My yamaha keyboard sounds bad with ntrack

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Trying to get it all to work

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Good evening, just finished putting my old drum tracks from my tape recorder on Ntrack and that sounds fantastic. However my problem is with my yamaha keyboard, I have hooked it up as an audio side, (going from the output on the keyboard into the input on my computer), however my playback sound quality is terriable, sounds like crap. Can anyone help me on this. I have an PSR 273 just a little expensive keyboard but would like to be able to have the style and the voice go at the same time for recording then after add more tracks to lay down different sounds. I dont think I can do this? Is it the keyboard? Is it my computer? Please help if you can.

Thanks
Keyboard Klassics

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We’re gonna need your computer info to help. Make model etc.

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Yes thank you for the reply back so quickly, I have an older model computer it is a emachines the model is T2742 it has some upgrades more RAM and video card.

Thanks again
Keyboard Klassics

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Are you going into the “line-in” jack on the computer sound card or the “mic-in”? You are probably over-driving the input of the soundcard in either case if you are connecting the headphone out jack of the Yammy to the computer. You might try going to the “Line-in” jack if there is one BUT keep the volume on the keyboard way down. Too much juice == distortion city.

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Yes I’m going threw the line in jack on the computer. What is happening is this. When I play I can not hear myself perform in record mode until I play it back. Then when I play it back it all sounds choppy and really bad. It then tells me that I have to increase my play back setting in preference part under settings.

So not to sure, any ideas?

Thanks
Keyboard Klassics.

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sounds like you need an interface. Check out Tascam US122L
Does your computer have USB?

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insert blank audio track - arm track for recording - click on live button - now you should hear your playing - use input VU meter as a guide to input level -

M.R.

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Quote: (keyboardklassics @ Apr. 12 2009, 10:49 PM)

It then tells me that I have to increase my play back setting in preference part under settings.

Sounds like a buffering issue.

Hopefully someone can tell you the exact steps to do this. I would, but it seems my trial is expired and I can't look it up for you.
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Click settings

Then click:

buffering settings,

increase buffering.

You may run into problems with the on board soundcard when multi-tracking.

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Thank you for your input on this, will try that this evening and see what happens. Great hand everyone thanks again

Take care
keyboard klassics