Help Recording Guitar Using USB Interface?

Hi! I am pretty new to recoring my music, so bear with me. I'm using Adobe Audition CS6 and a Behringer Guitar Link Interface. I've gone to the Audio Hardware and selected the ASIO driver, and found it fine, but I am unable to record. The record button is disabled. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong/have suggestions? Much appreciated!

Well, at the risk of stating the obvious, on the same screen as where you selected the ASIO driver as the Device Class, did you go to Audio Channel Mapping (also on the Edit/Preferences menu) and select your device? It'll probably be called something like "Behringer USB device" or something similar.
If you have and it still doesn't work, I notice on the Behringer site that it says it provides drivers for both MME and ASIO. If that's right, it might be worth going to MME under Device Class and seeing if the Behringer is there to select as your default input.

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Csound1 wrote:
isteveus wrote:
All Macbook Pros have audio input. It probably shares the same jack as the headphone.
Both the gain and the impedance are wrong for an electric guitar pickup, not a good idea.
Why not a good idea. It's cheep, it works and thousands of people do this every day.
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You can access devices connected to the USB port, but not in the same way as you would a GPIB or RS232 device. There are no USB drivers like there is VISA for GPIB or serial. Rather devices that plug into the USB appear to the systen as some sort of standard resource like a printer, disk drive or IO board. LabVIEW then interacts with these devices as it would any other device of the same type.Look at it this way, if you have a USB daq device you will access it through MAX the same as if it were a plugin card. Mike...
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Hi, I'm having a small problem I'm hoping someone clever here might have a quick solution to:
I recently bought this Guitar to USB lead:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=225789
And plugged it into my MacBook after booting up Logic. The problem is that
when the lead is plugged in it cuts all sound from Logic - i.e. I cannot
hear any other tracks playing, nor indeed the guitar sound itself (but
other applications such as Safari do have sound). Logic is recognising the
lead's input, the levels go up when I strum the guitar and I can record the
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useless really...unless of course I'm being useless (a likely outcome).
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I'm pretty sure an Aggregate device -WILL- work. In fact I know you have to use one.
Make sure your Aggregate device uses the Built-in audio OUT as the master clock device.
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Cant hear song playback while recording with external USB Interface Mic in Garageband

Hi there
There must be something wrong with my settings in Gargaeband/Mac Sound Settings.
I have Garageband 9 (V5.1) running a song I have already recorded using a USB keyboard.
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It therefore assume it must be a problem with the internal audio settings of the mac/garageband.
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thanks!

I can see the signal lights lighting up on the audiogram 3 when I talk into the mic, so theres no problem there.
Also when I hit record I can record audio using the mic, and can see the levels (and the audio wave I am creating being drawn on the screen) but I cannot hear the track itself when I am recording using the mic. Nor can I hear the track or the new mic recorded audio AFTER I have hit stop.
In order to hear yourself while you are recording, you need to set Monitor to "ON" under the Track Info panel.
Also, what are your sound output settings? It sounds like you haven't selected the right output source.
If your speakers or headphones are plugged into your audio interface, then you need to go into Preferences -> Audio/MIDI and select your audio interface under Output as well as Input. If your speakers or headphones are built-in or plugged directly into your computer, then you need to select Built-In under Output.
I have a sneaky feeling that you are in the latter scenario, and that when you plug in your audio interface Garageband is automatically switching both Input and Output over to your interface, which means no sound output as long as the interface is plugged in.

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External HDD mirroring using USB Interface

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Heavy white noise/hiss while recording guitar through audio interface

I have just purchased a new MacBook pro 2011 (low end 15") and have tried recording with an m-audio fast track audio interface. Unfortunately I'm getting terrible white noise and hiss while recording my guitar. The guitar is plugged straight into the interface using a guitar lead which is then usb connected to my mac.
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I need help recording guitar

I want to use Garageband to record my guitar music. Money is not an issue. I'll buy some gear if I need to. I just don't know where to begin or what to buy. I just want to record from my acoustic electric guitar and maybe lay some rhythm tracks over the top. Mostly just guitar so I can create a archive of my compositions. Put a halfway decent sounding CD together. Any ideas? Where does one begin.

poflynn wrote:
I use a Rode NT2000 condenser Mic and a Beyerdynamic dynamic mic. I also plug the guitar in and record 3 tracks at a time.
Out of curiosity, where do you place each mic and which Beyerdynamic do you use? (oh, and what kind of guitar do you have)?
The Beyerdynamic is a TGX 58 http://asia-pacific.beyerdynamic.com/en/music-performance/products/microphones/v ocals-speech.html?txsbproductdatabase_pi1%5BshowUid%5D%5BshowUID%5D=3&tx_sbproductdatabasepi1%5BshowUid%5D%5BbackPID%5D=49&cHash=e15356a2b4
It was the first mic I got and its probably not the best choice. I have it as a multi purpose mic.
In terms of mic placement I am constantly tweaking. Right now the NT2000 is in front of the sound hole about 1ft-300mm away. The TGX 58 is positioned about half way between the sound hole and the head, slightly closer than the NT. I must admit though its the result of 'monkey see, monkey do.' I got the info from this site http://www.recordacousticguitar.com/ I am currently not happy though with my results. My studio room has to take a large portion of the blame. Its layout and acoustic treatment was not very well thought out, but I am not sure where to begin to correct it. Also, getting to know the mics has been hard. The NT has some adjustments available but I am afraid my 'ear' is still on the steep side of the learning curve. One thing I have noticed is the mics ability to pick up sympathetic string resonance. Its hardly noticeable when listening to the guitar live, but upon playback its maddening. My current project involves recording some of my beginner students compositions. They are single note 1st and 2nd string melodies. I have resorted to shoving a folded piece of card board under strings 3-6 simply to damped the strings. When I just plug the guitar in and record via the bridge pickup, the sympathetic humming is less than what comes from the NT. Once done I then just muck around with all three tracks with fx etc (thats another story).
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first of all, let me say i am new to this and completely clueless about recording in general.
i just want to record some guitar and maybe some voice tracks.
i realize i need a lot more equipment and better hardware and software, but i'm not looking for studio quality recordings at this point, just something half way decent i can listen to.
i have no equipment besides my laptop hp g60-120us 2ghz, 4gb ram, and a samson g track usb microphone that i just bought.
could someone please show me how to set up adobe audition and my laptop properly so that i can get the most out of what limited equipment i have.
when i record now, i get a lot of white noise in the background...how would i go about getting rid of the white noise?
do i needs a asio driver?

Welcome! I could have a go at this, starting from the bottom:
You do need an ASIO driver to work well with modern soundcards and get realtime playback for overdubs.
The white noise may very well stem from the internal sound circuit or from level mismatch, or both. You should not use the internal sound input for any serious recording; it's not what it's meant for and the quality doesn't stand up.
Samson makes good stuff, and the mic itself is probably fine. You will however run into trouble using it as USB device togheter with another sound device; this is a limitation within the current ASIO technology (see below).
You do need a proper soundcard, like the M-Audio FastTrack
- which is just as a suggestion. There are many products to choose from for little money now. For your use it must have at least one mic input AND a guitar input (often labeled Hi-z or Instrument as well). Typically one input will double as mic / guitar.
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You do need to connect your speakers and/or headphones to this soundcard now. With ASIO you do need to use the same device for both input and output. I am not sure if you can use your Samson USB mic in this setup. If it has an ordinary audio connection, just connect that to the soundcard.
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Overdubs: turn OFF the previous red R, point to a new track, do the same as above.
You may want to record the guitar with some effects on (distortion, chorus, whatever). Click on the Fx button just above the track headers, and from the Fx Rack you can select an effect to add to your track. Audition has some basic electric guitar effects built in, for starters.
You can even add reverb on your vocals the same way. I recommend the Studio Reverb effect here, since it won't strangle your computer as fast...
At the lower right corner of your Audition screen, check that 'Audition Mix' is selected!
There's much to be found about recording in general on the net, but the Audition manual is also a worthwhile read.

Help needed to use USB 9481 relay device

I am new to LabVIEW so any help would be appreciated.
I am attempting to start and stop an instrument with the USB-9481 relay device. On my instrument, connecting pins 1 and 2 will start the machine, and connecting pins 4 and 5 will stop the machine. How do I program LabVIEW to connect pins 1 and 2, wait a determined time, disconnect the connection, and then connect pins 4 and 5? No power needs to be supplied since the 12V is already being supplied by pins 2 and 4.
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Hi Josh, No problem. I took a look in the NI 9481 Operating Instructions and found this information to be quite useful:
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Hello everyone. I hope someone can help me. I recently bought a new mac mini and M-Audio Firewire Solo to record music. I'm new at recording so I have no idea what to do.
The problem is when I record playing the guitar, the sound is so low, I can barely hear the guitar playing when I play it back. I turned the gain to maximum level and I still can barely hear the guitar record. I know it's recording because I can hear the guitar when I play the record back, but the sound is way too low.
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I connect the guitar to the guitar input that is in front of M-Audio firewire solo using this cable: http://www.livewire-usa.com/products/products.cfm?sBrand=adv . Then I turn gain up to the maximum level.
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