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New equipment recordings/ old problem

Unread post by guitardmb » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:40 am

I just got a Rode NT-1A and I was recording vocals today on two of my songs. Once on the first song I was doing, my vocals were not lining up right but I just rerecorded them and it was fixed. But everytime I try to record the vocals on top of the guitar part on this song they dont line up at all. I recorded another track with me playing guitar and singing at the same time and it sounded fine, but I cant do them seperatly at all. And i know its not me singing it has something to do with the recording. I have real time recording too so Its not that. It seems that it is playing my vocal part faster and before I even recorded it. Needless to say I am really pissed off now for speneding $350 on recording equipment and it not working the best right now. Any suggestions as to what the hell is going on here?
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Unread post by RunsWithBuffalo » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:43 am

what is the rest of your setup like? Software? Interfaces etc...
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Unread post by guitardmb » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:02 pm

RunsWithBuffalo wrote:what is the rest of your setup like? Software? Interfaces etc...
Rode NT-1A ---> ART Studio V3 Tube MP ----> M-Audio FastTrack USB Audio Interface ----> Laptop using Cakewalk Guitar Tracks Pro
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Unread post by RunsWithBuffalo » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:05 pm

hmmm, im familiar with everything but cakewalk. Tell me this, do the vocals start out in sync and then gradually become out of sync, or are they off from the get go?
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Unread post by guitardmb » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:16 pm

Off from the get go. I just got it working, but i still dont know exactly what went wrong before. So still any suggestions would be great. Thanks for your help so far RunsWithBuffalo!
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Unread post by Kahn » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:31 pm

guitardmb wrote:
RunsWithBuffalo wrote:what is the rest of your setup like? Software? Interfaces etc...
Rode NT-1A ---> ART Studio V3 Tube MP ----> M-Audio FastTrack USB Audio Interface ----> Laptop using Cakewalk Guitar Tracks Pro
I have a feeling it is this. The latency settings could be off.
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Unread post by RunsWithBuffalo » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:49 pm

Yeah, either its latency or some programs have a programmable recording trigger so you hit record and it doesnt start recording for like five seconds to give yourself time to get situated. Thats my guess is there is some sort of delay built in to the record button.
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Unread post by guitardmb » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:54 pm

Anyway I got two working alright now, hopefully it wont happen again. Thanks for your help. I'll post my recordings and see what you think.
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Unread post by guitardmb » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:59 pm

No Toll (the one I was having problems with)
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... F53E152EA8

Don't Ever
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... EE7F0AA4F2

These are both just beginning drafts of the songs. The reverb is just there to make it blend together, so any suggestions on anything or better ideas of mixing it to sound good would be great! Thanks!
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Unread post by mattinbeloit » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:17 pm

Ya it has something to do with the timeclock sync between your computer and soundcard, they were not matching up so I guess you got it working. I remember the first time I tried to boost my setup to the computer I had the same problem, but I ended up having to get a new soundcard, so I'm glad you didn't have to do that...
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