Noob audio setup question

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Madizon

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Hi all.

Well, I'm new to this site but not exactly a complete noob to this all, however I am completely self taught and have been recording my own things for a few years, stumbling blindly through many things until i nut it out.

For various reasons I have had to start all over again with a new computer which I have just setup tonight. I have moved from XP to Windows 7 and am using my old Tascam US-122 (which for the record I love!), hooked to external speakers and intend on running Cubase again.

Now, the problem is I have no sound! I used to hook everything up and there was sound during Windows, sound for all inputs etc etc.

This is my current setup / connections :

Record player -> Line In into Tascam -> Line out and into my speakers (and Tascam is connected to computer via USB)
This setup is fine for playing my records, I am currently listening to it right now so its works.
However, when I take the LineIn out (ie disconnect the record player) there is nothing. WELL, OBVIOUSLY.

HOWEVER, when it is disconnected, this used to be my normal setup and I could hear all sounds coming through my computer, ie Windows sounds, video players, anything on the screen etc etc


SO, my question is WHAT AM I DOING WRONG??? WHY CAN'T I HEAR AUDIO FROM ANY SOURCE THAT ISNT A DIRECT INSTRUMENT LINE IN?


I have not installed Cubase yet to test any other things involving that.


I hope I have made sense here, this has really been bugging me for a few hours now, if anyone can offer some help I would be very grateful!

Here I was thinking I had half a clue when it came to recording, but nope!
NOOB!


PS I tried installing the Tascam drivers but they were outdated, so did some googling and found that the Vista drivers SHOULD work (as there are no W7 drivers being released). I have installed them, and assume they worked since I am getting audio playback from the record player...?



Further to the noob element of this question, does my motherboard's sound card have anything to do / affect my external Tascam in any way at all??? I have never understood this side of things. As far as I understand, when I plug the Tascam in via USB, it becomes my soundcard? Please help...


cheers
 
Another question – Am I correct to assume the updated drivers I installed have worked, as I am getting audio? Or are they not working because I am not getting audio through Windows?

The more I am researching this issue the more I think I may just need to update the US-122…


Any help from anyone???
 
Sorry, Australians are only allowed to post once per day...

You have exceeded your daily post limit and will have to be deleted. Unless you live in Sydney, of course, in which case you can post twice... :D











.... but seriously, no idea, I'm not a PC recording expert - you're validating my choice to be lazy and use standalone studios for all these years, however...

Hang in there, a lot of the smart people on this forum are on the other side of the world, so they're just waking up about now, or they're fast asleep... someone will come along and help you soon, I'm sure..
 
cheers Armistice

issue has been resolved and working fine after a lot of forum searching etc.
 
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