I can't hear myself (Still)

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I have an M-Audio USB Duo interface and CEp2.0. I can hear myself AFTER I record, and I can hear the track I recorded While I record, but I can't hear my mic at all, either during or after I record. On the USB Duo, there is a button called Standalone Mode, which I can push to hear the mic, but I can't hear the track, so it's the same problem, just opposite!

I looked all over the inernet for a solution, and I checked CEp2's help files, but I can't find out how to get it working.

Any Ideas?

Thanks

KA
 
It's a guess, but it sounds like you don't have the line-in fader turned up on your soundcard mixer. It may be up for recording, but it's not up for playback, which would explain why it records but you can't hear it while it's recording.

If you're using Windows...click on the little speaker icon on your toolbar. Then make sure the the Line In volume slider looks like this.

If you've already done all this...post back, lol.
 

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The USB Duo is my soundcard, so to speak, so I am basically bypassing the windows soundcard all together. The playback fader is up all the way.

KA
 
Well, I'm obviously out of ideas...lol...GOOD LUCK!!!!
 
hmm it does say it has direct monitoring... So does your card come with it's own software mixer?

RonC
 
The following excerpt from the DUO manual seems to be saying you cannot monitor your input through the DUO and simultaneously hear recorded tracks unless your software supports "input monitoring", I don't know if input monitoring is available in CEP or not.

"3. A “direct monitoring” capability can be achieved when Standalone mode is
engaged while the Duo is in use as a digital audio interface in conjunction with
your computer. This will give you zero latency monitoring of the signals present at either the Mic Inputs or the Line Inputs of the Duo. You will, however, not be able to hear the software outputs from your computer in this case, so this option may only be useful to you when laying down your first recorded tracks, i.e.,
when there is no other audio playing back from your computer.

....A music program such as Cakewalk’s Sonar takes full advantage of the WDM driver model, and can achieve extremely low latency when using their “Input Monitoring” feature. Sonar’s Input Monitoring will allow you to monitor yoursignal at the software inputs, allowing you to add software effects while monitoring. Check your Sonar manual for more information."

Erich
 
While NOT in "Stand Alone" mode as you are setting the recording levels can you hear the mic?
 
The monitoring it's talking about sounds like that available within ASIO drivers, not supported by Audition.
 
Direct monitoring means that the signal is routed directly from the input source as opposed to monitoring from the output of the software. So without using direct monitoring you should still be able to hear the signal from the mic. The only difference would be the amount of latency.
 
To be absolutely clear, CEP and Audition don't allow input monitoring, and never will until a future update supports a low latency driver as metioned, such as ASIO or Cakewalk style WDM/KS.

The only help I can think of is to use the Duo with a mini-mixer. Using the mixers mic amps and monitoring both those and the Duo output with the mixer.
As the Duo manual says, you can't hear the "live" input and the software output at the same time from the Duo itself. Maybe they should have called it the Uno ;)
 
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