ThePhoenix
New member
I got into recording a few months back, a few of you may even remember answering a few of my questions. I was using my father's computer that he built at the time. Being that i wanted a computer dedicated to recording, and maybe some schoolwork, i bought a new Dell 4700. It has a pentium 4 with 3.08 ghrz, 512mb of ram and 80gb of hard disk space. I plan on buying a new soundcard after i buy a new guitar, but i figured the one i have would last my a while (my father's did so why wouldn't my newer better computer?)
well here is a few of the problems i've been having:
1) when i plug my keyboard in, and adjust the volume so that it doesnt go above the threshhold, i can't hear what i'm playing! this didn't happen on the old Pc. this won't be a big deal when i'm recording guitar (i'll still be able to hear it) but the keyboard needs the computer speakers to be heard. also, when i play it back, it's not as loud as it should be (judging by my old computer)
2) there is a slight buzzing noise when i turn it up. at first i thought this was my mixer (a berringher mxb1002) because everyone here says beringher sucks. but i plugged my keyboard direectly into the computer and i still had the same problem, so i'm assuming that it's the sound card.
3) when i try to make a click track with drums (my keyboard's), i can't seem to loop the beat over. No matter how on-beat i think i am, there is a slight gap between the end of the loop and the begining. i figured, no big deal, i'll just punch in at the end and keep recording that way. if i do that, i here a minor click where on clip begins and the other ends! I figured this was a latency issue. i had the same problem with my father's PC....i changed the bufffer size and lowered the latency (i'm using cakewalk) and then everything seemed to be a lot better, and therefore the first thing i did with the new Pc was lower the latency and the buffer size, but i'm having the same problem as i did on my father's PC before i changed the values.
#3 is probably the biggest problem, as i could deal with the buzzing until i get a new soundcard, and i can deal with not hearing the keyboard (besides i can plug it into an amp as well as the computer).
it's truly frustratiung me so much than i'm cursing a lot, and getting ready to throw the PC out the window. if it matters, I'm using a Roland Juno-D keyboard plugged directrly into the pc, while using Cakewalk home studio.
thanks for any help!
well here is a few of the problems i've been having:
1) when i plug my keyboard in, and adjust the volume so that it doesnt go above the threshhold, i can't hear what i'm playing! this didn't happen on the old Pc. this won't be a big deal when i'm recording guitar (i'll still be able to hear it) but the keyboard needs the computer speakers to be heard. also, when i play it back, it's not as loud as it should be (judging by my old computer)
2) there is a slight buzzing noise when i turn it up. at first i thought this was my mixer (a berringher mxb1002) because everyone here says beringher sucks. but i plugged my keyboard direectly into the computer and i still had the same problem, so i'm assuming that it's the sound card.
3) when i try to make a click track with drums (my keyboard's), i can't seem to loop the beat over. No matter how on-beat i think i am, there is a slight gap between the end of the loop and the begining. i figured, no big deal, i'll just punch in at the end and keep recording that way. if i do that, i here a minor click where on clip begins and the other ends! I figured this was a latency issue. i had the same problem with my father's PC....i changed the bufffer size and lowered the latency (i'm using cakewalk) and then everything seemed to be a lot better, and therefore the first thing i did with the new Pc was lower the latency and the buffer size, but i'm having the same problem as i did on my father's PC before i changed the values.
#3 is probably the biggest problem, as i could deal with the buzzing until i get a new soundcard, and i can deal with not hearing the keyboard (besides i can plug it into an amp as well as the computer).
it's truly frustratiung me so much than i'm cursing a lot, and getting ready to throw the PC out the window. if it matters, I'm using a Roland Juno-D keyboard plugged directrly into the pc, while using Cakewalk home studio.
thanks for any help!