Soundcard seems ok, but cannot record

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Hi On my NEC versa aptitude laptop i Installed windows 98, windows 2000, windows xp to test and record. My soundcard (ess allegro 1988) seems to work fine. Plays sound and when I put my bass in the line or mic Input I can hear my beatiyull playing ;-). When I push record in the Windows sound recorder or N-track or whatever app, nothing gets recorded, not with the mic, the onboard mic, nor the line input. I get no error messages whatoever. Like I said, tried windows98, W2k and Windows XP with all, including the latest, Drivers.

Any ideas?

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Have you selected the input device in the n-Tracks preferences? Do you see the input meters working in n-Tracks? Does nothing gets recorded mean no wave file or the wavefile is blank?

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…and have you set the recording source in the Windows mixer?

HTH


Mark

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Hi Guys thank for reply but:

I selected the sources properly but when I record (in no mather wath apps) I see a straight waveform. I record nothig but pure silence

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Hmmm. Curious…

Does the recording meter in N-track bounce up and down?

Obvious but is the volume of the recording source slider all the way up?


Mark

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Hi,


Volume doesn’t bounce and the sliders are up. Note that the problem is not directly related to ntrack. Commaon prolem with Windows recorder etc.

Thanks,

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I don’t mean to dis you but are you really, really sure that the correct recording source is selected?

Windows Mixer–>Options–>Properties–>Recording

It’s a common mistake to make.

Other than that, your soundcard is knackered?????

Anyone else?


Mark

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Hi Mark,

I’m abso-abso-absolutely sure is choose the proper recording options.


I did a visual check of the soundcard (took the complete laptop apart) en everything looks fine.

I’m considering the purchase of a relatively simple external usb soundcard (M-Audio Fast Track USB ) now. Hope that works.


Thanks,


Remco

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Most of the laptops I have set up require special drivers for the hardware. I had the same problem recently, the system had 2 card and the sound came through with a mic or whatever.
Could not get the signal to record.
I removed one of the cards and then it worked fine.
I know yours is a laptop but the fix might just be an irq or somthing easy. Laptops have bad irq handling.
You might need to disable some other hardware in windows to get a dedicated irq for your card. The same may apply to a USB card.
A usb card is the way to go for good quality on a laptop.
I often need to push the monitor button when using n-track.

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Hi,

Thanks for reply. I de-installed and disabled the network card, lpt, com an modem, makes no difference.

What do you mean by “have to push the monitor button”?


Thnx,


Remco