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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Started conversation Jan 25, 2010
I'm having big probs............... i'm trying to record music and the blance between the keyboards and gutiarys is impossible, got some new software and its still unable to give me a good sound balance, any advice 
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Jan 26, 2010
Roymondo doesn't seem to be about at the moment.... I might be able to help....
So which software are you trying to record with?
What soundcard are you using?
And, so what exactly is the problem, levels (I.E., too quiet a volume?), or something else?
How are you going about recording- how you plugging gear into the souncard etc...? 
that its all questions rather than solutions, but there are so many variables with audio recording 
(so says someone who's recording software just crashed and crashed the PC as a result of my accidentially leaving antivirus on whilst trying to do too much audio processing 
) 
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jan 26, 2010
1. ain't got a sound card, just what the laptop arrived with 2. X-OOOM is the software 3. I can't seem to make the levels between the instraments the same. I.E keyboards too loud/quite to the guitars and viceversa 4. I'm plugging into the mic socket as the usb/midi thingy is playing up, I've done this before and it worked ok?? and thats the famous last line init.........!
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jan 26, 2010
ooooOOOoo cheers 2legs 
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jan 31, 2010
pissst have you found out anythink 
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Jan 31, 2010
Ahh, sorry missed your reply last time
So, your plugging the guitar direct into the 1/8 inch socket on the laptop and recording direct in from an electric guitar like that? 
err basically I don't think that will ever work very well... The electric guitar, plugged in like that isn't going through a pre amp (you should turn the settings in sounds and audio devices so that its treating the Mic input as a line input, as the Microphone preamp in the soundcard on a laptop isn't designed for music, only really sor speech), 
But, doing it like that, the signal from the guitar plugged direct in will be too low, so you'll need to boost it first...The best way to boost the signal (unless of course you've actually got a preamp sitting about), is if you've got a distortion pedal or simular for the guitar, go in via that in the middle, but obviously don't turn the distortion on it on, and it oughta act like a 'DI Box', and boost the signal to the right impedience....
Not sure about that recording software as its not one I've used I don't think 
If on the other hand, its an acoustic guitar and your using a microphone, then you'll defiantely need some kind of microphone preamp or just a preamp between mic and input into the soundcard...
Or have I got the problem your having the wrong way round? 
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jan 31, 2010
woohoo hello
eer, I have a amp and pedal board and stuff, but alas in the end I have to use the small hole on the front of the laptop 
and it will record farly well, but if I want to sort of add instraments, the software tends to auto adjust the levels, if you see what I mean, i've tryied all sorts............... so i might try garageband on a mac, a mate of mine owns one
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- 1: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jan 25, 2010)
- 2: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Jan 26, 2010)
- 3: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jan 26, 2010)
- 4: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jan 26, 2010)
- 5: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jan 31, 2010)
- 6: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Jan 31, 2010)
- 7: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jan 31, 2010)
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