Got a question for everyone. I'm trying to record analog signals from my mixer (Bheringer), through SoundBlaster Extigy (converts the signal from analog to digital), then through USB to Cakewalk. I get a lot of dropouts from the signal, audio streaming sometimes gets out of sync, computer locks up temporarily, etc while trying to record in Cakewalk. This is strange since I use the same hardware setup to record in Sound Forge and I have yet to experience any problems what-so-ever.
In order to monitor the playback while recording, I route the signal through the headphone jacks and then to my mixer. The signal is NOT looped back through the mixer and to the computer again. Also, the external soundcard is used to produce the playback sounds (ALI soundcard with a Toshiba Satellite notebook computer), the playback sounds are NOT routed back throught the SoundBlaster card (at least not that I can tell).
Any ideas why Cakewalk is having a problem with recording using the hardware set up described above? Any recommendations on external hardware that I can use with Cakewalk in order to record various tracks simultaneously (or even just one track at a time without Cakewalk having a fit)? Any suggestions would be very useful. Finally, sometimes recording through Cakewalk DOES work but usually not for very long and only when first opened. Seems as though the data starts to build up and then the problems start to appear.
You can rule out processing power...I've got more than enough processing power and RAM to do the job (can't remember the figures right now). I don't think the USB cable is the problem since it works fine recording in Sound Forge (although there could be a specific problem with Cakewalk and USB?)
Thanks for thinking about the problem with me!
Kevin
You can email me at garcik1@yahoo.com or just reply to this message.
In order to monitor the playback while recording, I route the signal through the headphone jacks and then to my mixer. The signal is NOT looped back through the mixer and to the computer again. Also, the external soundcard is used to produce the playback sounds (ALI soundcard with a Toshiba Satellite notebook computer), the playback sounds are NOT routed back throught the SoundBlaster card (at least not that I can tell).
Any ideas why Cakewalk is having a problem with recording using the hardware set up described above? Any recommendations on external hardware that I can use with Cakewalk in order to record various tracks simultaneously (or even just one track at a time without Cakewalk having a fit)? Any suggestions would be very useful. Finally, sometimes recording through Cakewalk DOES work but usually not for very long and only when first opened. Seems as though the data starts to build up and then the problems start to appear.
You can rule out processing power...I've got more than enough processing power and RAM to do the job (can't remember the figures right now). I don't think the USB cable is the problem since it works fine recording in Sound Forge (although there could be a specific problem with Cakewalk and USB?)
Thanks for thinking about the problem with me!
Kevin
You can email me at garcik1@yahoo.com or just reply to this message.