Recording

[thomasmorgan]

When recording it appears that the Karaoke music is picked up only by the microphone, as well as the vocal. Is this true? It sure does not sound very good.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by thomasmorgan

When recording it appears that the Karaoke music is picked up only by the microphone, as well as the vocal. Is this true? It sure does not sound very good.

The recording function only records from the Mic/Line In input of the sound card. You will need to have an unamplified combined signal plugged in to that input. You should be able to take the output from your mixer and feed it back to the sound card to accomplish this.

[WaltR]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

The recording function only records from the Mic/Line In input of the sound card. You will need to have an unamplified combined signal plugged in to that input. You should be able to take the output from your mixer and feed it back to the sound card to accomplish this.

Wow! I've been trying for over a week to make the recording function work. When I tried to play back a recording there was only silence. I read the manual over and over but, no luck in resolving the problem. Now after reading this post, it appears that the line input of the computer must be used to record a song. If this is correct, why wouldn't this info be displayed in the manual? Of course it is possible that it is and I am to stupid to find it. If not it sure has caused me a great deal of wasted time. Also I understand correctly, if you hit the record button at the bottom it records without any music. Why would one want to record without music? I am sure I am missing something here and hopefully one of you more knowledgable people will straighten me out. This forum really provides much info....thanks.

Walt

[thomasmorgan]

I would think that the record function would be if one wanted to play your gutar and sing,Thereby the mic. would pick up and record only what was picked up and recieved through the microphone

[WaltR]

Originally Posted by thomasmorgan

I would think that the record function would be if one wanted to play your gutar and sing,Thereby the mic. would pick up and record only what was picked up and recieved through the microphone

Good point!

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by thomasmorgan

I would think that the record function would be if one wanted to play your gutar and sing,Thereby the mic. would pick up and record only what was picked up and recieved through the microphone

Or line in. Not all sound cards (especially laptops) label the input as microphone.

[WaltR]

My laptop has a headphone jack which I use to feed my mixer/amp. It also has a mic input. Since I don't have a seperate line in, it seems this recording feature is not really functional with my laptop. The only way I see to use this feature is to use the line out of my mixer/amp to feed the mic input of my laptop. The problem here as I see it, there is no way to monitor the input level at the laptop and set the mic level properly. If I had seperate line input and mic input, this feature would be functional because I could monitor the input with headphones. I can't use the laptops internal speakers becauxe they are disconnected when the mic input jack is in use. Anyone have any ideas other than purchasing a new laptop???