Doughbeezy127
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MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
Im very fustrated..i am using a laptop with vista64bit OS, with a m audio fast track pro......when i talk into my condenser mic i hear myself in the headphones crispy clear however when i record something and play it back my vocals sound very muffled...not clear at all i know this program has potential to sound good..im thinking it has something to do with my settings...or maybe soundcard i dont know..help please before i break everything!!!!
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Beagle
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/12 18:34:32
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do you have the m-audio vista 64 drivers downloaded and installed from the m-audio website? they've only been available as public release for a few weeks.
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Doughbeezy127
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/12 19:20:06
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yea i have all the drivers downloaded it works good..and see at first i had a beringer mixer with phantom power hooked up directly to my laptop and i thought it was sounding muffled so i went and bought the m audio fast track pro thinking it would help the issue out but i get the same results...it basically sounds compressed..i think its something with the settings
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GreenEyedIrishman
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/12 19:45:48
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What was the Behringer mixer hooked into when you were recording with it?
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Beagle
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/12 20:37:20
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yeah - if you're hooking the behringer mixer directly to your laptop - where is the m-audio fast track pro? we need more details on EVERYTHING you have connected and HOW it's connected.
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57Gregy
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/12 21:21:41
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So, you had the mixer, but it wasn't sounding good, so you changed to a new M-Audio interface. The mixer is out of the picture? Or are you still using the mixer, plugged into the M-Audio? condenser mic Does the Fast Track have phantom power?
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GreenEyedIrishman
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/12 22:12:38
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Yes, the Pro has phantom power.
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57Gregy
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/12 23:40:13
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Make sure the sampling rate and bit depth of MC and whatever audio interface you use match. MC defaults to 44.1 kHz and 16-bit. Many interfaces default to 48 kHz and 16-bit. Go ahead and disable the onboard sound card. Sometimes they like to try to process the sound at the same time as your chosen device, and noise happens.
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Doughbeezy127
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/13 18:30:52
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im not using the mixer at the moment...my fast track is hooked directly into my laptop by usb connection...i really believe that its something with a setting.... how i have it hooked up is ok..everything records fine...it just seems like some type of compressed effect is in each track making everything muffled..and to mention also that i put no effects in any tracks..if it were a setting that i should change what do u think it could be?....
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Doughbeezy127
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/13 18:39:05
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oh yea another question do u think it could be something with my soundcard..dont know much about those
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GreenEyedIrishman
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/13 18:49:41
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What is your reference for the "compressed" sound you are getting? The laptop speakers, headphones on the laptop, amped output?
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Doughbeezy127
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/19 18:47:23
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well thanx alot guys i got it sounding very clear...now f it would stop skipping everytime i arm a track i will be fine!..grrrrrr!!!!! 
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57Gregy
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/19 18:53:51
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now f it would stop skipping Try changing the I/O Buffer size in 'Options>Audio>Advanced'. Plus, if you know what you did to fix your previous problem, posting how you did it here will increase our knowledge base.
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Doughbeezy127
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/20 19:34:47
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to fix the muffled sound i just disabled my onboard sound card and tweaked a couple settings cant really remember whatelse..i just took all of your advise....but i changed my buffer size plenny of times...but it seems like it doesnt even matter it still skips badly..before i get dont 4bars in a verse it skips then cuts out....i need to know something else to do with my settings...should the latency be more toward fast or slow?
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RE: MC4 AUDIO HELP!!!
2009/03/20 19:56:58
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If you are using the fast track pro use the ASIO drivers and set the latency in the M-Audio applet window to 256 to start and see what that does, if it works good move down to 128 and see, that ought to do 'er
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