GT Pro Can't hear what I'm recording

[Richter]

I've got a fairly nice Dell P4 2Ghz, plenty of RAM, XP, etc. laptop with the POS Crystal WDM integrated audio card, mic in h/ph out connecters. I cannnot hear what i am recording no matter how I change my mixer or GTPro settings. I can hear existing tracks when i'm recording just fine, just not the track i am currently recording. Anyone able to help? Or am I going to have to buy a USB audio adapter/card? Any help would be greatly appreciated. As if you could'nt tell i'm a total newbie with this stuff and I could'nt find anything similar using search but, i'm sure this has been answered before.

 

[Richter]

bump

 

[Richter]

please!!!

 

[Bulls Hit]

Have you tried adjusting the mic in volume in the Windows mixer?

Also make sure it's not muted

 

[moskus]

Have you tried adjusting the mic in volume in the Windows mixer?

Bingo!

If the soundcard got it's own software then you might want to check that out too.

 

[Richter]

yes i tried adjusting the mic and stuff

 

[moskus]

Then get a full duplex card, as in a card that can play back and record at the same time.

 

[Richter]

Thats what i thought i'd have to do but i was hoping that there was a way w/out spendin the cash. Thanks for your help folks. I'll probably just get the USB Midiman mobile pre even though it only allows 16 bit rec/playback. That should be good enough for my purpose. Thanks again.