Track one is my beat. Track two im trying to lay a vocal but when i press record its recording whats playing in track one, no mic recognition at all. How do i fix? Thanx.

What are your settings?

And what are your system specs? Do you have integrated soundchip or SB-card with "Stereo Mix" or "What-U-hear" enabled?.

Sonar X1, AMD Sempron 3200+, 1.80GHz, 448MB Ram, Realtek HD Audio. Not Sure what Stereo mix or what u hear is? Help! Sorry but im new to this

OK, So you're using the standard audio on your machine

Now what are your settings in SONAR X1

Preferences (shortcut P)
        Audio
                Playback and Recording
                            Device mode: ??????
                Driver Settings
                            Playback timing master: ??????
                            Record timing master: ??????
                Devices
                            Inputs ??????
                            Outputs ??????

I didn't think the realtek on board sound would be full duplex but found this,
(http://www.free-codecs.com/download/realtek_ac97_alc650_audio_codecs.htm)

You need to find out whether your on board sound supports full duplex recording. Full duplex means it's capable of playback and recording at the same time.
Perhaps I'm out of touch and all on board sound has been full duplex for a while but  I would still strongly recommend buying a decent sound card and not using the on board sound.

Steve

Ok, here are my X1 settings.
 
Play & Rec
  Driver Mode: ASIO
  Dithering: Triangular
 
Dev Set
  Play Tim Mas: ASIO4ALL V2 HD Rear Out 7
  Rec Tim Mas: ASIO4All v2 Line In / Mic In 1
 
Devices
  Input: ASIO4All V2 Line In / Mic In 1
  Output: ASIO4ALL V2 Audio Rear Out 1
               ASIO4ALL V2 Audio Rear Out 3
               ASIO4ALL V2 Audio Rear Out 5
               ASIO4ALL V2 Audio Rear Out 7
 
 All rear out boxes are checked(green)

That all seems in order (if you want you can do away with the outputs you're not using! Just untick them)

I'd say your problem lies with the setting in Realtek

Ok in your Realtek HD audio manager (should show in your notification area, beside clock, might have a little red speaker as it's icon)

In there do you see

Mic in at rear panel, mic in at front panel (you may have both or only one)
In each of these you should have a record volume fader
 and a playback volume fader

If you do

Make sure the playback volume fader is set to zero or more preferably is muted

twaddle


I didn't think the realtek on board sound would be full duplex but found this,
(http://www.free-codecs.com/download/realtek_ac97_alc650_audio_codecs.htm)

You need to find out whether your on board sound supports full duplex recording. Full duplex means it's capable of playback and recording at the same time.
Perhaps I'm out of touch and all on board sound has been full duplex for a while but  I would still strongly recommend buying a decent sound card and not using the on board sound.

Steve

I believe all the cards on the market, for several years now, are full duplex. At least reading this forum the guys have been multitracking with onboard chips for 5-6 years already, and I can't remember the last time reading about someone stumbling on duplex-problem.

But as you say, a proper soundcard is more than recommendable, anyway,

Lets TRY and get WithaWee's feet wet in SONAR X1 before we go straight for the audio hardware pool
 
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