If you have a Strat style guitar (with single coil pickups), stay away from your computer monitor! The buzz is horrendous. Humbucker dual coil pickups are not as bad, but still introduce some hum. (And I like to do all my guitar recordings with a line in, not a mic. Eric and I have agreed to disagre...

What operating system are you using (WinME, Win2K, WinXP)? All of them have performance monitors that you can bring up and leave running so you can see if you have maxed out the CPU when recording or if it is something else.

What CPU, its speed and amount of memory would help us also.

It sounds like your computer is struggling to keep up and that is why I asked. The more effects, the more processing power is required. When I pitch shift 3-4 channels at once I get these symptoms, but pitch shifting is extremely CPU intensive. And no, the mixer should not have any effect on things....

What are your computer specs?

How many effects are you running on each channel?

Actually, you should be running to the line-in of your sound card as the line-out out of your amp is a preamped source which is usually not compatible with the mic input of a sound card. The amount of latency you are hearing is huge. Is Mixcraft set to record from your sound card (check the settings...

It's been awhile since I used stereo mics, and don't have one now. Back then, they had two XLR connectors on their cable and I used them on a mixer. Each channel I plugged them into was panned either left or right to match which side of the mic it came from. I'm not sure what connectors are on each ...

Analysis of this problem. Hardware Type: Microphone (mono), Preamp Behringer VX2496 (mono), Soundcard (stereo). Please note that all microphones are mono. FWIW- Actually, stereo microphones are quite common and used mostly in live recordings of large spaces. Example- http://www.musiciansfriend.com/...

USB 1.1 is slower than USB 2.0, but it still has enough bandwidth to easily support high fidelity analog sound. I wouldn't let the USB version be your deciding factor. Actually, the monitor send is at the same impedance level (balanced/unbalanced, high/low, etc.) as the main or tape out feeds. I'm t...

That's encouraging since the thought is just a few tracks with little or no effects being used.

Thanks

Good point. I take that as a given, but you are correct. BTW- Do you have any experience running Mixcraft on lighter hardware than a PIII 700 that is stated as minimum hardware? You've got me thinking about my old laptop, but it is an old AMD K6-2 400 with 192 MB, so I am doubtful. But, I would only...

I've been wanting to try my old laptop with Mixcraft. It's slow and has USB 1.1, but now that you have shown me an inexpensive interface to work with, I may just give it a try,

I'll let you know if I give it a try.

Thanks Greg.

I now know not to mess with any software that tries to get by on the cheap by guiding users to a forum for instructions rather than printing plain words on a web site, etc. I never needed to look, but now that I did, I'm not sure how much more obvious Acoustica can make it. Right on the main Mixcra...

Yep - I didn't look close enough. Thanks Greg.

The RCA inputs would be a perfect match for the RCA tape outputs on the mixer. Plus, they claim low latency. Sounds like the perfect doohickey for Paposound.

Hmmm-

Let me get this straight. jpt is upset with Acoustica because some other companies software (Extra Boy) fails to install. LOL

Ya, OK...

The "Tape Out" on the mixer will work fine with any line-in on a sound card, but EL34 is correct, you can't use the microphone input on the laptop with any output that mixer has. You will need an external sound card if you insist on using that laptop. (External USB sound cards sometimes ha...