not getting signal into pro tools! help!

[chalin111]

i downloaded pro tools free and fruityloops. i made a beat in fruityloops and i wanted to record it in pro tools. when i played the beat in fruityloops and then flipped back to pro tools, there was no level peaking. i hit "rec" in the mixer window and there is no level!! what are some things i can do to get a signal?

 

[hookiefree]

It doesn't quite work like that. PT only records what's going into your sound card or Rewired into PT from other applications. I don't know if FL or PT Free are Rewire capable.

 

[charger]

Export the file to a wav from FruityLoops, then Import it into Pro Tools. Both options on the File menus of the respective apps.

 

[chalin111]

that's weird, because i used to get a signal when i first tried to do this. it had a lot of latency, but i did get one. now, i don't get one at all. i'll try your guys' advice and see what happens. thanks for the help...

confused guy

 

[TexRoadkill]

Double check the windows mixer. Make sure under the Recording Properties that .wav is checked. You might try the 'What you Hear' option.

 

[chalin111]

when i go into control panels, i don't see anything called "mixer" or "windows mixer". i double clicked "multimedia" and "sounds" and some others but i couldn't find any option like "what you hear" anywhere. Am i looking in the wrong place?!?

confused guy...

 

[geet73]

The "What you hear" option is for SoundBlaster Live! and Audigy cards only. As far as I know.