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I have cubase le and a firebox. When I play audio back its all scratchy and shitty sounding. What sthe problem? I know for sure its not becasue my computer is slow or becasue of clipping.
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sixways
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What kinda of Computer? Desktop? Laptop?
PCI Firewire? PCMCIA card?
Newest Drivers?
Etc??
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PCI Firewire? PCMCIA card?
Newest Drivers?
Etc??
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cpl_crud
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Sounds probably like a driver or routing issue.
Either that or what you're recording is all scratchy and shitty sounding
Either that or what you're recording is all scratchy and shitty sounding
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custom>standard
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Its a 2002 vaio laptop. I dont know what you mean by pci or pcmia card. I have a a card that I put in the side of my laptop so I can plug in the firewire cable. The drivers I'm using are the ones that came with the firebox.
If I record one track its fine, and then If I record a second everything goes to shi't.
Monkey Allen
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What kind of mic are you using?
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cpl_crud
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In basic terms, a PCI card is a card that you put into a PC, a PCMCIA card goes into the slot on the side of a laptop.
Try monitoring the signal at the firbox (ie before you go into your computer). That was you can find out where the sinal is going bad
Try monitoring the signal at the firbox (ie before you go into your computer). That was you can find out where the sinal is going bad
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custom>standard
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I'm susing one of those.
I do that, and the signal is fine. Once I make a 2nd track, and play it back a few times, it gets fucked up.
A 57.
I makes me so fucking mad. I've been wanting to record for several years, I save up for a long time, obliterate my bank account completley, and 6 weeks in I can't do the most basic mother fuckin shit. I want to record so fucking bad and I can't.
Fuck!
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cpl_crud
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Okay, first solution... chill.
Seriously. It gets frustrating, sure. One of the hardest skills I've had to learn is when to walk away, have a cuppa, and just chill...
Right, so, we're at hte point now where we know the signal going into the copmuter is fine. This rules out the mic, the cable, the preamp.
This leaves:
AD converter, Firewire card, drivers, software, hardware, DA converters.
What are you using as a playback device? If it's your internal soundcard then that's likely to be the culprit. (I suspect this to be the problem). You should be playing back through the firebox.
From what you're saying, it sounds like you're overloading your computer somehow. Are you using ASIO out of Cubase? If so, try increasing the buffer size. This will increase latency, but hopefully increase stability.
Out of interest, what bitrate (bit depth/sample rate) are you using?
Seriously. It gets frustrating, sure. One of the hardest skills I've had to learn is when to walk away, have a cuppa, and just chill...
Right, so, we're at hte point now where we know the signal going into the copmuter is fine. This rules out the mic, the cable, the preamp.
This leaves:
AD converter, Firewire card, drivers, software, hardware, DA converters.
What are you using as a playback device? If it's your internal soundcard then that's likely to be the culprit. (I suspect this to be the problem). You should be playing back through the firebox.
From what you're saying, it sounds like you're overloading your computer somehow. Are you using ASIO out of Cubase? If so, try increasing the buffer size. This will increase latency, but hopefully increase stability.
Out of interest, what bitrate (bit depth/sample rate) are you using?