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Signal chain:
Mic->M-Audio DMP3 preamp->M-Audio Delta44 soundcard->PC using Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.
Since the Delta 44 isn't Midi capable I am still using my old soundcard as well.
Problems:
The only way I am able to monitor and record is to send the mic signal that I input to the Delta 44 breakout box to the output of the Delta 44 breakout box using the control panel. The problem with this is that while it monitors what is being recorded I can't monitor what I have already recorded. So if I've recorded a guitar track and now want to record a vocal track I have to pick between monitoring the guitar track while recording the vocal track, or monitoring the vocal track while recording the vocal track. I would like to monitor them both. Furthermore, I’m only able to hear the vocal track in the left ear of the headphone while recording, which is probably due to the mono input and outputs on the Delta 44, since it’s just copying on mono input to a mono output outside of the software program, but it is still a major annoyance that I would like to get rid of.
Also, because the Delta 44 isn’t midi capable, all midi sounds get sent to the old sound card. This sucks. I need to keep the old sound card for this very reason. However, I’m under the impression that there is a way to handle this with a software synthesizer, where it cnverts the midi signal to a .wav form. I have no idea how to do this.
What I want:
Simple really. I want to be able to record while monitoring what is being recorded as well as what has already been recorded. It seems to me that it should be really easy to do this in Pro Audio 9 but I can’t figure out how and the help menu isn’t living up to its name. When I arm a track for recording I can see the mic signal on the channel meter, but can’t figure out what to do to hear it.
I would also like to be able to mix in Midi sounds. Because the Delta 44 doesn’t support midi I need a way to turn the midi signal into a waveform before it gets sent to the Delta 44 soundcard. This isn’t a huge issue because I have a Boss Dr-5 rhythm machine that I bought years ago for my guitar, and I can probably just use it as my source of other sounds.
Please Help! At this point I’m extremely frustrated and about ready to chuck the whole computer recording plan and get a stand alone DAW.
Mic->M-Audio DMP3 preamp->M-Audio Delta44 soundcard->PC using Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.
Since the Delta 44 isn't Midi capable I am still using my old soundcard as well.
Problems:
The only way I am able to monitor and record is to send the mic signal that I input to the Delta 44 breakout box to the output of the Delta 44 breakout box using the control panel. The problem with this is that while it monitors what is being recorded I can't monitor what I have already recorded. So if I've recorded a guitar track and now want to record a vocal track I have to pick between monitoring the guitar track while recording the vocal track, or monitoring the vocal track while recording the vocal track. I would like to monitor them both. Furthermore, I’m only able to hear the vocal track in the left ear of the headphone while recording, which is probably due to the mono input and outputs on the Delta 44, since it’s just copying on mono input to a mono output outside of the software program, but it is still a major annoyance that I would like to get rid of.
Also, because the Delta 44 isn’t midi capable, all midi sounds get sent to the old sound card. This sucks. I need to keep the old sound card for this very reason. However, I’m under the impression that there is a way to handle this with a software synthesizer, where it cnverts the midi signal to a .wav form. I have no idea how to do this.
What I want:
Simple really. I want to be able to record while monitoring what is being recorded as well as what has already been recorded. It seems to me that it should be really easy to do this in Pro Audio 9 but I can’t figure out how and the help menu isn’t living up to its name. When I arm a track for recording I can see the mic signal on the channel meter, but can’t figure out what to do to hear it.
I would also like to be able to mix in Midi sounds. Because the Delta 44 doesn’t support midi I need a way to turn the midi signal into a waveform before it gets sent to the Delta 44 soundcard. This isn’t a huge issue because I have a Boss Dr-5 rhythm machine that I bought years ago for my guitar, and I can probably just use it as my source of other sounds.
Please Help! At this point I’m extremely frustrated and about ready to chuck the whole computer recording plan and get a stand alone DAW.
