Need Help Troubleshooting - Music Creator LE

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2011/10/21 22:31:17 (permalink)

Need Help Troubleshooting - Music Creator LE

So I bought Music Creator LE in a pack with the First Act USB to Instrument Cable. Yes, you may start laughing and calling me a noob, it's expected.

Everything downloaded fine, I plug my guitar into a multi-fx pedal and then that pedal into my computer. Judging from the waves my computer seems to be picking up, the input is fine, but there is no output what so ever.

EVERYTHING works fine with a mic, the issue is just with the cable.
Thanks in advance for the help.
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    Re:Need Help Troubleshooting - Music Creator LE 2011/10/21 23:59:05 (permalink)
    <sigh> Welcome to the forum.
    These devices are not the best thing for recording, even for beginners. An audio interface designed for recording and a good DAW (digital audio workstation) program will give you much more satisfactory performance and ease of use. But, you have it. Here is a link to a post on how to set it up, plus some more info from Cakewalk about it.
    http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=1618556
     
    From the Cakewalk FAQ:  "My USB Mic does not record.
    USB mic's will work best in MME mode. Go to Options | Audio | Advanced and put a check where it says Always use MME Interface (or change the Driver Mode to MME). Close the program and re-open it. The Wave Profiler should run tests. You should now have more devices listed under MIDI Devices and Audio Drivers.
    You may not be able to monitor that Mic while recording unless you use MME drivers, unfortunately MME creates a delay or latency. If you are able to use WDM and still get a delay when using (Input Echo or Input Monitoring), check out this link for more info on Decreasing Latency.
    A third option would be using ASIO4ALL drivers. You can try out ASIO4ALL from www.ASIO4ALL.com These 3rd party drivers are a good solution for generic or OEM sound cards that have unreliable WDM drivers and/or nonexistent ASIO support. Once installed open Cakewalk and go to Options | Audio | Advanced and change the Driver mode to ASIO. You may need to go to Options | MIDI Devices and shut down the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth in order for this to work. Try using the input echo button on your audio track."
     
    Good luck!

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    Re:Need Help Troubleshooting - Music Creator LE 2011/10/22 09:06:34 (permalink)
    yeah... i have to agree with Greg...

    Your best bet is to return the first act and get a "real interface" to do this right.

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