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    Default Trouble recording!

    I have a Mackie d.2 (minus the firewire - I don't have a firewire card on my lappy anyway) and an audio8dj soundcard, and I am having trouble with my recording...

    I am using the booth as the out for the mixer to soundcard for recording purposes and it sounds awful. Too bassy, muffled and generally crap. It isn't clipping in Traktor or at the mixer, I have messed around with the volume of the booth controls to no avail, nothbiung I do seems to have any iimpact.

    I have enclosed a picture of the rear of the mackie if anyone has any ideas (I don't have firewire, remember...)

    I am probably over looking something here.

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    few questions so i know what you'er doing;
    is this a dvs set-up?
    what software?
    what program are you recording in? and is it set-up correctly? e.g no eq tweaks on incoming signal, set as line input rather than mic (sometimes makes a difference) etc...

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    Quote Originally Posted by BradCee View Post
    few questions so i know what you'er doing;
    is this a dvs set-up?
    what software?
    what program are you recording in? and is it set-up correctly? e.g no eq tweaks on incoming signal, set as line input rather than mic (sometimes makes a difference) etc...


    Traktor Pro.
    Mackie d.2 with Kontrol X1 (no DVS)
    Recording in Traktor.
    Straight from booth (TRS) into input 1/2 (RCA) of the audio8dj
    I assume I have it as line, not mic as the sound to the main channel is great....
    Last edited by ponyboy; 01-31-2011 at 05:44 AM.
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    If you're recording in traktor. Just use the internal recorder, top right corner behind effects

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    Quote Originally Posted by BradCee View Post
    If you're recording in traktor. Just use the internal recorder, top right corner behind effects
    lol, I am!
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    Could it be that you have inputs 1/2 on your Audio8 in vinyl mode by accident? That has happened to me before and should account for your symptoms
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    The way I read this is that you're routing a cable back in to the recorder.
    Are you running traktor in external mode then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3heads View Post
    Could it be that you have inputs 1/2 on your Audio8 in vinyl mode by accident? That has happened to me before and should account for your symptoms
    OH! How do I check that? I'll look on uncle google and see what's what, that sounds like a likely reason to me, thanks
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    Quote Originally Posted by BradCee View Post
    The way I read this is that you're routing a cable back in to the recorder.
    Are you running traktor in external mode then?
    Indeed I am!
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    Why aren't you using the record outs on your mixer btw?
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