Frustrated Newbie

[tthcore]

Here's the deal. I bought Magix music studio, i have an M-Audio Condensor mic, and the m-audio mobilepre. I just bought a gibson j-45, it rawks!! Here's the deal, i'm unable to record 2 mono tracks at the same time into my studio (i.e. vox/guitar). When i plug inputs into the MobilePre it records all, but all to the same track, so i'm unable to mix or add affects. What am i doing wrong? did i buy the wrong setup? If i did what is a good way to record several tracks at one time into a computer and be able to indepently mix them. Thaks for the info.

 

[apl]

If i did what is a good way to record several tracks at one time into a computer and be able to indepently mix them. Thaks for the info.

That's a software issue. You need a program that will allow that.

 

[XLR]

tthcore, the Mobile Pre has two channels of output, and the Magix studio can record multiple input channels, so you just need to make sure your recording software is set to record in stereo, not mono. Find the preferences (Don't know that software but it'll be called something similar) menu and adjust the settings so it's recording each output of the USB device to a different track. Also, some software has the input channel selections available right on each track.

Good luck.

Tim

 

[apl]

...make sure your recording software is set to record in stereo, not mono...

I think he needs to record to two mono tracks instead of one stereo track.

 

[XLR]

Yeah, you're right. But either way he'll get each input recorded separately. A stereo file can be split into two mono files.

Tim

 

[apl]

Yeah, you're right. But either way he'll get each input recorded separately. A stereo file can be split into two mono files.

Tim

Well, when I had Cubasis I couldn't do that. But now I think I could have pulled the track into WaveLab Lite, split, and then reimported them as two mono tracks. With Cubase I can record two independent mono tracks.

 

[XLR]

He's best off and can probably record easily to two mono tracks with his Magix software. I'm assuming that it's multitrack. I guess when I suggested the stereo setting I was thinking along the lines of my Wavelab recording settings. Probably doesn't apply to him.

Audacity (freeware) can split stereo tracks into dual mono with the drop down menu in the track controls.

Tim

 

[LemonTree]

pan channel 1 hard left and channel 2 hard right...should give you two seperate mono tracs

 

[XLR]

But he wanted to process them separately.

Tim

 

[blazingstrings]

In music studio you should be able to assign an input to a track.
look at the left side of the track veiw and look for the words "In" or "Inputs".
On track one assign the left or chanel 1 input and on track two assign the left or chanel 2 input.
then arm each track click the "R" and hit record and see what you get.

Let me know as I use to have a simular setup(Mobile pre and Magix).

-Blaze

 

[XLR]

Ahhhh. There you go.

Tim

 

[tthcore]

AWESOME!! thanx guys, i was getting really upset that maybe i spent all that $$ on the wrong setup. I even tried emailing and posting in the Magix forum, i didn't get much help. I'll try doing what you said when i get home tonight. Thanx.