Oct 18, 2007 01:31 pm do you see any signal meters jumping in your sound device driver or in cubase itself?
Help - I cant record with cubase!
Posted on Oct 18, 2007 01:14 pm
Georgette
Member Since: Jun 25, 2007
HI... Im a newbie and have just bought myself a mic and alesis io to record vocals at home. Ive installed cubase le that came with the audio interface and set up the equipment (mic into interface, interface into computer) but I cant record anything. i followed the "getting started" instructions but nothing seems to be happening... any advice out there??
Thanks a million
G
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Oct 18, 2007 01:31 pm do you see any signal meters jumping in your sound device driver or in cubase itself?
Oct 18, 2007 01:52 pm i do in the device driver but not in cubase...
Oct 18, 2007 02:28 pm In Cubase, go to Devices...->Device Setup. Under VST Multitrack, select your input device (the Alesis). Then make sure to go to Devices...->VST Inputs and enable whichever inputs you're going to use. Then on the mixer, pick a track and assign it to pull from one of the inputs you just enabled. You should be seeing the meters dance on Cubase now. Arm the track, press record, and off you go.
Oct 22, 2007 08:48 am Got it! amazing, thanks so much... meters are dancind, i can record, i just have one more question... how do i listen to what ive recorded? i move back to the beginning of the track, press play but get nothing......
G
Oct 22, 2007 10:22 am I'd guess that the process is similar to what Tadpui posted, go into the device setup, choose and select the correct output device, instead of input device.
Oct 22, 2007 11:18 am Yup pjk, there's also a VST Outputs item in the Devices... menu. Select your Alesis or whichever sound card you have speakers/headphones connected to. I think that's all there is to it.
Oct 22, 2007 12:52 pm is there anyway i can select my computer's speakers as the output? I dont have any speakers that I can connect to the alesis...
Oct 22, 2007 01:00 pm You *should* still be able to use your computer's sound card as your output (you should just be able to select it as Tadpui described above), but it's not guaranteed as sometimes outboard sound cards and onboard sound cards don't work at the same time without causing problems.
Otherwise, you might have to get an adapter or two to hook your speakers to your Alesis....
For example: I have to use a 1/4" to rca adapter (on two 1/4" mono outs), then an rca to 1/8" stereo Y-cable to connect mine...
Oct 22, 2007 02:12 pm Yup Kenny that's what I do. I go between using my on-board sound card and my recording sound card a lot when I'm recording and mixing. Just switch between them in the VST Multitrack.
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