I recently reduced my PC stuff to a HP DV-6 laptop (AMD dual core, 4gb ram, IDT HD sound, Windows 7 64 bit) which is great for CAD and gaming but only has a mic in and I want to record from an Alesis Fusion Digital Workstation.
So, i bought an Alesis Multimix 4 USB yesterday. Seemed perfect as it would let me record via USB and double up as a way to mix two keyboards down to two channels on stage. £70, job done.
Except, when I am recording there is an incredibly loud hiss on the recording and the input in general.
When I Arm a track to record you can hear it there. I disabled the webcam mic array and it is not that and if I disable external mic I can no longer get any input but the noise goes (as there is no input). I have the external USB mic codec selected as the default input for recording (there are no Alesis drivers as such).
I am having a frustrating morning with this and if this is the quality I can expect then I am taking it back. The noise is there on the playback itself but it doesn't seem quite as bad as when listening to it recording...will need to experiment further.
Am I doing something wrong here, even with the Fusion and any speakers etc. turned off I am getting the noise; it seems to be from the Alesis mixer which is powered by an external adaptor.
I thought the USB recording would be nice and clean but this is horrible.
Anyone?
So, i bought an Alesis Multimix 4 USB yesterday. Seemed perfect as it would let me record via USB and double up as a way to mix two keyboards down to two channels on stage. £70, job done.
Except, when I am recording there is an incredibly loud hiss on the recording and the input in general.
When I Arm a track to record you can hear it there. I disabled the webcam mic array and it is not that and if I disable external mic I can no longer get any input but the noise goes (as there is no input). I have the external USB mic codec selected as the default input for recording (there are no Alesis drivers as such).
I am having a frustrating morning with this and if this is the quality I can expect then I am taking it back. The noise is there on the playback itself but it doesn't seem quite as bad as when listening to it recording...will need to experiment further.
Am I doing something wrong here, even with the Fusion and any speakers etc. turned off I am getting the noise; it seems to be from the Alesis mixer which is powered by an external adaptor.
I thought the USB recording would be nice and clean but this is horrible.
Anyone?