Because I have no clue

[Clam Soup]

do you have it selected in Devices > Device Setup ? did you restart cubase after installing the driver?

16 bit is not for the driver, that is recording

the 32 or 64 bit driver depnds on what version of Vista you are running 32 or 64 bit

Took me 10 minutes to find out that I am a 32 bit Vista.

I have that zip file on my desk top for the moment - ... in the process of poking and prodding though, the pc decided to give me the USB option for my input. However, when I get into the device menu it seems to be running a self-test that won't cancel.... Between then and now I have restarted the pc. So - I'm going to go have a cigarette and think happy thoughts and see how it all works when I get back.

 

[JimmyS1969]

You will soon find that this setup process is a pain in your ass. Once you get it straight, you will look back and say "why was that so hard?" . The fun will start soon man.

 

[Clam Soup]

Okay - I seem to be making some progress, but now I've gotten this message: VST System Link has been deactivated because of too many receive errors.

 

[Clam Soup]

Apparently receiving errors helps. Sounds odd, but when I closed that warning I was actually able to record something. I have no idea how I got there, and no idea if I can get back there, but dammit - I JUST RECORDED! .... it's a step.

I set up one bus for input (mono) and one for output (stereo) and that's it... it captured both my guitar input and my vocal mic. Not sure how it works because I'd assume I'd have to set up for each of them separately, but I didn't. One track - two channels. Strange.

 

[arcadeko]

Apparently receiving errors helps. Sounds odd, but when I closed that warning I was actually able to record something. I have no idea how I got there, and no idea if I can get back there, but dammit - I JUST RECORDED! .... it's a step.

I set up one bus for input (mono) and one for output (stereo) and that's it... it captured both my guitar input and my vocal mic. Not sure how it works because I'd assume I'd have to set up for each of them separately, but I didn't. One track - two channels. Strange.

that device only dunps the main mix left and right - you can not separate different channels onto different tracks without recording them separately.
You can pain vocals hard left and guitar hard right and create a left and right bus and record two mono tracks at once or one stereo track.

Only the USB 2.0 Alesis products have actual full-duplex multi-tracking (which is why they cost twice as much).

anyway sounds like you just about got it all straight.

welcome to paradise

 

[Clam Soup]

that device only dunps the main mix left and right - you can not separate different channels onto different tracks without recording them separately.
You can pain vocals hard left and guitar hard right and create a left and right bus and record two mono tracks at once or one stereo track.

Only the USB 2.0 Alesis products have actual full-duplex multi-tracking (which is why they cost twice as much).

anyway sounds like you just about got it all straight.

welcome to paradise

It just seems strange to me that there is a guitar plug in and a mic plug in on different channels on the mixer, but that each channel didn't require it's own bus/port/whatever...

Anyway - as a happy accident (due to your help here) I'm still clueless, but I can record some guide tracks.... then I'll figure out the next step (with your help here).

I wish I had found this place before I got twisted around by the pros at Alesis, and Cubase.

See you in a day or two!

Alan
aka Clam Soup

 

[wiguan88]

I am suspecting your ASIO driver settings.
When there's anything wrong in Windows, I'll check the VST Connection settings and also the ASIO4All setting itself.

 

[arcadeko]

It just seems strange to me that there is a guitar plug in and a mic plug in on different channels on the mixer, but that each channel didn't require it's own bus/port/whatever...

Anyway - as a happy accident (due to your help here) I'm still clueless, but I can record some guide tracks.... then I'll figure out the next step (with your help here).

I wish I had found this place before I got twisted around by the pros at Alesis, and Cubase.

See you in a day or two!

Alan
aka Clam Soup

where did you buy it and how old is it? You might want to consider returning it and getting the Multimix 8 USB 2.0 instead (if you want to record 8 separate tracks at once) or even the Tascam 1800 for 16 tracks! (at around $299!) - of course if you stick with Alesis you have half the driver battle configured.

keep in mind this is a one time setup - once you configure your busses and vst connections - you just save them and make them the defaul and you dont have to mess with it anymore

 

[Clam Soup]

where did you buy it and how old is it? You might want to consider returning it and getting the Multimix 8 USB 2.0 instead (if you want to record 8 separate tracks at once) or even the Tascam 1800 for 16 tracks! (at around $299!) - of course if you stick with Alesis you have half the driver battle configured.

keep in mind this is a one time setup - once you configure your busses and vst connections - you just save them and make them the defaul and you dont have to mess with it anymore

I bought it from the local music store. We only have one and their hours of operation suck. But, we are a captive audience here with no road to the outside world so they can get away with weirdness.

This mixer will likely suit my purposes fine. I can fake stereo I think by recording additional mono tracks and then panning a bit... but even that might not be necessary. Considering myself more of a writer than a musician, this has more to do with creating guide tracks than with "wowing" the world.

The best recordings I've ever made were with a little digital recorder - Olympus LS10. It records in stereo and the quality of the capture was amazing to me. ... but it was borrowed, and the dingaling that I borrowed it from never finished editing the takes. So, that turned out to be more wasted time.... and that is what I've grown tired of.