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:? Hello to all. My name is Rob, I'm new to this board, and have a question concerning hardware/ software compatibility. From the posts on this board, I sense a high level of expertise...and hardware /software knowledge. I am a long time recording artist/guitarist/bassist/vocalist/mixer/producer who has never really stepped up to true multi track recording. I finally built a custom DAW (AsusPB5/Intel Dual core 1.8/2gig kingston ram/160gig sata HD/Liteon DVDCDRW/256mb dual head video/2 x 17" lcd mon running in "spread" mode/ Delta2496 audio/ WinXP home SP2) and am quite happy with it's performance. In the past I have been an avid user of Acid 3.0g, investing a lot of money into pro recorded drum loops (real stuff -betamonkey.com, etc.) and then creating my own loops for the compositions, along with 1 take tracks of guitars, vocals, etc...I master with Waves/ Event plugins through Soundforge 4.5 Full...and burn to disk, or to mp3 with the Audio Active Prodution Studio (great ripper).
My question/ problem: my previous setup consisted of a P2 with Win 2000 running a SBLive5.1 full duplex into Acid 3, no problems whatsoever, excluding the "hiss" from the 5.1 (I could live with it -it was analog, and did not show up on the digital recordings), I would record a scratch track synced to an Acid drum loop, and then build the song from there. The SB would full duplex record and playback - monitoring both the previously recorded scratch tracks, and the new recorded track without mixing the 2 audio streams together, Exactly what I need....I don't do any more than 2 in / 2 out at one time for my home recording.
Problem: with the new Delta2496, try as I might, I cannot get the card to monitor the digital stream (the audio playback in Acid), and the audio input stream without mixing the two streams together: IE: the new recorded track has both the recorded track I just did + the orginal data tracks playing back in Acid.... :roll: :?
Am I such a newbie to this technology? Or, am I going to have to step up to a "real" multi track program such as my copies of Sonar, VST5.1, the Ableton or Protools demos that came with the Delta card (I have previously used VST as a mixing program (for it's automation and effects) by loading the mixdowns from Acid to it as wav files, and then mixing the audio with Cubase VST.). I really need a program like Acid to do my drum tracks...I only stepped up to the Delta to take advantage of the cards 24bit functionality.
Is Acid 3 compatible with a Delta for "monitoring" both the playback, and record, as I used to do with the SBLive? Acid 6.0 seems to be the only Acid family product that has TRUE multitrack funtionality. Before I got the Delta2496, I was using the SBLive in this new system with no problems other than the SB's inherant hiss....the Delta is SO much quieter....Could I use both cards? the Live for input (it'll do 24 bit record) and the Delta for playback? then again...why would I want to...if the Delta is so much quieter....maybe it's time to Protool it, or maybe I just don't get it?
FTR: I monitor with JBL4406's powered by a Onkyo 170 per ch. high current amp from the soundcards' analog outputs....
Help????
Thanks, Rob Fowler/ Flightpath Studios, Des Moines, WA 98198
http://www.soundclick.com/digitalchemistry or http://
My question/ problem: my previous setup consisted of a P2 with Win 2000 running a SBLive5.1 full duplex into Acid 3, no problems whatsoever, excluding the "hiss" from the 5.1 (I could live with it -it was analog, and did not show up on the digital recordings), I would record a scratch track synced to an Acid drum loop, and then build the song from there. The SB would full duplex record and playback - monitoring both the previously recorded scratch tracks, and the new recorded track without mixing the 2 audio streams together, Exactly what I need....I don't do any more than 2 in / 2 out at one time for my home recording.
Problem: with the new Delta2496, try as I might, I cannot get the card to monitor the digital stream (the audio playback in Acid), and the audio input stream without mixing the two streams together: IE: the new recorded track has both the recorded track I just did + the orginal data tracks playing back in Acid.... :roll: :?
Am I such a newbie to this technology? Or, am I going to have to step up to a "real" multi track program such as my copies of Sonar, VST5.1, the Ableton or Protools demos that came with the Delta card (I have previously used VST as a mixing program (for it's automation and effects) by loading the mixdowns from Acid to it as wav files, and then mixing the audio with Cubase VST.). I really need a program like Acid to do my drum tracks...I only stepped up to the Delta to take advantage of the cards 24bit functionality.
Is Acid 3 compatible with a Delta for "monitoring" both the playback, and record, as I used to do with the SBLive? Acid 6.0 seems to be the only Acid family product that has TRUE multitrack funtionality. Before I got the Delta2496, I was using the SBLive in this new system with no problems other than the SB's inherant hiss....the Delta is SO much quieter....Could I use both cards? the Live for input (it'll do 24 bit record) and the Delta for playback? then again...why would I want to...if the Delta is so much quieter....maybe it's time to Protool it, or maybe I just don't get it?
FTR: I monitor with JBL4406's powered by a Onkyo 170 per ch. high current amp from the soundcards' analog outputs....
Help????
Thanks, Rob Fowler/ Flightpath Studios, Des Moines, WA 98198
http://www.soundclick.com/digitalchemistry or http://