Audio Input Monitoring in VMS 11?

Bear Head Hat wrote on 8/3/2011, 11:49 AM
I have the trial versions of both VMS 11 and Pro 10. In Pro I can monitor the audio that I am bringing into the program using a Zoom H4n and its' ASIO driver. There is an option on the audio track display to turn input monitoring on or off. When it is turned on I can hear the sound of my guitar through my speaker system by arming the track for recording. Then I can play back the track that I just recorded and then record another track while playing back the original track. Basically it allows me to make multi track recordings. In VMS 11 I can use the Zoom H4n to record my guitar but I cannot find any option to monitor audio inputs so I cannot multi-track the way I can in Pro. Does anyone know if there is an option for input audio monitoring in VMS 11? At this point I figure that it is an advanced feature set that Sony wants you to pay more for by purchasing Pro instead of VMS. Can anyone confirm this?
Thanks

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Roberto65 wrote on 8/3/2011, 12:21 PM
Being a guitar player too, I am kind of interested about what you do for multi-track recording.
The question I have is: why do you use a Video NLE to record your music rather than an audio recording system ?
If your target is to create a video where your guitar performance is synchronized with another track, then, if interested, I can tell you what I did to create the video here:



It was not easy but it worked.

PS: just for the record, at that time I was using another NLE from another brand, but 1 year ago I moved to VMS as I found it much better and more stable.
Bear Head Hat wrote on 8/3/2011, 2:19 PM
I'm just cheap I guess. I know that I need to buy an NLE program for my video but if I can get it to do multi-track recording also, then party, bonus, I don't have to spend more money on a multi-track program. Vegas Pro will let me monitor my input whie playing back recorded tracks and recording a new track at the same time. I usually record one track at a time so that would be perfect for me. The audio volume and pan envelopes would allow me to incorporate some degreee of automation to my final mix. I know a dedicated recording program would give me more options and more control but right now if I don't have to spend money on two pieces of software that would be cool.
musicvid10 wrote on 8/3/2011, 4:03 PM
The question I have is: why do you use a Video NLE to record your music rather than an audio recording system ?

Vegas originally started out as a multitrack DAW, and is still one of the best in the business. Video editing was added later. Many of us oldtimers think of it primarily as an audio workstation with video editing capabilities, odd as that may seem.

The audio feature comparisons, including the ones you asked about, are found here:
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/moviestudiope/compare
Bear Head Hat wrote on 8/4/2011, 7:51 AM
Wow, I didn't know that, very interesting! Thanks for the reply, the comparison chart confirmed my theory, guess I'm buying Pro.