 96k setting & apply to be able to hear media player through my studio monitors.

Thats your problem right there. There is no need to record at 24 bit and 96kHz.

Set your audio settings to 44.1kHz and 16-bit. That is more than acceptable. Otherwise your wasting all your computers power on recording at a very very high quality level, when it isnt nessisary.

[Jammer429]

yea man waffleness is right change you rate to 16bit..you will achieve the quality you are wanting..running at 24bit competely rapes your computer.unless you have a really good computer