need help with vocal recording

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i am having trouble getting my recordings going. using ableton live lite 8 and a laptop with this whole dual core processor , and 4gb ram. i have the focusrite saffire 6 usb audio interface and when i record the vocals there is a glitch in the recordings, i have tried tweaking this and that and its still the same. i suspect it may have something to do with settings on my laptop coz when i tried using an m-audio interface i got the same problem. just ready to give up at this point as the past weeks i have hardly slept trying a few options. one thing i have also noticed is that the reordings are in mono and there is a line that just goes across with nothing on it. i also notice that the vocals recorded appearing a second or so behind the cursor at the top showing the time. anyone with any suggestions i will be grateful .. thanks
 
thephattlady said:
one thing i have also noticed is that the reordings are in mono and there is a line that just goes across with nothing on it.
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the thing is that you are trying to record mono source to stereo track. helping picture here:

1) switch to arrangement view
2) make sure you have IO button turned on
3) select your input channel

thephattlady said:
...and when i record the vocals there is a glitch in the recordings, i have tried tweaking this and that and its still the same. i suspect it may have something to do with settings on my laptop coz when i tried using an m-audio interface i got the same problem..
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have you installed ASIO drivers that came with these interfaces? if yes, have you selected the driver from Ableton options? (Options->Preferences...->Audio.)
 
hi... thanks for the reply.... i have installed the drivers and selected them in ableton but it seems that the problem remains.. i have been reading about the whole latency thing and wondering if that cud be the reason.. i am unsure of the settings regarding sample rate and all...
 
What Seidy said plus if you have any other USB devices connected try disconnecting them.
 
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