Waveform query by beginner

[davidls]

Hi all,
I am a beginner to Waveform Free, and have started my first recording, but have the following issues which I can' seem to find a solution for-
1. If I wish to start recording a patch at say bar 20, the program always goes back to the start at bar 1 and I have to wait for it to get to bar 20. How do I choose playback to start at, say, bar 20?
2. When using headphones from my computer, I'm getting an echo of my bass guitar notes slightly after each note. I thought maybe this due to both payback and record audio on at the same time? How do I remedy this? When using my laptop audio without headphones, I don't get this problem, but the laptop speakers cannot handle much output and can distort, so I would prefer to use the headphones.
Any suggestions would be most welcome, thanks folks!

[jabe]

1. You can set Markers by entering a number. When you type that number again and press Enter, the cursor will go to wherever that marker was set. You can see where they all are by making the Marker track visible. I thought there was an option to set what happens to the cursor when you press stop, but I can't find it.
2. The capabilities of computers are not adequate for our purposes. You really need to be using an interface. These are devices usually connected via USB and allowing headphone use and audio (and, with some, MIDI) input at the same time. Computers can't properly do both at the same time. Such interfaces can be obtained for as little as £50 and go up in price depending on their features. As a home users, two inputs might be enough. If you collaborate with others, an interface with two heaphone sockets could help (or one headphone socket plus an appropriate signal splitter). You'll have to decide what you need. YouTube will have videos that might help. I'm afraid there may be a torrent of jargon coming your way. Magazines such as Sound On Sound and Computer Music might help. There is a KVR forum on computer set-ups that includes posts about audio interfaces.
KVR Computer Set-up forum:
viewforum.php?f=16
KVR article on audio interfaces under $250 (there are others):
https://www.kvraudio.com/best-budget-au ... -under-250


If you add your set-up details onto your signature on KVR so that they're included at the end of each post, like with mine, it allows people to see whether you're on Windows or Mac or Linux and you won't need to specify each time you post.

[jabe]

Also have a look on here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=interfaces ... _sb_noss_2

[davidls]

Thanks so much for that jabe. I'll check your suggestions out. I should have mentioned that I have a Bomge DAW. One problem I have with my headphones is that the volume is really low when using the headphone socket on the DAW. Could this be due to the resistance of the headphones?

[dysjoint]

The Bomge appears to be a low cost audio interface, and yes, it is possible that the headphone output is underpowered for certain headphones. This can happen even with some established brands and headphones with higher impedance.

[davidls]

OK- thanks KVRist

[vitocorleone123]

I haven't used Waveform in awhile, but if monitoring is enabled on a track armed for recording (or something like that) you can hear an annoying echo.

[davidls]

OK- thanks for that- I'll check that out.

[Peter Widdicombe]

THAT depends on the type of device and if there's a potential feedback loop - mostly prevalent with microphones.

It also depends on latency, where "built-in audio interfaces" may have a delay from input to output processing; so if you have a guitar with pickup but using guitar effects/cabinet simulator in the DAW, and using the audio interfaces of, say, an ASUS laptop, you may have a 1/2 to 1 second delay. Or, MIDI interfaces to VST instrument will be delayed again with the output interface latency.

A "good" USB audio interface will mitigate that in many cases, rather than using, say, the headphone jack of a laptop or desktop for audio output. On windows, an ASIO driverrather than windows processing tends to be much better as well.