Sound Card Not Allowing Me to Record

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Hi all,

My problem is this: I can record using the Windows Sound Recorder but I can't record anything with Cakewalk Home Studio. The program will not let me select my sound card as an input device at all. I've tried uninstalling other recording programs that could conflict with Home Studio, using the Wave Profiler, and re-installing the sound card driver, but none of these have solved the problem.

When I use the microphone, I can hear what I speak into it through the computer speakers, and like I said, I can record what I speak with Sound Recorder. So why can't I record using Home Studio?

Also, I get an error message every time I start Home Studio that says "The following driver(s) either do not support the current audio format, or are in use by another application. Please choose whether you want to disable them or use them anyway."

I've been choosing to use them anyway, but to no avail.

What do you guys think?

-Patrick
 
I think I had a similar problem a while back. If you're using WinXP and have the fast user switching feature enabled, make sure other users log off completely, otherwise the soundcard will be in use when you go to use it.

Are you trying to set up for 24-bit? Two soundcards? I recall having to go to the cakewalk website to find out the correct settings.
 
Well, the computer doesn't have user profiles enabled I don't believe. We've restarted the computer many times so I don't think other users would continue to be logged in anyway.

We are set to record with 24-bit right now I believe. However, we are only using one sound card. Could it make a difference if we changed it to 16-bit?
 
Are you using ASIO drivers?

If not you might be better off trying to record in 16 bit
 
patrickc284 said:
Hi all,

My problem is this: I can record using the Windows Sound Recorder but I can't record anything with Cakewalk Home Studio. The program will not let me select my sound card as an input device at all. I've tried uninstalling other recording programs that could conflict with Home Studio, using the Wave Profiler, and re-installing the sound card driver, but none of these have solved the problem.

When I use the microphone, I can hear what I speak into it through the computer speakers, and like I said, I can record what I speak with Sound Recorder. So why can't I record using Home Studio?

Also, I get an error message every time I start Home Studio that says "The following driver(s) either do not support the current audio format, or are in use by another application. Please choose whether you want to disable them or use them anyway."

I've been choosing to use them anyway, but to no avail.

What do you guys think?

-Patrick
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Why don't you post your system specs first...

You don't even say what soundcard you're using.
 
Well, it's my friend's HP Pavillion 7955. That's all I know. They don't have any documentation as to what kind of card it is. I think it might be a Sound Blaster Live but I'm not sure. I believe in the Device Manager it says the controller is an Intel 82801BA, but I'm not sure what that means.

The only other specs I know about it is that it's a 12 gig hard drive and has a 1.5 Ghz processor and is running Windows XP Home.

I'll be able to add more specs tomorrow perhaps; they're asleep now.
 
If you're using an SBLive, did you go into the SBLive audio mixer and enable (click on) the "Line-In" port?

Also while you are there, uncheck the "What You Hear" box that provides gaming effects, or every track will recopy onto your new tracks as you try to record.
 
SB Live's are 16-bit cards. You can't record in 24-bit with an SB Live.

Change both your Audio Card driver depth and the project's bit depth to 16 bit. Reprofile the card and exit and re-enter the program.
 
Finally got something going

Well, we're able to record now. What fixed it was going into Options-Audio-Advanced and changing the Driver Mode from "Use Default" to "MME (32-bit)."

The only problem now is that our recording level is low. We went into the Recording Properties and turned the mic up and turned our amp up too but the volume is still low. How can we fix that?

Thank you so much guys for your help! God bless you, thank you for your time and for being selfless in helping us! Praise God. Only took us four days of trips back and forth to my friend's house, taking the computer apart, reading through the Home Studio manuals, reading trouble-shooting guides on the web and company website info on the sound card, and six message boards to get it working... And that's not even all we did!

Talk to you guys later.

-Patrick
 
Re: Finally got something going

patrickc284 said:
Well, we're able to record now. What fixed it was going into Options-Audio-Advanced and changing the Driver Mode from "Use Default" to "MME (32-bit)."

The only problem now is that our recording level is low. We went into the Recording Properties and turned the mic up and turned our amp up too but the volume is still low. How can we fix that?

Thank you so much guys for your help! God bless you, thank you for your time and for being selfless in helping us! Praise God. Only took us four days of trips back and forth to my friend's house, taking the computer apart, reading through the Home Studio manuals, reading trouble-shooting guides on the web and company website info on the sound card, and six message boards to get it working... And that's not even all we did!

Talk to you guys later.

-Patrick
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Using MME is only a band aid solution. The latency without WDM drivers will be unbearable.

If you are at all serious about recording, I suggest you look into getting a decent card with well written WDM drivers. Both the M-Audio Audiophile and Echo MiaMIDI would be significant improvements. They both run around $150.
 
Oh really?

Well, we're definitely a little short on cash right now, but I guess once I've got some more saved up we could consider it. We'll have to see what happens.
 
Yea.. You're probably gonna need a mic pre of some sort. You could get the cheapest little Behringer mixer for a mic pre or 2. Perhaps not the best quality but it will at least allow you to get enough gain...
 
Yeah. We bought the 8-channel Behringer mixer last weekend and we're using that. It seems to have decent sound quality so far.
 
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