Recording direct from soft synths

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Hello:
What is the correct method to
record the digital output from soft synths, sound card synths, and external
sound modules directly into tracks avoiding analog/digital translation?
Is this were ASIO comes in?
I have both SONAR and N-TRACKS at
my disposal. I may use an Audigy 2
card for a sound card synth. My
real aim is to record digital drums which
might be sounded via midi by a soft synth or the sound card or I may use
a module.
Thanks!
DC
 
If your creating a midi track first and using an enternal synth, you can bounce to disk to record the track to audio. If using an external synth, use midi to trigger or record live, just tie the outputs of the synth to your audio card and record it.
 
dmemphis said:
Hello:
What is the correct method to
record the digital output from soft synths, sound card synths, and external
sound modules directly into tracks avoiding analog/digital translation?
Is this were ASIO comes in?
I have both SONAR and N-TRACKS at
my disposal. I may use an Audigy 2
card for a sound card synth. My
real aim is to record digital drums which
might be sounded via midi by a soft synth or the sound card or I may use
a module.
Thanks!
DC
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The sounds of your softsynth stop being digital only when you hear them through your speakers. If you record a softsynth in Sonar by bouncing it to an audio track, everything is still digital.

The only way to record the audio from external MIDI modules and not got through the A/D conversion is to buy a module/synth with digital outputs (SPDIF optical or coax) and have a digital input on your soundcard.
 
With the Audigy you can record anything that is going through the Audigy. In the windows mixer put record on the midi synth box. Then open up your softsyth and open another program to record it. Hit record on the non-synth program and the play on the synth program. Instant digital copy.

Beezoboy
 
Beezoboy said:
With the Audigy you can record anything that is going through the Audigy. In the windows mixer put record on the midi synth box. Then open up your softsyth and open another program to record it. Hit record on the non-synth program and the play on the synth program. Instant digital copy.

Beezoboy
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You can do all that within Sonar itself (bouncing tracks). Why do it with another program?
 
Thanks everyone.
It seems difficult to know for sure
whether the internal synths are going
thru the mixer to analog and then
back in thru the d/a to the recording
program OR whether the a/d & d/a are
being bypassed.
Its probably more sure when staying
withing the sonar environment.
I'll have to play with it, soon I'll
have a functional system to try all of
this out on.
 
dmemphis said:
Thanks everyone.
It seems difficult to know for sure
whether the internal synths are going
thru the mixer to analog and then
back in thru the d/a to the recording
program OR whether the a/d & d/a are
being bypassed.
Its probably more sure when staying
withing the sonar environment.
I'll have to play with it, soon I'll
have a functional system to try all of
this out on.
Click to expand...

The DAC's are just before the outputs. Everything mixed on the computer is still digital. Its that simple.
 
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