Bane
Hmm ok so i installed acid 5 today because i wanted to mess around a bit, get some basic recording done so on.
I am only using the boss gt8, plugged straight into the sound cards lin-in. I've checked the levels to make sure no clipping occurs and levelled all the patches. So then i recorded some clean pieces...no problem. But any medium to high gain patches (distortion, lead) record fine for about 5 seconds and then get softer and start making funny noises (sounds like typical feedback warped). Now i know this can occur when the input-level is too high but i've gone down to barely audible levels and it still occurs. I've never had the problem before, but now Acid and even the Windows Wave Recorder act the same. Any ideas?
Martyr
i'm not a expert by far,but what is your gain on?try lowering your gain and see if it goes away
deanBailey
hmm..that is a weird problem?? I've never used acid 5 so I can't really say.
What are you trying to do with Acid 5?
AlanRatcliffe
Damn - these kinds of things can be hell to track down.
If it's affecting all your software, then it's something else. My first guess would be either the soundcard or it's driver. So try go through a process of elimination. Reinstall the soundcard drivers - Acid may have installed a newer version of something somewhere like an ASIO driver that is problematic. "Weird feedback" would also make me check for some kind of direct monitoring or an unintentional feedback loop somewhere. Also make sure you don't have some audio patching software like Rewire that is causing a loop.
Check all your cables are OK and that you are plugged into a line input and not a mic. If using balanced connections, make sure you don't have phantom power turned on - while most gear can handle it, some stuff throws hissy fits or picks up noise.Then, if possible, try another soundcard - you may have damaged the inputs with too much level at some point (I've done that and got some very interesting "feedback" noises shortly before the "magic smoke" escaped from the soundcard).
Bane
Ok i give up, tried everything...not a gain problem (realised that the clean channels also do the weird thing), cables are fine, no feedback problem. It has to be the soundcard and/or acid 5, but i've used them before and didn't have this problem. Man alan you are right...it is a damn mission to track these things down.
@Dean
Um not much, just wanted to get some basic stuff down to put in my library, because tabbing it out the whole time is annoying. maybe i should just invest in some proper recording gear...money money money ?
Heath
Reset the pci settings in your bios , actually reset the whole bios to defaults , and also reload directx , also check the machine for viruses . had the same problem a few weeks ago in adobe audition and it's a buffering problem . it got better when i reset the bios , and much better with a new direct x install and went away when i realised the ol' lady was going onto funny sites and was nailed by a virus . so eventually nuked the machine and was since .
Bane
*sigh* i nuked and resurrected my machine a few weeks ago, really don't feel like doing that...i think i can live without it for now. back to tabbing it is. thanks for the help guys
Heath
well try the directx and reseting the bios , you could just have a crossed DMA channel .
Bane
i may just do that, it is simple enough and quick. maybe this weekend
deanBailey
Aah, I've been using Guitar Pro for 4 years (GP4 because it's simpler) so Im pretty fluent with it. I prefer tabbing something before recording it, that way I see exactly where the notes are supposed to be on the Grid and record perfect takes ?
Bane
lol don't see much difference between gp5 and gp4 to be honest...except the RSE has gotten worse! ? it's not really the tabbing that bothers me, but it would be nice to just plug in and lay down a few tracks without stopping to tab them. one can always do that later. also would be nice to play over some more decent (ie not midi) sounding rythm ?
deanBailey
Oh definitely! Nothing sounds better than a recorded track ? But the thing is when you have more than one musician in the band, having them figure out the part is a lot harder than letting them read exactly what's been played ? plus the MIDI files are small (haven't seen one bigger than 200kb's and we have 8.30 - 10 min songs of 10 tracks) so they're easy to transfer online.
GP5 runs slower and has lots of glitches due to a flashy layout. Have you noticed the more you tab the slower the program gets. The sight reading option has to be turned off on each channel compared to GP 4 where there's one button for all channels.
A friend of mine who's been using GP long before I have strictly uses GP 3 because it's even more reliable and faster.
But on the downside, I always pre-pro the songs afterwards though because the sound of MIDI always makes things that would normally clash aurally, a lot more cleaner than it should be which often causes a piece/riff or most often a transition to be re-written.
Bane
I hear you. Unfortunatley don't have any band members ? so it's purely for selfish reasons. As for glitches and slowdowns, can't say i have had that problem. Also have 8 - 8:30 min full (as in all instruments) songs and haven't noticed any slowdowns, but i guess it's the same as vista. depends on your pc's specs.
I agree with you though, midi's can be deceiving as the sounds are "too clean and reduced" so it's often hard to hear tone clashes
