Getting a click track
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Posted on Aug 28, 2007 10:22 am
frusciantefan
Member Since: Aug 28, 2007
Hey I just signed up for this website and this is my first post. I just bought a behringer 1204fx. I hooked it up to my computer withe the uca200 and i can recieve sound and record fine on the computer. However when me and my bandmate play together we use the headphone jack on the mixer to hear ourselves. We're using Audacity for now to record, and want to know if there's anyway to get a click track going in the headphones. More specifically i want to know how to get sound to come through the mixer from my computer using the output of the uca200 plugged into the "cd/tape" input. Sorry, if i was confusing but any help is greatly appreciated.
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pjkPrince CZAR-mingMember
Since: Apr 08, 2004
Aug 28, 2007 10:57 am Those small behry mixers are pesky when it comes to sending output from PC back to the mixer.
There's been quite a few run-arounds on getting that to work.
I believe the problem lies in how behry routes the audio in the mixer. one way it lets you hear incoming signal, the other way it lets you hear the pre-recorded tracks coming from the PC. Seems people were having trouble making it do both at the same time.
Seems that if you engaged the 'tape to mix' button, it should work, but for some reason it doesn't.
You may be looking at getting a separate solution for monitoring, this would be placing something on the outputs of the UCA200, that you can then plug your headphones into. Something like a home stereo would work. As would a headphone amp device, like from art, behry, samson, etc.
There may be a way to get it working like you're wanting, but I can't recall it at the moment.
Aug 28, 2007 11:31 am Assuming the click is being fed into the CD/tape input, you should be able to hear it when you depress the button that feeds the CD/tape signal to Control Room/Phones.
Also, you can always record the click first on its own track, then play along to it..
BleakA small pie will soon be eatenMember
Since: Aug 26, 2004
Aug 28, 2007 05:41 pm Quote:
Also, you can always record the click first on its own track, then play along to it..
Thats exactly what i do.
I found that's to be the easiest way to do it.
BeerHunterwww.TheLondonProject.caMember
Since: Feb 07, 2005
Aug 28, 2007 05:48 pm [quote]Thats exactly what i do.
I found that's to be the easiest way to do it.[/quote]
I just use a basic canned drum beat. It's more fun.
Aug 28, 2007 05:49 pm Me too, if even that. Sometimes I just use a hi hat hitting on the beats.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Aug 31, 2007 10:03 pm I as well work out a simple drum part to play to. Then go back and track over that. Then go back and add drums when it feels right.
WaltChief Cook and Bottle WasherMember
Since: May 10, 2002
Sep 08, 2007 09:25 am I'm the click track Nazi. I use only beats and bars for a time ruler and use the provided click feature in Cubase. When I wind up with 5 or 6 musicians comming in at all times I like that meter to try to figgure out what they really want and pick the one(s) to move via time stretching.
