As an introduction, I've never done digital hard disk recording before. However, a friend just gave me his old computer.
Processor: Pentium 166MHz
Memory: 64 MB RAM
Storage: 1 SCSI 2GB Hard Drive
1 SCSI 1GB Hard Drive
CD-ROM: 1 SCSI 8X CD-ROM
Sound: Sound Blaster 32AWE
Fax\Modem: 28.8Kbps
I've loaded some audio recording shareware and demo software to help me make a decision about what to buy. When I record using stereo recording software like GoldWave it records and plays beautifully.
However, when I record using multitrack software such as n-track or Cubase, it sounds good when I record, but when I play back my recording it sounds extremely noisey.
n-track said that when using Soundblaster I should close the VU meter. This helped, but it's still noisy. In addition, after recording, it plays back very fast. The pitch is not raised, it's just too fast. When I first started out, it wasn't doing that. Now it is.
Cubase doesn't say anything about Soundblaster.
I'm using a Shure mic through an Alesis mixer and going from the line out of the mixer to the line in of the sound card. I'm thinking, since it records fine in one kind of software but not in another, it must be in the software and not in the way I've connected the equipment.
Frankly, I have no clue as to what I should do in the Control Panels settings. I'm just kind of flying by the seat of my pants.
May the heavens bless he who can help me. Thank you!