recording narration in Vegas5

klimvid wrote on 1/27/2005, 2:35 PM

I am trying to record narration to an audio track.
I am running a mike into a Mackie 1202 mixer and from there into the front Auxiliary IN RCA inputs on an Audigy Sound Blaster Platinum card.

Audio Device Type selected is Microsoft Sound Mapper (which has worked fine in the past for this use).
When I "arm for record" I get a green bar on the track monitor that hovers around 50 - and stays there. Sounds from the mike do not affect the monitor, it stays at 50, and they are not recording to the track when I click record.
I've checked the Audigy Mixer and the Aux Input is NOT muted.
Sounds are coming through the speakers fine so I know I'm getting sounds into the sound card.

If I run the mic directly into the MIC INPUT on the Audigy card the track monitor responds and sounds get recorded, but not when I input through AUX.

Any ideas why sound coming in through AUX would come out the speakers but not make it to Vegas?

Comments

Former user wrote on 1/27/2005, 2:40 PM

Open the Windows Recording Mixer and make sure that the LINE IN input is enabled. Sounds like you have MIC IN enabled.

Dave T2

theceo wrote on 1/27/2005, 2:47 PM

Most of our stuff is narration. But we use sound forge and drop in the audio in 1 min segments usually and then synch video, animation and photos to the sound. We found it easier to work the visual to the audio, at least that has been our experience with narrated work

klimvid wrote on 1/27/2005, 4:11 PM

Thanks, Dave, now where do I find the Windows Recording Mixer - all I've found is Sound Recorder and deep in the bowels, (Start/Accessories/Entertainment/Sound Recorder/Audio Devices/Sound RecordingVolume/Recording Control) Line-in2/Mic2 is checked.

Where is Windows Recording Mixer?

ClipMan wrote on 1/27/2005, 4:20 PM

klimvid .....

...use the "what you hear" setting ...

klimvid wrote on 1/27/2005, 4:54 PM

Thanks everyone. I finally stumbled upon the problem: AUX INPUT option was not checked to show on the volume control panel, and that's the input that the mixer is plugged into. Onward.