help with cool edit and guitar and vocals

[shagg2e]

i just got my lil pc studio set up and and trying to record acoustic guitar and vocals ...........
here is what i am working wiht i have a pentium 4 1.4 ghrtz. 5jsomthin ram... using cool edit pro 2 and have a audiophile 2496 sound card with a eurorack ub 1002 mixer and a akg c 200b mic
my problem i s that when i am recording the amplitude of the wave lengths are very low i can 't even see them on the track on the screen..........so during playback to hear what i have played i have to crank up the volume really high any ideas what i need to do i have inclueded pictures of exactly what my mixer is set to right now any help would be geatly apreacited . also any ideas if there is a copy of pro tools free that works with xp??
thank greatly appreciated...

 

[shagg2e]

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[scottboyher]

Check your windows mixer and make sure the input is at an acceptable level.

Pro Tools free? Are you serious? How did you get Cool Edit Pro?

 

[roman]

looks like a c2000 mic to me (okay, you mistyped.. could happen )

** I hope you have phantom power (48v) on? ofcourse you have.

** Check the mic-input signal fader in the windows-setting screen under 'sounds and multimedia' (or click the speaker icon on your taskbar)

** Check the output signal of your behringer mixer

** you could also use direct monitoring -> the 2004 for example

It's e.z. to check input signal in CEP (for example).. dubbel click on the VU-meter at the bottom of the screen. you'll get an input meter right away.

Dunno how to check in protools though...
(you can get a free copy at www.protools.com / www.digidesign.com)

 

[roman]

oh the mixer settings looks like this: (check attachement)
(looks familair?)

 

[Track Rat]

Also, you should be using the line input, not the mic input on your soundcard from that Behringer mixer.

 

[Jeyan]

Adjust your Delta Console

If you have a audiophile soundcard, adjust volume from audiophile's delta control panel, don't mess with the computers default sound card. look for Delta Console in Start->Programs->Delta (or your sound card name) Good Luck!