M717M
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Can't record with mic
Everything is running properly on my system but my condenser mic. My interface shows activity on the SIG indicator and I know the mic works. I am able to open an audio track and select my ins and outs - everything looks fine until this point but Sonar doesn't recognize anything plugged in and I cant record.
Anything helps, thanks.
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daveny5
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Re:Can't record with mic
2013/04/10 22:19:16
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Is it a USB mic? If not, condenser mics require 2 things: phantom power and a preamp. If you don't have a preamp with phantom power, the signal will not be high enough to record. What is the make and model? What soundcard do you have? Need more info.
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Re:Can't record with mic
2013/04/10 22:57:26
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you might have to set the input to your track in Sonar? On the Inspector at the bottom you should be able to click a dropdown to select the input you want to record from. Then, click the INPUT ECHO button to enable yourself to hear the audio from the microphone in your head phones.
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Re:Can't record with mic
2013/04/10 23:41:02
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SOnar doesn't know what you have plugged into an input - it just knows the interface's input. Don't expect it to say Newman Condensor mic but something more prosaic like Input 1.
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M717M
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Re:Can't record with mic
2013/04/11 18:26:31
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I'm using: an apex 435 mic,
octa-capture 10x10 interface
sonar x2 pro
Not sure about the soundcard (newb), I don't know if the interface itself has a soundcard I'm running off or if it's the one in my computer.
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M717M
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Re:Can't record with mic
2013/04/11 18:34:04
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I definitely have phantom power on,
Mic is plugged into preamp (is there a way to activate/ deactivate a preamp? It doesn't say anything like that in the manual).
(Using preamp; Right OCTA-CAPTURE IN 5-6)
Input echo is ON
Track is armed and ready to record
Mic is connected properly to interface
Preamps/ inputs are available/ selected in both "Input Driver Preferences" and the "Track Input Selector."
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M717M
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Re:Can't record with mic
2013/04/11 18:44:36
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Figured it out! For anyone who has the OctaCapture 10x10 this might be helpful.
Apparently the vocal condenser mics with XLR chords like to be in either preamp 3 or 4 because they are best for the type of mic. Hopefull when I get my drum mics and try them out input channels 5-8 are more cooperative.
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Re:Can't record with mic
2013/04/11 19:10:12
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Hmm that doesn't seem accurate. Maybe those are the inputs you have set on the channel you are trying to record in on? all XLR inputs should be able to pick up your mic and be routed into Sonar on a track to record on.
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M717M
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Re:Can't record with mic
2013/04/11 20:35:46
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I don't know it's weird. I want to get my drum mics asap so I can see if they work. If not maybe the interface is defective?
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Re:Can't record with mic
2013/04/12 00:14:37
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OK, that helps a little. Don't know about the apex mic.
The octacapture should have its own soft mixer - this is different than SONAR's internal mixer. It gets very confusing until you get the two coordinated. In SONAR's mixer there are three panels - tracks and buses and hardware. Each has to be hooked up to the next to make it easy to remember. The hardware in/outs will be ASIO names most likely. If you are using a different driver I don't know what the names specs are.
The octamom-capture also needs to be set up and the signal flow should be analogous to SONAR. It makes most sense if track 1 of SONAR goes to the master bus which goes to hardware output 1 (which is usually called mains). Coming in it is the same way. Octacapture input 1 should go to ASIO 1/2 (left) - yea, stereo is how the nomenclature works - which is choosen from a drop down menu in each of SONARs track.
If you are not getting a mic signal to sonar from the octa, it most likely is routing. Or input 1 & 2 just don't have preamps. Or the phantom power is switchable in 2s, not all at once. Or ... there are lots of reasons it ain't working. Those are the most obvious. Or the hardware channel is broke, like you suspect.
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Ps, the maudio is the soundcard for all intents and purposes. Some people disable their onboard soundcard, but it at leasst needs to be disengaged from SONAR's driver choices. SONAR should be using the mauido's drivers, not MS something or other.
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Re:Can't record with mic
2013/04/12 01:37:36
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My first thought was that Octa-Capture doesn't feed phantom power to all inputs. Just guessing.
["Not sure about the soundcard (newb), I don't know if the interface itself has a soundcard I'm running off or if it's the one in my computer." ]
Octa-Capture is your soundcard. The integrated soundcard should not be selected anywhere in SONARs settings.
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Re:Can't record with mic
2013/04/13 22:22:36
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I will say that I have used the reset feature on my interfaces countless times.
'Daddy it's broken!!'
'Change the channel kid!!'
No offense, of course.
Nothing took me longer to debug than the loop-back feature where I kept getting feedback!! Wonder why!! I would have sent it back if I'd known what was good for me.
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StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen. I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
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