Thread: Need help bad!

hmmm. Some actual information might be nice. Hard to help if we don't know what you have -hardware/software/interface/computer specs.

Sorry. I use standard microsoft mixer and realtek HD audio input to record. If there's an exact name variation of that software I could not located it. It only says Realtek HD audio input. I am using Acid 6.0 to mix, but it has the same problem in all recording software on my PC including SoundForge 9.0 and Sound Recorder. It always picks up the background sounds on the computer when it picks up my voice.

Sounds like you're using some kind of built-in mic or...?

You haven't mentioned the microphone itself, the interface, the preamp, etc. Are you using an external mic, and if so....are you routing it into the (unbalanced?) input of the audio card?

I have my external Labtec mic into the only mic port on the back of my PC. Sorry I am not too technologically savy, so I am easily confused. I believe it's plugging into the RealTek Audio card. I am not sure what it means to be unbalance or how to fix it. :/

"I am not sure what it means to be unbalance or how to fix it."

I have that very same problem!

Haha Space needs help too. :p

POSSIBLE PROBLEM #1
Are you using Headphones to listen to the music when you're recording vocals or do you just have the music cranked in the room speakers?
In other words is the MIC picking up the music from the speakers?

POSSIBLE PROBLEM #2
On the existing music tracks, are there any Aux sends or outputs that are incorrectly being sent to the vocal track that you're recording on?
In other words, Is all the routing correct?

POSSIBLE TESTING PROCEDURE.
Are you able to mute or lower the volume of just the music tracks. (not the vocal track) and record the mic?
Do this by just singing "la la la la". Or be a rockstar and go "TesTING 1,2, Testing".
If this produces a positive result, then it appears that the problem is one of the 2 I outlined above.

hope this helps.

Go to the windows mixer panel: double click the speaker icon in the bottom right hand corner of the screen/options menu/properties/recording. Make sure that you only have the mic input selected for recording. Disable what u hear, auxiliary, phone or anything else that is not the mic input.