Greetings from Duh-ville

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2011/07/31 21:59:34 (permalink)

Greetings from Duh-ville

I just purchased a copy of Music Creator 5 yesterday....and today I find out it's already out of date! Oh well, I already installed it and can't return it so now I need your help and advice. I only have an ASUS Eeee PC with a 160 Gig HD and a Gig of Ram. I think it is smaller than a notebook, more like a steno pad. I followed the installation instructions and tried to turn off everything that was already running (including my wireless card that I can't seem to figure out how to restart).
 
I made an attempt to record some straight guitar plugged in to the 1/8" jack and it recorded a little then dropped out. Several times I tried with little success. The guitar sounded distorted also. If there is something I need to be doing, I would appreciate your advice. If that advice is put away the notebook and get a real computer I will be forced to make a purchase. I did not know if a USB interface of some sort like a lightsnake would solve my problem or not. I will be recording guitar and vocals out of a small mixer.
 
I toss this to the winds of knowledge and hope something blows back this way that I can use.
My thanks any and all help.
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    57Gregy
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    Re:Greetings from Duh-ville 2011/07/31 23:26:56 (permalink)
    Welcome to the forum.
    Music Creator 5 is a fine program for recording, regardless whether there is a new one out. I use a 5-year old program and haven't yet seen a reason to upgrade.
    You may need to adjust the latency to the Slow side under Options>Audio or change the number of butters. Read up on some of the other things you can try in the improving audio performance section of the help files, 'Dropouts and other audio problems'.
    The distortion could be because you have the record level too high (did the record meters go into the red?) or that you had Micrphone selected for the input. Mics need a pre amp to bring the level high enough for recording, but if you use those pre amps on other devices, the level could be too high. Open the Windows mixer by double-clicking the speaker icon in the system tray. Change the input and/or the input level there. I'm assuming you're using the computer's sound card.
    Speaking of which, for greatest recording satisfaction, you should get an audio interface designed for recording, in my opinion, preferably one that uses 'real' ASIO audio drivers and not ASIO4All.

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    Re:Greetings from Duh-ville 2011/08/01 07:59:29 (permalink)
    preferably one that uses 'real' ASIO audio drivers and not ASIO4All.

    But until you get to the point where you are ready to buy a better audio interface, try using ASIO4ALL, particulatly if you are using the notebook's internal sound card.  With a proper setyp your configuration should work OK for a project without a lot of soft synths and effects. 
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    Re:Greetings from Duh-ville 2011/08/01 15:10:54 (permalink)
    Hey Air,


    call cake's sales line....explain it to them and they might upgrade you for the difference in cost.

    It's worth a try and this same issue was raised last week by another person and I believe one of the BAKERS weighed in and told that person to call.

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