I hope someone can give me some basic advice: HOW do I get the tracks I record on my computer software to route into my 4-track/mixer set-up?
I have a very old 4-track Yamaha cassette deck & mixer with a built-in Patch Bay, along with a regular cassette deck for mix-down hooked up to my PC. (I ran a cable from the monitor out in the back of the mixer into the only open line out in the back of my computer (is that correct?) I also have a CD player feeding thru the 4-track as well and I can record off the CD Player into the 4-Track. I can also feed tracks off the 4-track cassette deck INTO my recording software (Cubase & ACID) on the computer, BUT not the other way! I can't get any track input from my computer to route into the 4-track or thru the mixer. Why not? What am I doing wrong? I have a SoundBlaster 16 soundcard. Is that the best soundcard? I plan to upgrade to the Yamaha MD 8 eventually, but till then.........This is not fancy stuff I'm trying to do - I just want to make some basic cassette demos of the music I write on the computer. Please advise!
I have a very old 4-track Yamaha cassette deck & mixer with a built-in Patch Bay, along with a regular cassette deck for mix-down hooked up to my PC. (I ran a cable from the monitor out in the back of the mixer into the only open line out in the back of my computer (is that correct?) I also have a CD player feeding thru the 4-track as well and I can record off the CD Player into the 4-Track. I can also feed tracks off the 4-track cassette deck INTO my recording software (Cubase & ACID) on the computer, BUT not the other way! I can't get any track input from my computer to route into the 4-track or thru the mixer. Why not? What am I doing wrong? I have a SoundBlaster 16 soundcard. Is that the best soundcard? I plan to upgrade to the Yamaha MD 8 eventually, but till then.........This is not fancy stuff I'm trying to do - I just want to make some basic cassette demos of the music I write on the computer. Please advise!