I am just trying my hand at music production having played in bands and been into making music for years.
I have a Yamaha PSR-1000 and Shure SM58 which I plan to use once I get to grips with the software. My friend advised me to get Sonar 3 and FruityLoops, which I did, from eBay. My PC also has a Soundblaster Audigy card.
I am trying to build up a simple track in Sonar; I have imported a drumbeat from Fruityloops and now want to record some acoustic guitar to a second track using (for now) a crappy mic that came with my computer, plugged straight into the soundcard.
I obviously want to be able to hear the drumbeat while I record the guitar, but when I start recording, the second track records the drumbeat playback as well as the guitar sound from the mic. This happens even if I unplug my headphones and the mic and just click record (I can see the drumbeat soundWavesbeing recorded into the second track). I know this must be to do with the input and output settings on the two tracks, but I can't figure out a way around this!
Any help much appreciated...
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No problem, Adamski - I did exactly the same mistake when I star
No problem, Adamski - I did exactly the same mistake when I started fooling around with my built-in soundcard trying to record things. Seemed to overdub everything, and it sounded horrible! I couldn't imagine what I did wrong, until someone suggested that it might be the software mixer setting that was wrong. Does it work correctly now?
Get to the software mixer of your soundcard. Your soundcard reco
Get to the software mixer of your soundcard. Your soundcard recording input is set to "everything", meaning everything that takes place on the computer, including various Windows clicks, jingles and sounds, will be recorded on your audio tracks. You must change this "record in" setting to ONLY the microphone input, or the line in input, depending on what you use.