Audacity? Equipment? or am I missing something?

[OpaD79]

I am new to the world of digital recording. With that being said, I have tried to get familiar with Audacity, as it seems to be the starting place for some. I have attached some photos so it may be easier to explain. I have simply imported a raw mix of a song recorded through another individual using a Fostex F160. We were not able to complete the track. I brought the burned rough mix and imported it from my hard drive to Audacity as you can see in the photos. I play the original, everything sounds great through the headphones, my output on my interphase is fine. There is no signal that will show up on the "template" I suppose I will call it. I have checked my inputs and tried every configuration I know to do. All I want to do it record a bass track so I can finish up the song and give to one of the fellow musicians, and then I can move on. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[TalismanRich]

Try using MME as the host rather than WASPI. I think that is the preferred driver.

Personally, I keep Audacity around for quick and dirty editing. For any recording, I go straight to Reaper. If you want a truly free DAW, go to Bandlab (Cakewalk or Sonar) or use the Ableton that came with your interface. Finally Ardour is a free open source DAW.

 

[ecc83]

Yes Audacity is very handy to have but limited and its main limitation is that it cannot use the Focusrite ASIO drivers. Reaper can.

There will be a learning curve, always is with any DAW but an evening's study should get you able to do most of what you want. Reaper is also a huge "community" and there is no other recording software with such universal support.

Dave.

 

[rob aylestone]

I do the same. Audacity is on every computer and if I need to do some normalising, or fade in or fade out it's quick and simple, but I'd never record a normal session on it, even though it actually can do it. It is just not that nice to use once you go outside mono or stereo tracks. Everyone says how good Reaper is, so give it a shot. DAWS - are very personal. I have on this machine Audacity, Cubase, Audition and somehow Cakewalk. Cakewalk was installed for curiosity, ten minutes later, I'd had enough. Too many differences from Cubase. Audition I could use (and do) for the trimming and normalising, but Audacity does those things too.