Effects while recording

I want to hear the effects while I record. This is a simple in most audio programs and regular mixers but I can't figure it out in SoundTrack Pro. Help please.

Am I not doing something to be able to hear the effects as I am playing them live through SoundtrackPro?
Garage Band does do this and I cannot get STP to do it.
I have searched this post but so far nothing.
WHY ???
This is getting very frustrating.

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Am I not doing something to be able to hear the effects as I am playing them live through SoundtrackPro?
Garage Band does do this and I cannot get STP to do it.
I have searched this post but so far nothing.
WHY ???
This is getting very frustrating.

Since my last GarageBand update I can no longer hear the different software amps and effects while I am playing , but they can be heard when I play back the recording

So I can no longer hear the sofware amp/effects while I'm playing my guitar , but I can hear the software amps/effects during playback after I have done a recording . What's up ? This has happened after my last GarageBand update . I'm using an Apogee Duet .
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I am monitoring through my KRK 8's. I have changed nothing other than the update . I used to be able to hear all of the amps/effects real time , but now it is only after the recording is done and I play it back that I can I hear the amp/effects that I selected for the recording .

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Finally, regarding SteveG's slur against TV sound people, I resemble that remark. Yes, we DID overdo compression but there were some technical reasons for this. For example, when we converted to satellites for distribution, we quickly found that the satellite system itself would overload slightly below +12dBu on the input. Not only did this sound bad, the satellite operator would threaten to throw us off (due to interference with adjacent users) if we hit this level--so everything we did had a brick wall limiter above +8dBu. However, this was still AFTER the production chain, not on the input. When doing location sound, although I'd leave the limiter on in the camera--but I'd set my gain staging so this was only a last-resort stopgap, not something being relied on to control levels.
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Start Audacity recording, then play your track in GB as you make those tweaks. That's what Audacity will record.
Get that file from Audacity and put it into GB, then you'll have that effect.
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Here are some really useful threads at other discussion boards on this very topic. The main thing to remember is that tracking levels for digital recording do not need to be as hot as they do for analog recording, where signal-to-noise ratio is a greater consideration.
http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=31541&highlight=trackinglowerlevels
http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/mv/msg/15038/0/16/0/
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Sure. Selecting "Line 2" records the signal just after it has entered the main CL chip, and selecting "What you hear" records the signal after it has been through the mixer/effects DSP in that chip. It's likely that CL lowers the volume a notch to reduce the chance of clipping from mixing/effects processing. Note that the signals at that point are 32-bit, so that some additional headroom really doesn't lose you anything; all you need to do is to raise the recording volume a bit to compensate.
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[email protected] Edited by dwh on 04-07-2005 04:57 PM

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Hi, I have been useing GarageBand for a while now and have been recording acoustic guitar through both real instrument and electric setting. Now that I'm confident in the program and my musical talent, I want to up the bar a bit by getting a better recourding. The major problem is I would like to listen to myself play while recording. Not being able to hear the effects while playing kinda eliminates the use of them.
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