Is It My Sound Card?

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I Have A PC That A "Realtek HD" Sound Card Came With...
...Was Using Soundblaster So I'm Comfortable With Sound Card Set Up


Problem:
I Do My Recording On Basic Programs (Cakewalk Mainly & Audacity)
Been Using The Two Programs For Quite Some Time...

I Import The Instramental Normally - Create A Vocal Track Normally
If I 'Record' Regardless If Anything Is Pluged Into The Sound Card Or Not...

...The Voice Track Records The Instamental. I Only Noticed This Because I
Thought My Earphones Were Too Loud, Not The Case. So My Question Is...

Q:
How Can I Record My Vocals Without The Instramental Being Duplicated Over Vocals?
Q:
Is There A Way To Set Up My Sound Card So I Can Avoid This?





This Is A Major Concern Of Mine. Thanks!
.:RUSH:.
 
Rodney Rush said:
I Have A PC That A "Realtek HD" Sound Card Came With...
...Was Using Soundblaster So I'm Comfortable With Sound Card Set Up


Problem:
I Do My Recording On Basic Programs (Cakewalk Mainly & Audacity)
Been Using The Two Programs For Quite Some Time...

I Import The Instramental Normally - Create A Vocal Track Normally
If I 'Record' Regardless If Anything Is Pluged Into The Sound Card Or Not...

...The Voice Track Records The Instamental. I Only Noticed This Because I
Thought My Earphones Were Too Loud, Not The Case. So My Question Is...

Q:
How Can I Record My Vocals Without The Instramental Being Duplicated Over Vocals?
Q:
Is There A Way To Set Up My Sound Card So I Can Avoid This?





This Is A Major Concern Of Mine. Thanks!
.:RUSH:.
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short answer yes it is probably the sound card. but for so many reasons i couldn;t explain why
 
Ok...

Is There A Way To Get Around It With This Soundcard?
II Can Remove My Old Soundcard And Install In This Comp.
Will I Now Need The Program On Disc For My System To Recognize It?
Cuz I Don't Have That.
 
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Rodney Rush said:
Ok...

Is There A Way To Get Around It With This Soundcard?
II Can Remove My Old Soundcard And Install In This Comp.
Will I Now Need The Program On Disc For My System To Recognize It?
Cuz I Don't Have That.
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not really sure what you mean there. and like i said im not the best for explaining. i don;t know which soundcard you are using.
my experience is with cubase.
all i do know is that when using the soundcard that came with the computer (realtek) the tracks would bleed into each other just because. well they are basic i suppose. i think you need to upgrade soundcards or.
get updates drivers for it or
get ASIO 4ALL (google it)
might make a difference im not sure
good luck anyways
 
Both those soundcards are 'gamer' cards with about 40cents worth of chips in them, so that's your basic problem.

As for previous tracks recording over the leads, go into the sound control panel in "Recording Preferences" and UNCHECK anything that says anything like "What You Hear"
(Soundblasters and compatibles use this to inject 'gaming experience' effects into your speakers, but it screws up recording...)


Then when you decide to get serious:

Still using a built-in soundcard?? Unfortunately, those are made with less than $1 worth of chips for beeps, boops and light gaming (not to mention cheapness for the manufacturer) and NOT quality music production.

#1 Rule of Recording: You MUST replace the built-in soundcard.

Here's a good guide and suggestions: http://www.tweakheadz.com/soundcards_for_the_home_studio.htm
 
Sadly My Music Still Records On The Voice Track.
I Set The "Recording Preferences" An I Still Hear The Music On My Vocal Track
What Else Could Cause This Be I've Used This Method To Record Before.

Does Anyone Know What Could Be The Problem?
Even With My "Cheap" Sound Card I've NEVER Had This Problem

Frustrated With The Fact This Has Been A 3 Day Itch So To Speak.
Thanks Again.
 
Double click on your speaker icon on the task bar in the bottom right.

Options --> Proporties --> Click 'Recording --> Click 'ok'

Use the 'Select' tick box to choose the audio source you want to record. In this case it should be the microphone. You may already have it set on "What you hear" or "Audio Mix" or words to that effect. Basically you need to change it to line in or mic, depending what you are recording.

A better solution would be to buy an external USB/Firewire interface. It would give you better results
 
I Respect Your Feedback Everyone, But None Of That Worked Out...
Feels Like My Only Solution Is To Stray Away From My 10 Year Method
Of Recording Which Is Quite Disturbing. I Did Honestly Learn A Lot Of Info.

Thanks. If Anyone Does Have Another Idea, Feel Free To Post It.
 
TimOBrien said:
Both those soundcards are 'gamer' cards with about 40cents worth of chips in them, so that's your basic problem.

As for previous tracks recording over the leads, go into the sound control panel in "Recording Preferences" and UNCHECK anything that says anything like "What You Hear"
(Soundblasters and compatibles use this to inject 'gaming experience' effects into your speakers, but it screws up recording...)
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Presently, until I can afford to upgrade to a better Audio interface (thus not presently recording except guitar tracks via my Zoom G7 USB interface) I am using a Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS (OEM = no midi I/O or FW, but has SPDIF Out) and YES, it is sh!t for recording audio. Ironically, Recording "What You Hear" is a joke. Usually record my wife singing karaoke, RCA out of the karaoke machine to my Yamaha 4-track (as a mixer) to the PC Line In. Yesterday, it sounded great "live" and the playback was awful & distorted. Could have been the levels
But the SB Audigy 2 ZS is decent at two other things.
1) 24/96 output is pretty good from DVD playback, or the 16/48 audio recordings I have done with MIDI SF's and Zoom G7 Guitar processor USB. CD's playback pretty good.
2) it has 2 on-board RAM banks of 96MB for loading Midi samples / soundfonts. This is why I am using the card. There's more room for samples than my Roland D70. I still get all the Pro Midi sounds while using the Zoom USB.
Unfortunately, I am minus MIDI I/O from my synth until I get something better​
 
johnnymegabyte said:
But the SB Audigy 2 ZS is decent at two other things.
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It also does 7.1, which is ok. I mean, its not shockingly good, but its ok. I got an Audigy 4 for £40, its not useable for recording, but in terms of a media card for surround systems and general use, its not bad.
 
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