Troubleshooting - No sound either

[lakemonitor]

Hi,
I'm quite new to recording via computer, so forgive my ignorance if I display it. My setup is quite basic: PC with XP, Terratec Phase 22 soundcard, Phillips mic, Cool Edit Pro 2, and regular PC speakers. The problem is that I don't know how to set up my sound so that I can monitor what the mic is picking up while playing back what's already recorded. It records fine, when you play back what's recorded it sounds great, but I can't hear it while i'm recording.

I went into the control panel for the sound card and saw an option for Analog out (which is what my speakers are connected to). This gives a drop-down menu of "Wave", "Analog In" (my mic) and "Digital In". Leaving this as "Wave" I can hear playback, when "Analog In" is selected it output's what the mic picks up.

What i'd like to know is how can I set it up to have both? Wave output and Analog In being outputted simultaneously.

Sorry about the long-windedness.

 

[DigitalSmigital]

I think the soundcard is OK...

you're looking for a menu in Cool Edit to allow monitoring on playback. Sorry, I've never used it, so I don't know where to look.

 

[lakemonitor]

perhaps..

I thought of that one, but I don't think it is, cos really the Audio In should be outputted when there isn't any playback as well. It's kind of annoying because I know it's able to process everything - input, recording the input, output etc. It just doesn't seem to want to output from two sources.

 

[Carter]

Do you have a mixer?

 

[NYMorningstar]

Not sure if this will work. Click the speaker in the lower right corner of your of the screen, choose options/properties, choose recording and place a check in mono out and wave out mix. Adjust the volume and give it a try.

 

[lakemonitor]

Thanks for the feedback

No, i'm afraid I tried that one. When I installed my soundcard (which appears to work perfectly), the software installed a custom Control Panel, which makes the window's Volume control inactive. It doesn't allow me to place checks, they're all ghosted. However Wave and Mono Out are checked. I don't have a mixer Carter, do I need one for this? The soundcard can route the input sound out but I have to switch it off to allow me to switch back on the Wave out.