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I just got a new setup on my computer and I'm having some trouble. If anyone could help me, id be extremely grateful.

I have cool edit 2.0 on my computer, and I just bought a delta44. When I take my bass and plug directly into the delta44 breakout box and try recording with cool edit 2.0- i got almost no sound. I can see almost no soundwaves, and i can only hear it if i crank the speakers on playback.

Ive already adjusted the levels on the Maudio mixer... but Im starting to wonder if there is a screwup because the driver software is for Win 98 and I have Windows XP. COuld that be it? If so how can I buy the real software?

If its not that- do I have to plug into a mixer before going into the breakout box? Cuz even if I try to plug into my amp and lineout into the delta 44- the recording is still the same, real quiet.

So can anyone please help me. I'm so lost and juist wanna get this thing working. Any help wouldbe huge.

Thanks yall!

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anonymous Fri, 08/20/2004 - 22:21

you may be plugging into a "line in" instead of a jack with some sort of preamp/gain on it. look if the box's connections are labeled or check out the directions. usually the jack that is meant for a mic will have some sort of preamp on it. use that. if you need more inputs for line-level sources like guitars, just pick up a preamp from the music store. i got the ART V3 Studio preamp, im not endorsing it as anything great, but at $100 or so, it gets the job done fine on my bass. later.

anonymous Sat, 08/21/2004 - 05:25

well the delta 44 im using right now only has 4 line ins and 4 line outs.

Im plugging my bass directly into the input and trying to record. But even when i play thru my bass combo and line out into the delta44, it still records quiet as hell.

So- do I NEED a preamp before going into the delta 44? Is that why It would be recording so quiet? What do I need to do before going into the delta 44 line in? A preamp? Amixer?

anonymous Mon, 09/06/2004 - 08:59

Hi I'm new to this forum. No you do not need a preamp at all. In fact for a long time i was under the impression that you did. Ihooked up a clean guitar to it and it was barely audible, however when i went into the M-Audio control panel there was an option to increase the sensitivity of the 4 input ports; there are three settings. -4dB CondB and +10dB. For what you want you'd be looking for +10 dB. Ideally though a pre amp would be in order.

now that I've half introduceed myself, could you or someone pleas give us a hand with a problem in Cubase SX. If I'm in the wrong forum, I'll go to the right one but it's just that I'm using a Delta 44. Well the problem is that when I'm recording I can ONLY hear what's coming through the inputs, which is fine. Until i put effects on them. I hear neither master os send or inserts while I'm recording. I have a feeling that when i press "monitor" that the audio monitor bypasses Cubase.

Can anyone relate to my quiry? Any help would be greatly appreciated.