recording while monitoring

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Peter Green

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Hello there,

A quick Hi as this is my first post and I'm very new so please be kind :)

nice to be on board

OK....

I am running cubase sx, an echo mia soundcard with a small external mixer (spirit folio F1) so I can input my synth

I can record midi and vsti's as I realise this is data that can be monitored and edited before converting to audio

If I now record an audio track and want to listen to this while recording another track the second track now has the first track recorded onto it ( I told you I was new).

this is how my setup is basically configured

soundcard outs into mixer
synth outs into mixer
mixer outs into soundcard
mixer monitor outs into amp and speakers

I realise this is a stupid question but how can I monitor audio tracks when recording a new track so that it doesn't also get recorded again ?

I just can't get my head around it

thanks

Pete
 
After recording track one, switch to track two. Hit the monitor button on track two, and record. It won't change track one and youl be able to hear track 1 wile recording track 2.
 
Your monitor signal is being fed back into the main outs on your mixer. If your mixer has Direct Outs or Inserts you should use those to send the channel you are recording directly to the sound card. This way the monitor feed is not being sent back into the soundcard and you get the cleanest signal path for the signal you are recording.
 
What model is your mixer?

maybe we can give you a more precise solution if we know the model. :)
 
Mmmm. Sorry, I thought you were just talking about the software. Forgot about the loop...
 
If you have direct outputs from individual channels, you can take the direct outs from the new signal and run those into your soundcard, record from those while listening to the outputs.

You can do the same thing with an aux send or an effects send - turn up the aux/efx send on the channel you want recorded, route the aux send outputs to your soundcard inputs, and ta-da! no loop, no feedback, no recording the already-recorded sound.

hope this helps.

good luck.

- housepig
 
A pair of monitors running straight out your soundcard would be the preferred fix. Am I wrong?
 
subtractor said:
A pair of monitors running straight out your soundcard would be the preferred fix. Am I wrong?

That would be the simplest fix but it's not very flexible. You are forced to monitor the live signal off the soundcard (may be a problem) and you can't add monitor effects for vocals. Either way using the direct outs on the channel is preferable for recording and it also solves the seperation problem.
 
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