tracks bleeding into the recording.

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I've been hacking on this for quite some time now. I was using Cakewalk 7.0, and was trying to record a guitar track while listening to the drum track (for reference. When I was done and listened to the guitar track, the drum track got recorded onto the guitar track, and the more I record, the more it starts to snowball, and the result is just terrible to the ears.
I once owned a Fostex 8-track HD, I was able to hear without it bleeding into the tracks.

I just recently got Powertracks 5.0, and I still have the same problem.

Somebody pleeeeze help this poor soul.
Rich
 
What input method are you using for the guitar? Mic, pickup, pick-up and pre-amp etc.? And are you using headphones to monitor your drum track while recording the guitar track?
 
My setup is as follows,

Guitar processor/Mic/Roland PMA going into a 4 track recorder (only used to get the signal into the PC), 4 track to the Aux-input on the soundcard,

When I record, I use headphones/speakers coming out from output on the soundcard or the mixingboard.

The software used are Cakewalk or Powertracks Proaudio. When I record something, let's say guitar... I should be able to turn off the input for the tracks I want played back when I record the guitar. I figured muting the drums, and then recording the guitar would work, but you can only hear the guitar now, and I don't have any reference as to how fast the song is...
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Rich
 
Don't mute the drums. That's your click track. Really helpful to have.
You should be able to hear both but only record the new signal to a new track as long as the input is isolated. You need to have only the guitar picked up by the mic. Lose the speakers during recording.
 
i think your problem lies in your soundcard , because i have the same problem with my el cheapo soundcard... what soundcard are you using ? i know that in widows somewhere theres a check box to turn off monitoting while you record or something , but i cant remember where exactly .. i cant record multiple tracks w/o them all ending up jumbled onto one track...and i think your having the same problem..

- eddie -
 
man i am no expert but it seems ive had this problem before as well. It may be so simple that your overlooking one little thing? do you have your computer microphone muted? i may be wrong, but thought I'd give my two cents
 
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