Fuck me with technology

Easy E · Post by **Easy E** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:37 pm

Alright so I'm having a some problems with my whole setup. First of all I just bought and set up a mixer so I can phantom power a microphone and my guitar with it's pickup. So everything gets all set up and I plug in my guitar, the first day it sounds real good, I just have to mess with my volumes a little. A little later i try to record and it sounds really faint, like recording over the phone. I plug in the mic to see what the deal is and it sounds fine. Today, i go to record and I get nothing from my guitar. Cool edit just gives me a line, and my tuner doesn't register anything.

I plug in my microphone and it still works, so i think there is something wrong with the pickup in my guitar. I plug that into my regular amp and it works(although for some reason there is a radio station playing through my amp when the overdrive is turned on, what the fuck is that?). So now I have no idea what to think, anybody have the slightest clue on how to fix this?

Speenis · Post by **Speenis** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:40 pm

Does your pickup/preamp on your guitar require a battery?

Easy E · Post by **Easy E** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:50 pm

yeah, but the red light is still on, you think that if it was dying it would still light up but not work?

Kahn · Post by **Kahn** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:28 pm

Easy E wrote:yeah, but the red light is still on, you think that if it was dying it would still light up but not work?

red light means the battery is dying on my pickup

acusticdude · Post by **acusticdude** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:41 pm

Kahn wrote:
Easy E wrote:yeah, but the red light is still on, you think that if it was dying it would still light up but not work?
red light means the battery is dying on my pickup

mine too

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:47 pm

acusticdude wrote:
Kahn wrote:
Easy E wrote:yeah, but the red light is still on, you think that if it was dying it would still light up but not work?
red light means the battery is dying on my pickup
mine too

Easy E · Post by **Easy E** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:45 am

you guys suck, that wasn't exactly the answer to my problem at all....

Easy E · Post by **Easy E** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:24 pm

ok everything is working now but im having a problem with Cool Edit. i can't record a seperate track without the first track bleeding into it. When I mute it it doesn't bleed in but i can;t record over it without knowing where i am on track one. How do i get it to not bleed over?

And no it has nothing to do with the playback volume.

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:54 pm

What kind of input are you running in?

Are you sure it's a stereo input?

Easy E · Post by **Easy E** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:08 pm

I'm running the cord into the hole that says "Line in 1/mic in

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:43 am

I think I misread your question.

You're trying to record one track, then go back and re-record a separate track?

If that's the case make sure you don't have the first recorded track armed to record.

No tracks armed to record:

Track One armed to record, do this the first time:

Track Two armed to record, do this the second time, make sure to unarm Track One:

Easy E · Post by **Easy E** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:30 pm

yeah ive been using cool edit for two years now i know how it works, its just not working since i changed my setup

Easy E · Post by **Easy E** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:05 pm

what im saying is that it records whatever is playing on my comp through my speakers onto the second track.

For example. I record the verse to one sweet world, i turn off the record for that track. When i plug in my microphone to record vocals, the second track shows the dynamics of the first track, bascially doubling the guitar, this drowns out any kind of vocals i try to sing.

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 8:12 pm

Use headphones to hear the guitar intstead of the speakers.