Recording software/computer problem please help

[TinPan]

Hello Im new here and new to computer recording. Im hoping someone here can help. Im trying to record a song I wrote for the first time using my PC and recording software. My computer is an HP pavilion, a4316f, Aflon II Quad Core processor, 6GB DDR3 mem. 1 terabyte hard drive. OS is Windows 7 64 bit. Diamond xs 7.1 xtreme sound PCI card with Altec speaker system, mixcraft 5 recording software, asio driver.

Here's the problem: I plug the guitar into the mic input of the sound card, I can hear the raw guitar through the speakers, Then I load Mixcraft 5 and open my project, I select an audio track to record on, I arm the track selecting the mic input and re enter "arm" to add the monitor so I can hear what mixcraft hears, as soon as I do that I hear an echo when playing guitar. Then because the raw guitar is just that "raw" I want to add an amplifer which is in the fx tab (called shred amp), once added and adjusted I am ready to record however I can still hear the raw guitar along with the amplified guitar. I went into my BIOS and disabled the on board audio device but it did not work I still have the 2 guitar sounds. Any one know what I can do?

 

[ranjam]

Hmm, I've never disabled the on-board sound card through BIOS, so I've learned something today. I've always done it through Device Manager. But if that works, it works. I'll take a stab that the 'problem' is you are monitoring the signal before it gets the plug in, and the latency results in the effected signal being delayed enough to be a problem. Try adjust the latency. I know how to do it with my Fast Track pro, but not with what you have. There has to be a way. Or, disable the monitor. Maybe the mixcraft 'shred amp' will just be heard? Just a guess, and you have nothing to lose. Try it. I know I shut off the monitoring a lot, but that's with live instruments; micing an amplifier or drums. And that's through Cubase. I don't know your gear specifically, but I am sure they all have a familiar thread running through them in how they record and monitor.

 

[TinPan]

Thanks for the advise, no I cant disable the monitor because then I wont hear the shred amp and I need to hear what ever fx I add. but the problem is the raw guitar being heard as well as the shred amp.