Need help recording vocals with Ablet...

Need help recording vocals with Ableton Live please!

Posted on Sep 22, 2008 06:38 pm
gstar00
Member Since: Sep 22, 2008

Hi, i'm new to the forums but i've been having some trouble and i'm hoping someone here can help me out. i've been trying to record vocals in ableton live (which i'm still a newbie to) over a beat which i previously created using Reason. I'm using a tascam us-122 which my microphone is plugged into. In Ableton i've selected the tascam unit as my input device, and my computer speakers as the output (i actually plug in the headphones obviously, so i dont re-record the beat as it's playing). I've been able to get a signal and hear what is entering the mic, through ableton.. but my problem is that everything is slightly delayed. So i get my beat playing and everything is all hooked up and i go to add some vocals, and i get a delay making it very hard because i'm not hearing anything i'm saying for another .5 to 1 second. I've tried going through the lessons in ableton for adjusting the latency thinking that would solve my problem.. but it only made a very very slight difference. Basically i need to know how i can hear myself in real time as i'm laying down a vocal track. suggestions??

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Noize2u
Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002

Sep 23, 2008 07:07 pm

If you are doing what I think you are doing you won't hear any difference when adjusting latency.

It sounds like you are using the 122 for a recording input and then using the computers on board card for monitoring. Is that correct or are you actually monitoring through the 122?

IF you are actually monitoring through the 122 can you give us your computer's specs, CPU speed and amount of RAM? That will really help figure out where you should be latency wise.