Music/computer recording question

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Okay, I really really hope someone here can help me with this:

So I recently bought a Soundblaster Audigy to do some recording. The system comes with some built-in effects so you can make your guitar and vocals sound cool. Anyways, I laid down a 'metronome track' in a multitrack program, and I wanted to add a guitar with effects onto another track. Is there any way I can add the guitar track without having the computer process the metronome track, and without having the metronome track also show up on the track that's only supposed to be guitar? The "What U Hear" option records exactly what plays through the speakers, including instant messenger beeps, dialogue box pop-ups, and the drum track, which plays when I'm playing the guitar track. The Line-in option allows me to hear the processed guitar as I play it, but it records the unprocessed guitar.

It seems like this is so fricking obvious for Soundblaster to address, since this problem must come up for any user of multitrack software, but I can't seem to find any documentation regarding it, and I can't figure it out! Someone help!

King Kobra (King Kobra), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 03:21 (twenty-one years ago)

you should be able to control the microphone input via the volume control -> advanced. you can select to only record 'line in' but still be able to hear (and not record) the metronome

electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 03:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I can do that, but it doesn't record the processed effects. It processes the guitar in real-time through the speakers, but when I listen to the recorded track, it doesn't have any effects! So is there a way to record the guitar with effects without having the metronome track show up on the guitar track?

King Kobra (King Kobra), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

oh i see what you're doing. er. and i wouldn't do it that way. are you not able to add the effects afterwards? otherwise i seriously doubt there's a lot you can do.

electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 04:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, okay, I CAN add the effect afterwards, but it seems really lame that SB can't handle it any other way.

King Kobra (King Kobra), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 04:07 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, it does seem strange that it's not adding the effects to the 'line in' input - which it would make sense to do..

electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 04:20 (twenty-one years ago)

you don't want to add the effect after. i mean, you've got to play with the effect, right?

gaz (gaz), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 04:26 (twenty-one years ago)

it would depend on the effect i imagine.

electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 04:26 (twenty-one years ago)

you don't want to add the effect after. i mean, you've got to play with the effect, right?

Yeah, that would be the ideal case. I mean, what's the point of having a good soundcard for multitrack recording when recording with the built-in effects is such a hassle? This seems like a such a *basic* function. I can't imagine what kind of avid recorder wouldn't want this as a fundamental feature. But then, from what I hear about Creative Labs, this kind of nonsense is typical.

King Kobra (King Kobra), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 04:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Doesn't SB Audigy come bundled with semi-decent multitrack recording software? If you were using something like ProTools or Cubase you'd INSERT your chosen effect on the LINE IN and record the processed sound. Alternatively, you'd record the dry guitar and SEND that through an FX buss later on when you mix.

If the Audigy software is genuinely so lame, I'd advise downloading a demo version of ProTools LE or Cool Edit Pro and registering later on if you get the hang of it/like the interface.

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 07:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, I do use Cool Edit Pro, but I don't think the problem is with the multitracking software. I feel like it's either a limitation of the hardware, or a limitation of the hardware control software. Or maybe they support the feature I'm describing but I can't figure it out.

King Kobra (King Kobra), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

sixteen years pass...

Hi ... is there a better board on ILXOR (or thread on ILM) for very basic home-recording advice, i.e. "I want to do this, this and this, what beginner's software(s) would you recommend?" and maybe some followup questions.

Thanks in advance.

alpine static, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:26 (five years ago)

https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/NewAnswersControllerServlet?boardid=45

change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:30 (five years ago)


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