isabel95 Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 See my very professional setup here: http://www.pbase.com/update_image/25584765 and read the description of my experiences beneath the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 So what's your password then, love? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isabel95 Posted January 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 See my very professional setup here: http://www.pbase.com/update_image/25584765 and read the description of my experiences beneath the picture. Al & Mark...At long last the light bulb has ignited. Midi connection I realize was not the way to go. Tomorrow I'm off the Radio Shack to get the supplies Mark suggested.Thank you both.Isabel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isabel95 Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 So what's your password then, love? Duh...I pasted the wrong link...I found out I had the correct connections to the line in and you can see that picture here: http://www.pbase.com/image/25586473/original...and if you click on previous you'll see my close quarters. I actually almost successfully recorded the keyboard sounds but am getting a huge amount of distortion. The file is unusable. I checked the hardware settings and everything for sound is on maximum quality - acceleration, etc. Now I have to figure out why I'm getting distortion. I did solve my previous sound card distortion problem by installing the card in a different socket and reinstalling the software, so it must be something else.Isabel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chumba Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Hi Isabel!What input are you using on the soundcard?Which software did you decide to use in the end?It sounds as though the level from the keyboard LINE OUTS is too high for the input on your soundcard. Two reasons spring to mind;1) You are accidentally using the microphone input on your soundcard2) The volume control in your soundcard control panel is set too highBoth scenarios will cause the distortion that you hear. What soundcard EXCACTLY is it you are using? Can you tell me the names of the input sockets on the back of the card? This way I should be able to help you further Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isabel95 Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Hi Isabel!What input are you using on the soundcard?Which software did you decide to use in the end?It sounds as though the level from the keyboard LINE OUTS is too high for the input on your soundcard. Two reasons spring to mind;1) You are accidentally using the microphone input on your soundcard2) The volume control in your soundcard control panel is set too highBoth scenarios will cause the distortion that you hear. What soundcard EXCACTLY is it you are using? Can you tell me the names of the input sockets on the back of the card? This way I should be able to help you further Mark Rats...you're right...I did use the wrong input...I just wanted to make a screen grab of the ports on the card and I noticed that I had put the line into the mic socket. It's hard to get at those ports...there are so many cables in the way! My brain wasn't working too good yesterday (one hour in the dentist's chair). I'll bet things'll be fine when I get it hooked up right!I'm using a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card. Thanks!Isabel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isabel95 Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Hi Isabel!What input are you using on the soundcard?Which software did you decide to use in the end?It sounds as though the level from the keyboard LINE OUTS is too high for the input on your soundcard. Two reasons spring to mind;1) You are accidentally using the microphone input on your soundcard2) The volume control in your soundcard control panel is set too highBoth scenarios will cause the distortion that you hear. What soundcard EXCACTLY is it you are using? Can you tell me the names of the input sockets on the back of the card? This way I should be able to help you further  MarkRats...you're right...I did use the wrong input...I just wanted to make a screen grab of the ports on the card and I noticed that I had put the line into the mic socket. It's hard to get at those ports...there are so many cables in the way! My brain wasn't working too good yesterday (one hour in the dentist's chair). I'll bet things'll be fine when I get it hooked up right!I'm using a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card. Thanks!Isabel Hallelujah...Line in in the correct port!!!! I can get Sound Recorder to record the Fantom sounds and I get the same patch sounds, not the ugly midi sounds, BUT, on playback I get what sounds like terrible "tape hiss"!I can't however, use Turtle Beach's "Recording Station". I'm sure I don't have the correct settings chosen, but at least I'm making progress.Any club as to how to get rid of the "tape hiss"?Thanks so much.Isabel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isabel95 Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 In the previous reply that should be "clue", not club!Isabel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LumenLux Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Isabel, re your Santa Cruz sound quality. I use that card and find the sound very good for a in-computer card. If you have not already done so, try a couple of simple test programs that are available for your card. If you don't have them already installed, you can find them at the web site - Turtle Beach or Voyetra? (Whoever has the Santa Cruz rights now.) The program, and there are at least 2 versions is simply "Sound Check." That might help narrow down your playback problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrobin Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Isabel,As I mentioned in my reply in the other thread, try temporarily disconnecting the power cord to your laptop while recording and playing back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chumba Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Hi IsabelDo other recorded sounds play back fine through your soundcard? If so, then the "hiss" is being recorded along with your keyboard.Just an idea, but try muting the inputs that you aren't using when recording eg WAVE, MIC IN, CD IN etc. Even though you aren't recording from these at this point, they will still add noise into the recorded signal as the Santa Cruz is a consumer card (to be honest, this is common practice in a studio - you always mute the channels / inputs that you aren't using).Hiss, if it sounds like "tape" hiss, is interference. This could be due to the above, but could also be poor quality leads / connections or the PCI slot in which your soundcard is placed. Is it near your graphics card? This is a killer for clean recordings!HTH Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isabel95 Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Isabel,As I mentioned in my reply in the other thread, try temporarily disconnecting the power cord to your laptop while recording and playing back.Mark's: Do other recorded sounds play back fine through your soundcard? If so, then the "hiss" is being recorded along with your keyboard.Just an idea, but try muting the inputs that you aren't using when recording eg WAVE, MIC IN, CD IN etc. Even though you aren't recording from these at this point, they will still add noise into the recorded signal as the Santa Cruz is a consumer card (to be honest, this is common practice in a studio - you always mute the channels / inputs that you aren't using).Hiss, if it sounds like "tape" hiss, is interference. This could be due to the above, but could also be poor quality leads / connections or the PCI slot in which your soundcard is placed. Is it near your graphics card? This is a killer for clean recordings! Al....It was never connected with the power cord. . . all recorded on internal battery.IsabelMark...my husband moved the sound card because of previous noise...he doesn't remember what he put it next to...I'll have to get him in a good mood to check it again. Disconnecting all those cables is a royal pain. I'm glad I never became a hardware expert!I will try muting all the other channels.There is so much to learn about this audio recording stuff!Thanks guys.Isabel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isabel95 Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Isabel, re your Santa Cruz sound quality. I use that card and find the sound very good for a in-computer card. If you have not already done so, try a couple of simple test programs that are available for your card. If you don't have them already installed, you can find them at the web site - Turtle Beach or Voyetra? (Whoever has the Santa Cruz rights now.) The program, and there are at least 2 versions is simply "Sound Check." That might help narrow down your playback problem. I did the sound check and everything checked out all right.Isabel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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