Gargageband and moblie pre usb vocal recording issue
I've searched and can't seem to find an answer to this question. Sorry if it's been answered already.
so I've got the M-audio mobile pre usb and i'm recording vocals with it. If I plug it in after GB is loaded, it seems to work fine, but if I record a song, then open a new one, the vocals become extremely distorted. I have to quite GB and disconnect the mobile pre, then it works ok again.
I may have answered my own question, but is there any way around this process? It seems to me that once it's set, it should be ok, but that's not the case.
thanks
matt
Hi Matthew, you need to give us more information. Where are you plugging the mobile into? Directly into the Mac? Into a passive hub? Into a active hub? Is it just the one vocal track that gets distorted?
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so i've encountered another strange problem that i cant seem to solve...
yesterday during a vocal recording session, everything that was recorded through my USB mic sounded very strange. there was a hissing/fuzzy noise whenever any audio was recorded, and our voices sounded odd and just slightly different too. we used the same mic, on the same EQ tracks, on the same file, in the same vocal booth 3 days earlier and everything was recorded crystal clear. we have no idea what the problem is. we also encountered this problem a month or two ago, but the next time we went to record and every time since then, it has been fine. if anybody has any suggestions i would greatly appreciate it. it was very frustrating having this strange issue completely ruin 2 recording sessions now. thanks a lot everybody!murat ali wrote:
Where is that normalizer at GB on ipad2?
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I connect my mic with an M-audio mobile pre usb device. When I try to record, I can see that my voice is recording but can't hear it during playback. I tried different input and output settings but it didn't help. Any help will be appreciated.
Hear your microphone or instrument as you play and record (monitoring)
You can hear, or monitor, input from an instrument or microphone in GarageBand while you play and record. When you turn on monitoring for a track, you hear the musical instrument or microphone connected to the track’s input. Monitoring lets you hear yourself play so that you can hear the part you want to record as well as the rest of the project.
You can turn on monitoring for a Real Instrument track or Electric Guitartrack from the track’s header, or in the Track Info pane. Electric Guitar tracks always show their monitoring buttons, and you can show monitoring buttons for Real Instrument tracks using a menu command. You can use monitoring with feedback protection to avoid feedback while you play.
Hide
To turn on monitoring in the track header:
Choose Track > “Show Monitoring for Real Instrument Tracks.”Monitor buttons appear in the headers of Real Instrument tracks. On tracks with monitoring turned on, the button lights yellow.
Click the Monitor button in the header of the track you want to use.
HideTo turn on monitoring in the Track Info pane:
Double-click the header of the Real Instrument or Electric Guitar track you want to turn on monitoring for.The Track Info pane opens.
From the Monitor pop-up menu, choose one of the following:
Choose Off to turn off monitoring. You can hear your instrument only while you record.
Choose On to turn on monitoring and protect against feedback.
Choose On (no feedback protection) to turn on monitoring without feedback protection. If the input level is too high, it may cause feedback (especially if you are using a microphone and listening to your project through your computer speakers).
For an Electric Guitar track, you can view the Monitor pop-up menu by clicking Edit, and then clicking the back side of the amp. The Monitor pop-up menu appears with the input controls below the stage.
You should usually turn off monitoring when you are not playing or singing. When monitoring is turned on, your computer can pick up output from your speakers or monitors, causing unwanted feedback. Using headphones rather than speakers to listen to your projects can help eliminate feedback.
If you select your computer’s built-in microphone as the audio input, in the Audio/MIDI pane of GarageBand preferences, monitoring is turned off for all Electric Guitar tracks to avoid unwanted noise.
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M-Audio Mobile Pre USB technical issue
When recording through the M-Audio Mobile Pre USB interface, I get random "pops" added to my tracks. This happens no matter if I'm using mics, going in through the 1/4" jack, or going in through the stereo line-in. I believe an earlier thread (months ago, for which I searched unsuccessfully), suggested setting the appropriate audio in/out preferences and re-launching GB as a possible solution. I've tried this, and also restarting my computer after resetting prefs, but it doesn't solve the problem.
This didn't always happen, and I use my equipment carefully.
Any other ideas? I'm assuming it's a problem with the interface, not GB.Thanks for that link...that's what I saw months ago, and I realize I got a few of the specifics mixed up. UNFORTUNATELY, I tried those tips and I still have the exact same problem. I also went to M-Audio and downloaded the most recent driver. I did a variety of starts and re-starts where the unit was connected or not upon start up...whether phantom power was on or off at start up, etc etc. And by start up I mean both starting GB only, and/or starting up my Mac. I tested using the interface through both of the USB ports. All yield the same result. The only thing I didn't test yet is changing the USB cable itself.
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mddHey, I hope this helps you out a bit... I have had the same issue on my Asus K55A notebook with Win8.1 Pro x64 from the beginning! Thru my extensive research I found something interesting and the possible cause to all this! What I found was that by design
the xHCI Host Controller has virtual HS 2.0 Ports linked to the 3.0 Ports... Enabling compatibility with 2.0 devices ok... What happens is that the xHCI stack is unstable just like you say... The ONLY WAY I was able to fix the problem was by unlocking the
UEFI/BIOS to allow me full access to USB Configurations... I had to disable 2 of the HS ports under the xHCI Controller since I have only 2x 3.0 ports... This allowed 3.0 devices to be enumerated correctly under the xHCI stack and 2.0 devices now were enumerated
under the EHCI 2.0 stack... That's what worked in my case... I'm still digging around for more info about this issue because I find it so odd that no one discovered this when designing xHCI stacks and drivers at MS for Win8/8.1 x64... I hope I shed some light
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Hi, Sebastian. I have the same problem but i'm getting crazy trying to solve it. Can you help me to unlock the UEFI to access full USB config? and give me some suggestions on how to solve the problem?
My mail is roquen(at)gamail(dot)com
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most suspect components in the USB stream (external to Macs)
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Does the equipment all have a good ground to the utility or house
electrical field? An intermittent ground may affect more than sleep.
Hard to say at this point. Maybe a late-night talk radio guru on
remote viewing could peer into your situation and sleuth it out?
Sorry to have run out of ideas, but the process must be electrical
& mechanical to some extent. - Or perhaps odd software inspired.
Do you have any phone-home spyware items inside, just jumping
at the chance to spill your information? Little Snitch may help.
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see:
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Wake+reason:+XHC1
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Best output option for video when doing adr and vocal recording?
I know this topic has come up before on occasion but I wanted to bring it up to hopefully reach a final conclusion.
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How much time do you spent in Vocals Recording and Mixing?
I would like to know, how much time do you spent in Vocals Recording and Mixing?
I mean, you do doubles and then the are not that correct you record it again and maybe a third version and then you mix it, you cut and arrange some phrases and words so that it is in sync .....
How much time do you spent in this process until you say: This is enough! Because, somehow. you can always do more and try harder and do it again and try this ....
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MartinJim Frazier wrote:
If it's taking a singer longer than that, they are not prepared, or it's just not their day
or theyre just so completely horrible to start with and have no business singing in the first place, hahahaha.
sorry jim, i couldnt help it:-)
the better paying and the higher profile the gig, theres really a gamut of singers youll encounter. theres a very well known pop artist i work with that honestly doesnt even get CLOSE to usable vocs until theyve been in there warming up for around 6hrs (takes them this long to get the four other very loud overtones in their voice down to about ONE very loud overtone), and you take takes on them just because you never know. (seriously, 6hrs) but you do it because it pays really well, whats a day of time when you get it back a few times over?? (btw, with this person, theres usually about 20-25 takes to go through when comping a voc, so make that TWO days:-( )
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Record about my phone (bought in Verizon store and connected to Verizon for 4 years) has been corrupted and now I can not make any changes to my data plan. Several sessions with the technical support and management have not resolved this issue. Each time technical people and top managers promised that this issue will be resolve tomorrow and they will cal me. Nothing happend!! I can not even cancel my service not just to upgrade it. Completely locked.
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L305SD-S5874 Audio recording issues to USB Audio Interface
I am hearing snaps and pops recording audio through a USB audio interface attached to my laptop.I am using an external Hard Disk connected to a card buss e sata interface. Audio plays fine but snaps and pops are heard when
recording or even when an input channel is selected but idle.I have the latest drivers installed.People in other forums are saying that these problems are due to my using a " cheap" laptop with poor IRQ sharing implementation in the chipset.Is anyone using a similar computer this way with no problems ? I have recorded audio for years to much less powered computers with good results.Sounds like you're listening to the same source (the X6) being played twice.
Could be you are hearing MIDI thru playback as well as Logic's "Software Monitoring" you must also be enabling a MIDI track for recording. If you unhook the MIDI connection from the X6 does the hollow sound go away.
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Latest BIOS and USB 3.0 Issues... Still?
95% of the time that I use my T440p, I boot from a Windows To Go USB 3.0 stick that is Windows 8.1 based. My native hard drive is the default Win 8 from Lenovo. After updating to the latest BIOS (i.e., 2.19), which I believe is supposed to address the USB 3.0 issue, I still am getting the prompt/message to "Keep the USB drive plugged in" and to only remove it after the PC has shut down, etc. When this message is shown, I have never observed a loss of functionality.
Thoughts?
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