Trying to record vocals with mixer, but MMM records other tracks.

Simon-Gifford wrote on 8/3/2020, 4:18 PM

So, I have a JieLi BR17 mixer. It words pretty well, but I'm wanting to record vocals on a song I made using MMM-2020 (full version). The problem is that whenever I go to record my vocals the program re-records any track that isn't muted. Is there a way around this that i'm just missing?

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emmrecs wrote on 8/4/2020, 4:11 AM

@Simon-Gifford

I can't find much, if any, information about your mixer (is it this one?) but, put simply, you need to be using a mixer that allows you to hear the already-recorded tracks but NOT route those tracks into its own output. IOW, there needs to be a facility that allows playback of the existing recording without routing that back to the main output, and hence to your computer. I can see no method of achieving this with that mixer, sorry!

Jeff

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browj2 wrote on 8/4/2020, 7:56 AM

@Simon-Gifford

Hi,

I can't see how MMM could record over a track that is not armed for recording or even more than one track at a time (limit of MMM). MMM records to the track that you have armed for Audio REC and that you have chosen the mixer as the input in the recording parameters screen.

So what exactly are you doing?

John CB

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emmrecs wrote on 8/4/2020, 8:39 AM

@browj2

Hi John.

As I read the OP's question, I don't think it is recording over a track, but rather, he is wanting to add a vocal track whilst listening to the playback of the existing music tracks, along with the vocal, through the headphone output of the mixer. By so doing the already-recorded tracks are automatically being "added in" to the output from the mixer to the computer and hence "everything" is being recorded into the one track rather than only the vocal. If so, the "original" music tracks are being left untouched (as long as the Audio Rec button is activated only on the "vocal" track).

Jeff

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browj2 wrote on 8/4/2020, 10:36 AM

@emmrecs

Hi Jeff,

I think that we need the OP to explain, "whenever I go to record my vocals the program re-records any track."

John CB

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VideoPro X(16); Movie Studio 2024 Platinum; MM2025 Premium Edition; Samplitude Pro X8 Suite; see About me for more.

Desktop System - Windows 10 Pro 22H2; MB ROG STRIX B560-A Gaming WiFi; Graphics Card Zotac Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX-3060, PS; Power supply EVGA 750W; Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz (UHD Graphics 630); RAM 32 GB; OS on Kingston SSD 1TB; secondary WD 2TB; others 1.5TB, 3TB, 500GB, 4TB, 5TB, 6TB, 8TB; three monitors - HP 25" main, LG 4K 27" second, HP 27" third; Casio WK-225 piano keyboard; M-Audio M-Track USB mixer.

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