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bloozguy
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I have the Aardvark Direct Pro 2496 and Cakewalk 9.0 on a PC with a Soundblaster Live card. My system has 256RAM.
First of all....I know the Aardvark has 24 bit capability, but my system on the sys check finds that my sound card only has 16 bit capability. Is that true for others or am I configuring it wrong. Gee, just bought this multi media computer a few months ago and gave the tech who built it a word up front what I wanted to use it for. I wanted the best soundcard, which he assured me this was. Is there a better PC soundcard for working with Aardvark and Cakewalk that I should perhaps plan to replace my current one?
Secondly,
I tried, in the Patch bay, to set it up as the small manual suggests so that I can hear playback thru my headphones AND be able to hear the current track I'm recording. Still, I only get the sound of what I'm playing, (guitar for example). The playback is coming instead thru my computer speakers, which of course is going to lead to feedback problems when I use a vocal mic or acoustic guitar. Any suggestions. I did go to the little speaker icon on the bottom of the PC tool bar, and activated what I've been told is necessary.
ON the unit itself...the interphase, I have my headphones going into the front headphone jack. Should I get two 1/8" jacks with the adapter to plug headphones into the back coming out of the "monitor out" instead?
The other thing that is wierd is, I'll have my rhythm guitar set for the source of my DirectPro, and port my soundcard, and lay a rhythm track down no problem. The track view shows the signal recorded.
I'll have it playing second track with a drum session midi on the first. The imported drums will play, and be heard...but shows no visual track of having been recorded. Is that normal?
Lastly, I'll lay my lead track on the third, and also see the visual of its having been recorded, but after dis'arming and hitting play, will only hear the rhythm and drum tracks playing. I swear I have the same stinkin' settings. Is this computer glitch stuff??
I did purchase thru Amazon the "Power Cakewalk" book, so hopefully that answers a lot of questions. Thanks for your time.
bloozguy
First of all....I know the Aardvark has 24 bit capability, but my system on the sys check finds that my sound card only has 16 bit capability. Is that true for others or am I configuring it wrong. Gee, just bought this multi media computer a few months ago and gave the tech who built it a word up front what I wanted to use it for. I wanted the best soundcard, which he assured me this was. Is there a better PC soundcard for working with Aardvark and Cakewalk that I should perhaps plan to replace my current one?
Secondly,
I tried, in the Patch bay, to set it up as the small manual suggests so that I can hear playback thru my headphones AND be able to hear the current track I'm recording. Still, I only get the sound of what I'm playing, (guitar for example). The playback is coming instead thru my computer speakers, which of course is going to lead to feedback problems when I use a vocal mic or acoustic guitar. Any suggestions. I did go to the little speaker icon on the bottom of the PC tool bar, and activated what I've been told is necessary.
ON the unit itself...the interphase, I have my headphones going into the front headphone jack. Should I get two 1/8" jacks with the adapter to plug headphones into the back coming out of the "monitor out" instead?
The other thing that is wierd is, I'll have my rhythm guitar set for the source of my DirectPro, and port my soundcard, and lay a rhythm track down no problem. The track view shows the signal recorded.
I'll have it playing second track with a drum session midi on the first. The imported drums will play, and be heard...but shows no visual track of having been recorded. Is that normal?
Lastly, I'll lay my lead track on the third, and also see the visual of its having been recorded, but after dis'arming and hitting play, will only hear the rhythm and drum tracks playing. I swear I have the same stinkin' settings. Is this computer glitch stuff??
I did purchase thru Amazon the "Power Cakewalk" book, so hopefully that answers a lot of questions. Thanks for your time.
bloozguy