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[ericcoleman]

So ... I went up to offload the new song onto my laptop.

Everything connects, I can hear it through the speakers ... I get complete silence when I hit record.

I give up ... I really do ...

::stomping off::

Comments

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Talk to me, ace. What precisely are you trying to do, and with what software?

[ericcoleman]

It's real simple.

I am going from the DA 88 ... through my mixer ... stereo out ... into the stereo in on the computer.

I can hear it when I play back through the headphones attached to the laptop, so I am getting signal.

I am using Roxio Capture. It worked a week ago. as I said I can hear the track, but when I play back the wav file it's silence ... TOTAL silence ... no hiss even (which is an improvement)

Cryn seems to think that perhaps a Windows update may have screwed up some drivers and is going to look at that tomorrow. That seems most likely.

There are no settings in Capture, it's as simple as you get, which is what is annoying.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Have you checked the volume control? Seriously. The Options - > Properties menu lets you select either playback or recording controls. Check out Recording, and see if "StereoInput" or "What You Hear" or "Line-In" or "Aux" or something like that is selected (it should be). And record with something with a meter to detect whether you're getting signal. Download Audacity or Reaper.

[ericcoleman]

It ended up being something pretty much that simple.

Roxio, in it's eternal wisdom, decided to change back to the default input (the microphone). If it does it in one of it's various modules, it does it in everything. The module I was using doesn't have switchable inputs, you have to change it elsewhere ... I found it elsewhere and now things work fine.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

I don't know how your software works, but is there some sort of levels or waveform while you're recording? If so, it means the signal is coming in (which is what you said). Next test is to make sure it's arriving at the software. If so and it's not playing... try an export. Perhaps it just doesn't like wavs. Perhaps see if your computer recognizes the output from the software: A common thing for new drivers is to reset to a default.

Failing that: Wax cylinders.

never give up

[elbowd.livejournal.com]

never
give
up

failing that
wax cylinders

[bammba-m.livejournal.com]

that whole "give up, stomp off, dramatically sigh, sneak back and try again" method hardly ever works outside books.

you should call a tech-geek. you get them on the phone and *poof* it works!

That's how i fix anything. Always works.

[ericcoleman]

That's why Cryn is going to look at it tomorrow

[ntrlstgrl.livejournal.com]

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