I am having the hardest time recording using a desktop computer with windows 7
my recording sounds choppy, or ticky ticky ticky ticky over and over. i'm connecting a mackie board through usb and i'm guessing it's using the onboard sound card. but i/0 is through the board . don't know what to do? please help
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Re: I am having the hardest time recording using a desktop computer with windows 7
2013/07/19 13:51:24
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Re: I am having the hardest time recording using a desktop computer with windows 7
2013/07/19 14:59:16
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Sorry, but you're going to need some sort of Sound Card... the onboard sound card won't cut it. Your Mackie is just a mixer, not a sound card. At the very least, if this is an off-the-shelf desktop, disconnect it from the Internet, disable any real time virus checkers and automatic updaters you may have running, and try again.
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Re: I am having the hardest time recording using a desktop computer with windows 7
2013/07/19 15:20:57
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It sounds like an I/O latency issue. Ensure you're using ASIO or WDM/KS mode in the audio device preferences dialog.
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Re: I am having the hardest time recording using a desktop computer with windows 7
2013/07/19 15:29:54
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Does the Mackie say it can be used as an audio interface/sound card? If yes, then read more below. If no, then you need to get one.
Did you install the mackie drivers from the mackie website?
Have you set up the mackie as your sound card in sonar?
Have you tried WDM and ASIO driver modes at different asio buffer settings and wdm slider settings to see what works the best for you?
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Re: I am having the hardest time recording using a desktop computer with windows 7
2013/07/19 15:33:07
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my recording sounds choppy, or ticky ticky ticky ticky over and over. i'm connecting a mackie board through usb and i'm guessing it's using the onboard sound card. but i/0 is through the board . don't know what to do? please help
which mackie board do you have?
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Re: I am having the hardest time recording using a desktop computer with windows 7
2013/07/19 17:29:40
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Crackles etc. come during the converter drivers, ususally. Since you state that the mackie is sending audio via USB I guess that is the case. Some mixers use standard usb drivers for printers, etc. rather than writing their own drivers optimised for audio. Somewhere in the mackie you should have software that controls the drivers, ie. type (WDM, ASIO), bit depth as well as the rate, and best of all lantency. Move the latency to a larger time and the crackles should disappear. And use the Mackie to do zero latency recording through the mixer section.
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Re: I am having the hardest time recording using a desktop computer with windows 7
2013/07/21 11:05:33
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Computer specs?
In order to get good results using a professional recording and sequencing program like Sonar, you need a separate high quality audio interface. Otherwise, you've wasted $400 on Sonar.
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Re: I am having the hardest time recording using a desktop computer with windows 7
2013/07/21 11:57:01
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you can try using asio4all with your control surface till you get a soundcard,i don't call that wasting 400.00..lol
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Re: I am having the hardest time recording using a desktop computer with windows 7
2013/07/21 12:29:35
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daveny5
Computer specs?
In order to get good results using a professional recording and sequencing program like Sonar, you need a separate high quality audio interface. Otherwise, you've wasted $400 on Sonar.
Rather than computer specs, could have done with knowing which Mackie mixer it is ;) As it sounds like you are using one of the usb series of mackie mixers, then it most likely has an inbuilt soundcard, so there is no need, or should be no need for another. A change of drivers or update may be required along with adjusting your settings in Sonar, latency/buffer settings....to reduce the crackle and get it playing sweet. Anything below 10ms should be fine.
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Re: I am having the hardest time recording using a desktop computer with windows 7
2013/07/21 23:05:14
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I have a usb mackie profx16 does it act as an external sound card? but even before when I plug an mp3 player to the mic input of the computer sound card it crackles and and pops and the line input doesn't even let me select it. I like everyone suggestions. thank you so much.
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Re: I am having the hardest time recording using a desktop computer with windows 7
2013/07/22 00:17:29
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I have a usb mackie profx16 does it act as an external sound card? but even before when I plug an mp3 player to the mic input of the computer sound card it crackles and and pops and the line input doesn't even let me select it. I like everyone suggestions. thank you so much.
that Mackie does not use soundcard drivers, "No Driver Required for Supported Windows (PC) or OS X (Mac) Versions"http://www.mackie.com/products/profx16/there for it is not made for professional soundcard uses, but no need to worry. download and install this soundcard http://www.asio4all.com/ this is way better than your onboard soundcard that came with your computer. that card is not able to keep up with pro digital audio. if not youll just get pops and crakles...latency..exc. you need to use ASIO for your driver, not mme or wmd. setting up sonar is half the trick man. heres a quick video on installing and setting up asio4all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsRtduINN8I this will have you making music in 20 minutes if you set it up correctly. I used it for awhile inbetween soundcards and had good results. a lot of others use it here for temporary band aids.
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