What software? 'cause most allow you to monitor the input. This will allow you to hear both recorded and new recording track together in headphones/monitors.
You shouldn't need those adapters 'cause, like you said, it works the same. Tape outs are basically just main outs. They are just second main outs, meant for recording, leaving the main main outs free for whatever else.
Exactamundo
it is puzzling the shit out of me
I bet it because you have the tape to mix button pressed, or something wired wrong.Exactamundo
that is what I thought as well the ins and outs should not be connected
but what is puzzling me is how the sent signal from the compiter is looping into sent signal from the mixer
I have a large powered mixer that I am going to hook up and see if it does the same thing with it if it does it is probaplysomething to do with the interface if it don't that means the UB802 has issues
I can tell you before you even try it, 'cause i used to have that setup, that if you connect it all correctly then it won't happen.
), and maybe not in the headphones. If you do hear it in the headphones, then great, there's still nothing to worry about. If not, great also. Now connect the tape outs to the soundcard inputs, and choose to monitor the vocals in the software. Now, if you couldn't hear the vocals in the headphones before, you should now.
You have adobe audition, i was talking about audacity(a free software).
Ahh good, glad you sorted it.
i did your test and everything checked out right up to the point I tried to record a vocal track while listening to a previously recorded track and monitoring my vocals through my head phones simontaneously.I can tell you before you even try it, 'cause i used to have that setup, that if you connect it all correctly then it won't happen.
You shouldn't be able to hear your voice in the headphones until you choose to monitor the vocals in your software. Unless the tape to ctrl room button allows the inputs to be routed also. But even if this is so then, unless you have the tape to mix button pressed, then it should only record the vocals.
Do this test for me: Connect your monitors to the main outs of your mixer, and outputs of the soundcard to the tape ins. Have everything else off, set to zero, and disconnected. Play music on the pc, and you shouldn't hear it in the monitors unless you press the tape to mix button. Unpress this button, and press the tape to ctrl room button, and you shouldn't hear the music in the monitors. But put on your headphones, and turn up the ctrl room knob, and you'll hear the music in your headphones.
Now plug in your mic and you should hear this on it's own in the monitors(watch out for feedback, ouch
Everything should be working fine, and you can connect the monitors to back to the ctrl room outs.
Like jjsellers89 said, (s)he managed to record the vocals and hear the recorded track in the headphones(without it being rerecorded), so it is obviously all connected up right. I believe the only thing missing, is that jjsellers89 has not chosen to monitor the input(vocals) in the software.
I have explained how to do this is protools(I button) and audacity(edit, preferences, choose "Play other tracks..." and "Software playthrough"). In Cubase, it is the button beside the record enable which looks like a horn(if you hover over is says monitor). The will be an equivalent in most, if not all, modern recording software.
So you tried connecting the monitors from the main outs, and could only hear vocals, but could hear both vocals and instruments in the headphones? Then what you hear in the monitors is what should be recorded on the vocal track.i did your test and everything checked out right up to the point I tried to record a vocal track while listening to a previously recorded track and monitoring my vocals through my head phones simontaneously.
when the vocal track is played back both the vocals and the previously recorded track is heard on the vocal track, Now....If I choose to listen to the play back of the previously recorded track and not monitoring the vocals while recording the vocals to the track, all that is heard on the vocal track is the vocals but as soon as i try to monitor the vocals and the playback simontaneously the recording heard on the vocal track,
it is like when trying to monitor both pre recorded track and the current track loops the 2 signals together some way.
I dont know, it makes no sense to me and I am tired of screwing with it
I have Roland VS 2000 workstation that I use to do all of my serious business on.
thanks for trying to help me figure out what is going on though
I doubt a new mixer will make a difference, but for 70 bucks, go for it.Oncor and Pandamonk
thanks for hanging in here for so long to help me try to get this setup working right. It has really got me puzzled to why this thing for some reason is creating an open circuit
just for shits and kicks I am going to upgrade to the UB1202 which all these stores are trying to clear out for 70 bucks a pop.
if that one does the same thing I will hace reason to believe that the open circuit is coming from the interface.
but my suspicions is that it is in the mixer.
Oncor and Pandamonk
thanks for hanging in here for so long to help me try to get this setup working right. It has really got me puzzled to why this thing for some reason is creating an open circuit
just for shits and kicks I am going to upgrade to the UB1202 which all these stores are trying to clear out for 70 bucks a pop.
if that one does the same thing I will hace reason to believe that the open circuit is coming from the interface.
but my suspicions is that it is in the mixer.
Rather than the audio buddy, folk out a little more and get a DMP3, which is much higher rated.