Strange FX bleed thru, and Tempermental Signals- Cakewalk & Aardvark

[bloozguy]

I've been quite pleased, recording and nearly finishing my first CD of 15 songs.

I had a strange experience with a friend that came over with his percussion instruments to add some percussion to a number of tracks.

First of all, I have the bundled software package of Aardvark Direct Pro with Cakewalk 9.0...

We used various set-ups for mic'n his drums...but what was wierd is...for some unknown reason a track would decide it would pick up the signal. For example, I'd set up the track Source, calling upon left side 3/4 of theDirect Pro and Port 3,4 Direct. For one song...such a setting would work. For another we test a record and no signal or a very weak signal would show. I'd relent, decide I'd have to share a rhythm guitar track with the drums..set things back up, and that would show a recorded signal.

So first of all...is it just the nature of computers to get testy and moody? My system is a newer built multi media system with 256 RAM, over a gig of hertz and 20 Gig drive.

Does anyone else have tracks act fickle and choose for some odd reason not to be interested to record a signal or a weak one?

Secondly...I had one song where I had recorded his drums on the 5,6 track...and during playback...suddenly the vocals were louder and rhythm guitar it was wierd. I muted all other tracks but his drums, and during the drum parts...we'd hear this feedback or bleed thru of the vocals and guitar.

I did bypass the effects from the Direct Pro, using only the effects from the Cakewalk....so I have no idea why that would have happened. If you are familiar with the Aardvark Direct Pro...in order to record the virtual board's fx you have to be in the 5,6 track. I figured if we had the board bypassed, then the 5,6 track ought to simply function as a regular track. Any idea why that happened????

bloozguy

[postalblue]

i'm not sure if i really understand your problem, but i'm guessing it must have to do either with the patch bay setting you're using or the recording channel routing.
if you're not recording the effects, then channels 5,6 won't work at all. they're virtuall channels.
when you start cakewalk, setup the tracks you want to record and click on track properties - one of the tracks should be set to -> left 1,2, the other track to right 1,2, the other left 3,4 and the remaining one to right 3,4. source (in the drop down box below) should be 1,2, for all tracks.
if that doesn't help it, check the patch bay, and use the manual's configurations.
you can also check the monitoring section. there are monitoring levels for busses 1,2 - 3,4 and 5,6 as well as a main monitoring level. they're usually set to 0db.
hope some of this helps.

adriano