Track 1 bleeds into track 2 when recording

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Hi, I just installed cakewalk 9 on my computer, and for the most part it seems to work fine. Last night, I recorded guitar on track 1. Then I played track 1 and recorded vocals on track 2. It seems like track 2 recorded what was in track one, as well as the vocals. I could not seem to find help on this subject anywhere...has someone had this issue? I'm sure its some obscure setting somewhere?
 
What's your Recording Source set in your audio control panel/soundcard? If it's set to something like Stereo Out or What U Hear or something like that, then you're recording what's echoed from the Line In (your vocals) as well as what's being played back (the guitar track). Just set the Recording Source to Line In.

HTH :)
-Jeff
 
separation for recording

i'll try to explain what i have to do to prevent bleeding over..go to speaker icon..double click.bring up volume control panel..slide everything to the left side...double click on speaker icon again..this time switch volume panel to record..pan everything to left..now when you have the track screen up pan ur ist track to the left....to start my second track...leave the volume to left..change recording screen to pan right..on your track screen the ist track will be panned left and the 2nd track will be panned right...from now on all pre recorded tracks will be panned left and all new recording will be panned right..when i am through i pan everything to the center..i dont touch the record section..i have magic so it might be different..i hope this helps..roy
 
Guttadaj has it exactly right -- while what Walterhawk is describing works, it's really a pointless work-around that's unneccessary if you just set up the soundcard's recording inputs correctly. Kind of like getting in your car on the passenger side all the time because you don't realize that there's a driver side door.
 
AlChuck said:
Kind of like getting in your car on the passenger side all the time because you don't realize that there's a driver side door.
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Hey, thanks AlChuck. I'd been getting in the back and climbing over the seat. Your way is lots easier. :D
 
thanks

thanks alchuck...i am learning too and always appreciate a better method..will try gettn in on the drivers side now!!!!! walter
 
dachay2tnr said:
Hey, thanks AlChuck. I'd been getting in the back and climbing over the seat. Your way is lots easier. :D
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LOL!! :D :D
 
guttadaj said:
What's your Recording Source set in your audio control panel/soundcard? If it's set to something like Stereo Out or What U Hear or something like that, then you're recording what's echoed from the Line In (your vocals) as well as what's being played back (the guitar track). Just set the Recording Source to Line In.

HTH :)
-Jeff
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I don't seem to be able to find how to set the recording source for my soundcard (which is the basic one that came with the PC). I can get to the volume controls but that's it. I'm using Windows XP.
 
musicdavid said:
I don't seem to be able to find how to set the recording source for my soundcard (which is the basic one that came with the PC). I can get to the volume controls but that's it. I'm using Windows XP.
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Double-click on the speaker icon at the bottom right of your screen. (If it is not showing, go to Control Panel > Sound and Audio Devices and place a checkmark in the "place volume icon in the taskbar" box.) Then choose Options > Properties and select Recording.
 
... and of course: This feature is soundcard dependant, so it could be that this isn't an option for your soundcard.
 
Yup, setting up the soundcard is definitely critical. My first attempt at transfering a cassette tape recording onto a WAV file went something like this:

1) Plugged cassette player's headphone jack to a laptop PC's line-input.
2) Recorded song - listened to it as it recorded.
3) Played back song on PC - sounded noisy and crappy.
4) Scratched head.
5) Messed with volume on cassette player - tried again - same result.
6) Tried plugging into the mic input - aaaaaaaa, total garbage!
7) Plugged back into line-input on PC.
8) Tried recording again. Played back song on PC - sounded noisy and crappy plus I'd recorded my son practicing piano in the other room.... on the line-input?????????
9) Suspected I'm going nuts or something.... decided to pursue "or something".
10) Dug around on the PC and found the soundcard setting. As you may have guessed, it was set to use the microphone input instead of the line-input. SO, what I was recording was what the laptop's built-in microphone was picking up from the laptop's speakers as the song was playing! No wonder it sounded so noisy!
11) Clicked the line-in box, recorded and everything was MUCH better.

P.S. Anyone wanting a trick for getting around the 60 second limit on the Windows "Sound Recorder" here it is:
1) Open Sound Recorder and click Record (you're just recording nothing for now).
2) When it stops at 60 seconds, click Record again and it will keep going.
3) Do that a few times until you have several minutes of nothing recorded.
4) Save the file with a name you'll remember.
5) Now when you go to record something that's several minutes, reopen the WAV file that you created and save it to a new name.
6) Set the marker to the beginning of the file and record the material you really want.
7) When done just use the option to delete everything after the current point and then save the file. (I like to save the file and then delete and then save it again just to be safe.)

There you have it; no more of Sound Recorder cutting you off after 60 seconds.
 
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