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Pocket · Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Ireland

Thanks so much all for your help on this... I connected everything as best I could earlier on and it seems to be okay, though I haven't tried it with a stream yet.....

I was messing around with Audacity, just recording to see what the mix was like, the track is great...but the vocals are quite low...I have the mixer volume on the track nearly at 0 and the vocals almost max... but maybe this is just my mixer..etc You can usually hear my vocals from the other end of the country so I find this puzzling...lol
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Zak Claxton · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 2008 Location: Podul/33/243/154/

Pocket, when you want to try something out but don't want a big audience for your guinea pigs to test your mix, levels, etc., several of us have streams and parcels where we can test your sound and give you some feedback. Let us know.
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Doubledown Tandino · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 1:39 am Post subject:

casemuro, i actually think she's needs something else....
Im guessing this is the product is a smaller form of something like this:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pr...ixing-Console-for-iPod?sku=808462

If they dont give you the wires that should come with it RCA outs to 1/8inch out cord, and a USB cord.

Can you like to the piece of equipment you've purcased.... no matter what you're only gonna get one of 3 wires at about $2-5
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Pocket · Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Ireland

I tried it out a little while ago....gave a friend the url and she couldn't hear a thing.... I connected both the ipod and the mic to the mixer which I then connected to the line-in on my computer... rented a stream for 5 listeners for the day... Shoutcast was telling me that I was connected and that 'bytes' were being sent, which I'm presuming is a good thing..lol Maybe I had the shoutcast set up wrong.... I'm just so frustrated at the moment...tearing my virtual hair out actually...

You'll all probably laugh when I tell you this, but the last time I did a gig, I had the ipod in a 'docking station'.., the mic plugged into the mic input on the front of my computer, and I just did the gig with the mic picking up everything..... and it worked. I just really love the idea of being able to mix things to a nice level....which is why I got the micro-mixer...

It's frustrating for me because singing is actually my RL job....and I would so love to do it in SL also..but the technical side of it has me stumped...

Zak...I'd appreciate any assistance you can throw my way....if you IM me in-world at any stage....I'd love to do a practice session etc.....

Doubledown....I had a look at that link....looks like a great piece of gear...
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BabbleGrabble · Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 590 Location: San Francisco

Sounds like everything is connected ... moving on to the tweaking. Make sure that Playback options for the Volume Control (from Sound settngs in Windows Control Panel) has "Mute" unchecked for your Line-In and virtually everything else.

Then (also in Volume Control) under Options > Properties, select the "Recording" option under "Adjust volume for" and OK. Here, make sure the first option is checked instead of Microphone (it could be "Stereo Mix" or "Record Master" or something else, but I believe it is always the first choice, not selected by default - Microphone is the default, which does not incorporate other sources).
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Pocket · Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Ireland

Thanks Babble, I've made sure that nothing is muted etc.... I'm using Vista, and I find it slightly confusing....
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BabbleGrabble · Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 590 Location: San Francisco

Just making sure, though ... beyond unchecking the mutes, the recording option is crucial - be sure this is not just picking up a mic signal. I am on XP, but if you need help, I can probably walk you through how to get there.
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Pocket · Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Ireland

Babble, I most definitely need help... Embarassed

I'm going to try it all again later on this evening....fingers crossed.
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BabbleGrabble · Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 590 Location: San Francisco

How's it going, Pocket - sorry, I've been afk for the weekend. Looks like M$ really made things difficult in Vista .. I found a couple of interesting links with screenshots that show how to enable the recording portion:

http://www.applian.com/support-vista.php#sc

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007...able-wave-out-recording-in-vista/

I don't know if that helps; mostly just checking in ... please let us know your status. Smile

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