Record Input Monitoring Issue

ChrisMN wrote on 12/12/2009, 9:34 AM
I am unable to monitor (hear) the audio coming from the mic when I am armed for recording or recording onto a track. In fact when I click on the Record Device Selector, which in my case is the Microsoft Sound Mapper, the Input Monitor option is not visible. The actual recording sounds fine when I play it back. I was expecting it to be a simple issue but so far no luck. Any pointers would be helpful.

Chris

Comments

Former user wrote on 12/12/2009, 10:51 AM
Which input are you using on your soundcard?

Are you recording using Vegas Pro?

Dave T2
richard-amirault wrote on 12/12/2009, 1:57 PM
I am unable to monitor (hear) the audio coming from the mic when I am armed for recording or recording onto a track.

I suspect this is done intentionally. You would likely get feedback .. or at the least .. some "echo" of your voice with the sound coming out of the speakers while you speak.
farss wrote on 12/12/2009, 9:19 PM
I think input monitoring is only available when using ASIO drivers. Certainly works here just fine but I'm running ASIO drivers.
You could try installing ASIO For All at: http://www.asio4all.com/
Not used it myself, it is free.

Bob.
ChrisMN wrote on 12/13/2009, 5:22 PM
Thanks farss for your suggestion. I will try it when I get back to it this week. I was using the mic input on my sound card and yes I'm using Vegas Pro (version 7.0e). I thought the ASIO drivers was only needed for USB sound input. but as I said I'll give it a try.
pwppch wrote on 12/14/2009, 2:27 PM
Software Input monitoring is only available when using an audio device that supplies ASIO drivers. You could try using ASIO4ALL. This driver package will make your non-ASIO driver audio devices look like an ASIO device.

An important consideration when using input monitoring is the latency or sample buffer size you choose for your audio hardware. Almost any ASIO based device will allow you to select 128 sample to 512 samples. 256 is usually the sweet spot.

Peter