Need help with "Soundforge!"

All I wanna do is record a mix...

when I put the RCA/headphone jack line from the mixer to the PC/Microphone port
the levels are WAK!

Mixer gains are low...Levels on soundforge are clipping!!
Tried the help files but with no success!!
any help would be grand!

check the line in volume in the audio properties in windows.

I think thats your problem - Go for a line-level input.

the line in on the top right is at full volume. have you tried lowering it?

will try now,

but it shouyldnt effect it as its only for playback only, not record

BRB!

Ah this problem is a doozy. Here's what to try:


Instead of trying to turn your gains down to nothing (making it near impossible to mix) you should plug the main output of your mixer into the computer, rather than the record output. Turn the gains and eq's back to normal and put a record on. then whilst you look at the levels in soundforge, turn the master level on the mixer down until its not clipping (it'll be quite low). Then simply plug the "record out" from the mixer into your amp/monitor and turn up the volume on the amp (rather than the mixer) to the level you wanna listen to.

Hope this helps. not exactly sure if this is ur problem or not, but it is a common one...

Actaully I think I may have just fixed it,

all because I hadnt selected a tick box!!! see jpeg, (man arnt I a jack ass)



But yeh if that doesnt work...Lezzes idea could be a goer...cheers guyz!

How did you manage to get Khem and I's quotes jumbled around? 

Your better off using the record-out of your mixer because it is not effected by the master/mix volume,etc. That's what it is designed for.

And yeah under the volume controls, playback volume will have nothing to do with recording volume.

What soundcard do you have btw? Most onboard sound have hardly any headroom.

haha all ya do is this

[quote="make some funny name here]The actual quote[/quote] (add this "make some funny name here" to make it happen

U dig?

Yeh my sound card must be shite Im using a Fujitsu laptop Lifebook? not sure of specs,
its a nice lappy but bout 4 years old now...so I dont expect sound card to be ducks nuts

Yeh I will kepp plugging away, i will suss it out! I only wish I had another level on the mixer
so i could adjust volume before laptop input... its a nice mixer but its no DJM 600!
its this


then Im using this to input sound into lappy


Meh, oh well I just keep trying...thanks for all your help though guys!!

Thank god for that.

In the words of Borat

U do not like....WHY?

He's an Allen and Heath nazi. He hates everything and everyone in the world now, because he compares everything to his mixer. 

haha Example

"Well Kevin Rudd sux...Hes no Allen n Heath"

k that was crap!

Leezee knows me too well.

But I'm actually after a Rane at the moment for scratchin

hard to come by at the moment, you know, the drought and everything.

 

heres my question

i plug in as shown below

without putting on any music etc sound forge levels are running high and recording a buzz.

now is this due to dodgy soundcard and noise caused from the laptop/pc im using?  standard soundcards are used - no flash hardware here.

its happened on both lappy and desktop

So you'd assume its not the computer or software, as the same thing occurs on both?  Tried a different output on your mixer, or bypassed anything you may mave in between the two (you have a soundcraft compact eh?)

you need the in house help desk back in your life sarge

yeah

ive asked u about this problem before too.

its happening in curts laptop

even though he used to record straight into the mic in ages ago and it worked fine then

now its picking up a large hissing sound.

it might just have had it.


theres a usb soundcard at the wifes if you want it.

You have tried different cables havent you?

If you're getting a buzz or humm on both the desktop and the notebook it sounds like a dodgy earth somewhere causing interference.

I used to have a similar problem when I did a bit of sound stuff on my comp yeeears ago. Changed cables and all was well.

Could also be caused by dodgy power into your house aswell.

Sooo many different possibilitys

Why are you recording a Line-level source into the Mic input? - That will sound shithouse.

Is there a Line input?

sounds like a shot component on the soundcard

would cost bugger all to replace but a fair bit to find

If you have a Line-level source going into a Mic port then that is the first thing to change. The impedance is way different.

Yeah it could be just a faulty cap but on the other hand you are likely to do more damage if using a conventional soldering iron. Personally I'd rather spend less than $100 on a firewire/USB audio interface, rather than using anything built-in. Even one of those Behringer things would do the trick (unless tracking).