Do you have to have a soundcardto record?

[wlw20]

Do you have to have a soundcard to do home recordings? I hooked up my turntables to the on board input in my computer and it plays fine through the speakers, but when i record and play it back nothing comes out. I use wave lab 5, could that have anything to do with it? Is wave lab 5 only for mixing and mastering or can you record with it also? Or is this just because you have to have a soundcard?

 

[minofifa]

even though you are using the imputs on your computer, that is still kindof like a soundcard. it's just that the soundcard is integrated into the motherbard. That siad, you should be able to record if your integrated soundcard has imputs. your problem may be the software. I could be wrong but i don't think wave lab 5 is used for recording. I use my old wavelab for final touchups on my mix and to burn CD's sometimes. why would you buy such an expensive program if you are not sure what it does?

if you want to record try gettting a deno off of the mackie.com site (traction), the cakewal.com site (sonar) or adobe audition.

 

[wlw20]

Thank you. No I didnt buy it, my friend had it and i wanted to try it and mess around with it so he let me borrow it. He had never tryed to record with it before so he didnt know if that was the reason either

 

[MadAudio]

Um, sorry folks, but you CAN record on WaveLab. I do it all the time at my day job. But WaveLab is primarily an editor. It's not a multitracker, though you can manipulate multiple audio files via the Audio Montage.

You need to make sure your soundcard is selected on the Preferences page.
Go to Options>Preferences and hit the Audio Card tab. You should be able to select record and playback. Hit OK and exit the page.
Now hit the red button near the bottom of the screen. A record window should come up. Try to record again and let us know what happens.

 

[minofifa]

what do you do mad aduio?

 

[Massive Master]

I'm noticing an awful lot of people who "borrow" really expensive programs from their friends lately...

 

[gordone]

I "borrowed" my friends BMW last week

But I did pay for all my recording SW/plug-ins AND mp3s! All ~350 CDs worth!

I'm noticing an awful lot of people who "borrow" really expensive programs from their friends lately...

 

[MadAudio]

what do you do mad audo?

I'm an audio engineer.

 

[Jim Y]

If your on-board sound is the only audio device, Wavelab would probably have installed to use it by default anyway.

What is actually and probably the trouble is that the line-in is not the selected record input.
Right-click on the taskbar speaker icon and select Adjust Audio properties. Click the Audio tab and for Sound Recording click volume. Here you get a mixer (or rather, selector) for recording. Check (select) Line-in.

 

[minofifa]

you CAN record on WaveLab. I do it all the time at my day job.

at work you must have several programs to record with, why do you use wavelab to record? is it easier to set up a quck recording job than to use a seqencer like sonar or cubase? Can you multitrack record in wavelabs or just one stereo track?

 

[Farview]

You cannot multi track in wavelab. When my studio was mostly analog, I would mix on the board and send the result to the computer via wavelab. That was the way I got anything into the computer.

 

[MadAudio]

at work you must have several programs to record with, why do you use wavelab to record?

Actually, that was the program that was settled on before I started working here. I think one of the reasons for going with it was the excellent plug-ins that come with it. For the stuff I'm doing at work, I don't need a multitracker. (I use Vegas 5 and Acid Pro 4 at home.) My boss uses Nuendo for mixing, though.

Can you multitrack record in wavelabs or just one stereo track?

It's not a multitracker, though you can manipulate multiple audio files via the Audio Montage.