i'm new to recording and cubase.. need some pretty simple help please

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So i have bought a Yamaha MW10C usb mixer as well as a Shure SM58 microphone. I have a macbook and have cubase Al 4 installed (came with the mixer). I have tried to record but have run into a few problems..

I'm recording hip hop music so I am recording to an mp3 track. I dragged the mp3 to a stereo track and started recording. What the problem seems to be is that the mp3 is going through the mixer. I can see the yellow and green lights lighting up when I'm not talking through the mic but the mp3 is playing. I can hear my voice through the headphones and it sounds good but after recording anything over the track, it comes out with a distorted, fuzzy type sound and the vocals are really low. I have changed all of the gains, levels, etc and cannot figure this out. All I really need to know is how to record to an instrumental mp3 track and make it sound as good as my setup can. I hope this is a good enough explanation.

Also when I record over nothing, it sounds much better, but is still a lower volume than in the headphones that are plugged into the phones jack on the mixer. There is also a very slight beepy noise, sort of sounds like a dial-up connection but very light or low volume. Is this my surroundings or mic/mixer problems?

I'm really new to all of this so thanks for all your help.
-p walls
 
i also forgot to mention that sometimes the mic sounds pretty good at first and then craps out with the distortion fuzzy stuff almost randomly.. but it does still seem low in volume
 
8 bits I bet ....

I bet you are recording in -bit which SUCKS .....


I've heard some of the cubase light packages record in 8 bit.

Try going into your menu > Project > Project Setup > Record Format

Select AT LEAST 16 bit, 24 would be nice, higher is heavenly
 
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