deafo
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Hi, I want to record the guitar that plug in the sound card and microphone that plug in the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS front interface of the pc. I know how to create and record with the audio track but how will I be able to record two audio tracks with different instruments at the same time? thankyou
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of course, both instruments are connected to audio input not midi |
Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:47 am |
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AMR
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quote:
Originally posted by deafo
Hi, I want to record the guitar that plug in the sound card and microphone that plug in the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS front interface of the pc. I know how to create and record with the audio track but how will I be able to record two audio tracks with different instruments at the same time? thankyou
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of course, both instruments are connected to audio input not midi
You have an "input" bus (recording bus), and recording a track allows you to define which "inputs" from that bus you want to record into that track.
You can have another simultaneous track triggered for recording that will "capture" diferent inputs from the rec bus...
I believe ZS let's you have 6 simultaneous inputs (3 stereo) at 24/96 ASIO2, altough I'm not sure.
You need to consult your DAW software manual to know how to select/define the rec bus and howto trigger for recording the inputs you want for it's diferent from aplication to aplication (Nuendo is this, Audition is that, and so on)....
Kind Regards,
AMR
http://www.alvaromrocha.com
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Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:31 am |
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deafo
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thankyou for replying. Do you mean input bus as a audio input from sound card? I'm a bit confuse about input bus but I do know what's recording a track though  gosh I'm still a newbie after all those times.
Also what you meant by 6 simultaneous inputs at 24/96, I'm not sure either. So it's possible to have 6 inputs in Cubase from only two line-in on sound card and front pc interface? |
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Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:17 pm |
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AMR
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quote:
Originally posted by deafo
thankyou for replying. Do you mean input bus as a audio input from sound card? I'm a bit confuse about input bus but I do know what's recording a track though gosh I'm still a newbie after all those times.
Also what you meant by 6 simultaneous inputs at 24/96, I'm not sure either. So it's possible to have 6 inputs in Cubase from only two line-in on sound card and front pc interface?
Hi,
Assuming I'm right about the ZS, you have 6 input audio "lines" going across the recording bus.
In Cubase you are allowed to "configure" those, and by default, you have the L+R (line in left+right) I think, but you can add a 5.1 bus (using all inputs), a diferent L+R you can call LR2 (which can be the mic input, or guitar, or whatever) and map the inputs to the name you give the "partial bus".
You can create diferent output bus configurations too (stereo, surround, whatever you imagine, etc).
So imagining you create a LR1 (which is L+R aux in) and you create a LR2 (that can be mic in), you then select to tracks to record simultaneously, and state that in track 1 the input is LR1, and input on track 2 is LR2, or something similar...
Cubase will identify all lines in the buses as (I think) LF, RF (left and right front), C (center), LFE (low frequency .1), Center, RF and LF (rear front and rear left). I think it does the same with the inputs - never used it for simultaneous recordings - so I cannot really tell which is which (guitar, mix, aux. line or digital), you'll have to experiment or try to know more through manual or online (google search?).
As far as I know the ZS is not a 2 line in card, but 6 line (mic, line, aux), and also the SPDIF/Optical. And, I THINK that you can use up to 6 at the same time, altough I'm not sure, using Creative's ASIO2. Mind that sampling at 24 bit/96 khz 6 channels may take some effort on system resources (writing to disk, CPU, PCI bus negotiation, buffer memory, etc.).
The laptop ZS one is 2 line in only though (digital or analog), AFAIK, altough it has 7.1 output, it can decode 7.1 trough the input though, as can the normal ZS - but it does not "encode", it just decodes.
You can also play around with "routing", which will give you insight on what buses are and redirection is.
Kind Regards,
AMR
http://www.alvaromrocha.com
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Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:32 pm |
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deafo
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Thankyou AMR but Cubase can only detect the front Platinum Drive (that goes in drive bay with all those connection holes for different hardware like spdif, midi, headphone....) but not the sound card. It only detect Line in 2/Mic 2 which is at the front Platinum Drive but no line-in or microphone from the sound card at the back. It also detect Auxiliary but that's no good for microphone or guitar jack. I know the sound card's working because I played both line-in and mirophone in Creative's program. So how will I make Cubase detect the normal line-in or microphone from the sound card? |
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