Ok, I got one of those crappy sound cards that comes with the Asrock K7S41GX (built in/on-board) and cables and microphones and guitar cable to line in/linout adapters, splitters and a guitar equipment. I've been trying to record a song with my playing and singing but just doing it through a microphone comes out way too bad... so i tried pluging in the guitar on the mike, it worked, now I try putting splitters and the mike and guitar on the mike jack... stops working... the same exact thing repeats for the line-in jack, can do one, but not the other. So final though, I put mike on the mike port and guitar on the line-in port... both work!... separetly, no program that I've found so far let's me record from mike and line-in at the same time.... so that's the question, how do I do that? Is there a way? a program, or just a plug-in configuration for the mike and guitar? Thanks in advance Aphis
you problem is that pretty much all the consumer-level audio programs (like Audactiy, Sound Forge, Adobe Audition) are only two channel editors, so you can only record two channels at a time. For multi-tracking, you need a professional audio program like Reason, Logic (mac only), and the mac-daddy of all, Pro Tools. But even with those, I'm not sure if the sound card you have has the capability of recording both inputs at the same time. If you are really into your music, and want to start making professional recordings, look into Pro Tools. Pro Tools has been the industry-standard audio application for over a decade. It is used from recording bands in studios, to doing surround sound mixing for movies Pro Tools uses its own proprietary hardware (in other words you can't use your sound card.) For under $500 you can get an MBOX, which is a 2 channel in/out 24 bit 48k USB 1.1 w/ SPDIF audio interface that comes with Pro Tools 6.4 Beleive me that is a bargain for what it can do. I've been teaching PRo Tools for about 3 years now, using it for 6. If you really want to bring your music quality to the next level, Pro Tools is the way to go. Just something to think about. www.digidesign.com
