Audiophile 2496 recording EVERYTHING not just vocals...

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I have a Behringer UB1202 connected to an Audiophile 2496. When I try to record my vocals on Cool Edit Pro OR Cubase SX, it records the instrumental that is playing on my computer along with the vocals. If anyone has an answer please help me out.
 
A. Monitor with headphones while inputing your vocals, not speakers (look at photos of performers in studios... they're wearing headphones).

B. You can try putting a monitor speaker directly behind the mic where it's sensitivity is the lowest, but you will still get bleed through. See A.
 
TimOBrien said:
A. Monitor with headphones while inputing your vocals, not speakers (look at photos of performers in studios... they're wearing headphones).

B. You can try putting a monitor speaker directly behind the mic where it's sensitivity is the lowest, but you will still get bleed through. See A.
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Yea I do use my headphones. And the problem isnt bleeding from my headphones. I can take my headphones out and it will still record the instrumental.

Lets say im using Cool Edit Pro. I can play a song on winamp, then press record on CEP and it will record the audio clearly, even when i take the headphones out of the jack, therefore it can't be bleeding from my headphones.
 
check your input chain. If you are listening to instrumental tracks that are already recorded through your headphones, are the headphones and mic plugged into the same mixer that you use to monitor. If so, how is your mixer connected to your 2496? Turn all of your channels except mic channels down on your mixer. Plug your headphones directly into your PC and record your vocals, see if it stops.
 
I have Dual RCA's going from the mixers outs to the Audiophiles ins and Dual RCA's going from the mixers ins to the Audiophiles outs. I have my headphones in the headphone jack of course.

There are three buttons on the mixer:

Tape to Ctrl Room, Tape to Mix, and FX to Ctrl Room.

When I have only the Tape to Ctrl Room button pressed, I can hear the instrumental in my phones only, but not the microphone.

When the Tape To Mix button is pressed i can hear the instrumental clearly and the mic clearly, yet it records BOTH the beat and the vocals. And no, the instrumental is not from headphone bleeding because it will still record anything playing on the computer even if the headphones arent even in.
 
One last thought....

In your Windows Audio Mixer Start/Programs/Accessories/Entertainment/RecordControl
Click on Option/Properties/Recording:

Is there a "What You Hear" on there and is it checked?????

Uncheck it, it will loop playback to the recording.
 
Clockwork said:
I have Dual RCA's going from the mixers outs to the Audiophiles ins and Dual RCA's going from the mixers ins to the Audiophiles outs. I have my headphones in the headphone jack
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It's not totally clear to me which ins and outs on the mixer you are using but you need to use the Behringer's (RCA) Tape in and Tape out for connecting it to the audiophile.
 
I am using the tape in and tape out. And to TimOBrien i didnt see that setting you were talking about. I dont think i can use it anyway since the audiophile has separate controls.
 
I think the problem is a simple misconfiguration. I think what is happening is that you are playing music in Cool Edit wich comes out of the computer and into the mixer. Your microphone is plugged into the mixers preamp. The two signals get mixed together, go out of the mixer into your headphones and back into the computer where it is recorded again. Do you see the problem? You need to stop the signal from the computers output from getting back into the computers input.

Make sure the Tape to control room is on.
Make sure the Tape to Mix is off.
FX to Control Room shouldn't matter.

If that doesnt work (It should) you can try the following.

1. Plug the FX send of the mixer into the input of the computer.
2. Plug the output of the computer into the line in on the mixer.
3. Plug your headphones into the headphone jack.
4. Turn the Level knob of your microphone channel all the way down.
5. Adjust the Gain of that channel appropriately.
6 Turn the FX Send of that same channel all the way up.
7. Turn all of the other FX sends all the way down.
8. Push all the buttons (Tape to Mix, etc...)

Your recorded signal is actually coming from the effects send.

If anyone else is interested, here's the mixer
http://www.behringer.com/02_products/prodindex_ub.cfm?id=UB1202&lang=eng
 
Hawking said:
I think the problem is a simple misconfiguration.
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Yea thats what I think too.

Ill definately try your configuration suggestion, but first ill have to get some 1/4 to rca cables.
 
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