Hi Folks I've a bit of a question for those with good technical knowledge. It's a bit convoluted but I'll try and be as brief as I can.
The system is windows 2000 on a 2.8 ghz machine: it's a laptop with two sound cards, one internal, and one pcmcia Echo Indigo card. I also use a 16 channel mixing desk into the pcmcia sound card. I use this for broadcasting on ACB Radio with the sounds and multi media control set to the pcmcia card, although I don't have it set to only use this preferred device. For broadcasting all is absolutely fine. Also for Skype, I use the microphone through the desk and that is absolutely fine as well. However, when it comes to Sound Forge and in fact Cool Edit as well, neither programme seem to see the sound card in terms of recording, although for playback both work fine. if I play something like a minidisk through the desk, the sound comes through my speakers okay, but the meters on both Sound Forge and Cool Edit don't register a thing. I have been into the Sound Forge and cool Edit preferences, both record and playback, and tried both Microsoft Sound mapper and the pcmcia card but neither seem to show it. Now here comes the interesting bit. If i, for example play something via Winamp set to the pcmcia card, Sound Forge doesn't see it, however, if I take a cable from the output of the sound card - to the input of the same card, and keep the volume level down, then Sound Forge sees it just fine and I can record and normalise afterwards. I've checked in sounds and multi-media and nothing is muted that shouldn't be on the pcmcia card. If I then try to use, within sounds and multi-media, the internal card, setting everything to that, and then put a signal into the pcmcia card via the desk, Sound Forge sees it just fine. Can anyone explain why, if Sound Forge is set to the pcmcia card, or to the Microsoft Sound mapper, when sounds and multi-media main controls are set to the pcmcia card, I can't record with it. I do hope this makes sense and sorry it's a bit convoluted but it's baffling me totally. Okay, I could and can set the sounds and multi-media to the internal card, but I don't like the idea of switching back and forth as I know I'm going to get it wrong one day when I'm broadcasting, and anyway shouldn't sound Forge see the card from the point of view of recording, if it's preferences are set to that card? Again, I do hope this makes sense to someone. many thanks for any help. Chrissie _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
