Hi guys,
I've been using receptor as a live workhorse with my band for around a month now and it's worked pretty much flawlessly, and i've started trying to use it to record sketchs/demos at home.
I've come across a problem when i try to record guitar over uniwire. I am putting the uniwire fx plugin in one of the insert slots in cubase, and i can hear what i'm playing just fine. However when i press record ready on the track it records the signal coming from the built in mic on my laptop, despite the fact that i can hear myself playing just fine. It just doesnt seem to want to record the signal coming from the receptor.
I've tried this in logic express as well, and i have pretty much the same problem. It seems very bizzare to me that you have to insert the uniwire plugin as an effect rather than as an audio source or whatever.
Any suggestions? :s
problems using receptor as an audio interface
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Rick@MuseResearch Rick@MuseResearch https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=18273
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- 350 posts since 23 Mar, 2004
Visit http://www.museresearch.com/support.php?r=videos and watch the Muse Research Theater video on Logic Guitar Rig movie.
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Rick@MuseResearch Rick@MuseResearch https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=18273
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You can just plug straight into Receptor and record the the audio out, works great.
beef1986 wrote:so i'm going to have to buy a seperate audio interface if i want to record guitar?
Rick
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- KVRist
- 33 posts since 21 Mar, 2008
Uniwire is not an external soundcard .. a good and affordable solution would be a soundcard with spdiff in (coax) like the m-audio audiophile or e-mu 0404 pci .. they all work like a charm.
A a mac I'd recommend a firewire solution, presonus Firebox works great for me.
A a mac I'd recommend a firewire solution, presonus Firebox works great for me.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 6 posts since 12 Jul, 2008
I must be missing something here :S
The problem is that when i press record ready, it stops recording my guitar and starts recording the mic on my laptop.
Am i making some n00b mistake?
The problem is that when i press record ready, it stops recording my guitar and starts recording the mic on my laptop.
Am i making some n00b mistake?
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- KVRist
- 106 posts since 1 Jun, 2004
from the Uniwire FAQs on the website
http://www.museresearch.com/uniwire.php?u=faq
» Can I use Receptor's audio ins/outs with UniWire? [-]
Yes. UniWire can operate in two modes: one that shuts off Receptor's built-in audio ports and one that enables them. When you turn off Receptor's built-in audio (the default mode), Receptor's operations are totally slaved to your host computer. All audio and MIDI I/O is sent through your host computer's audio and MIDI interfaces, and your sequencer controls their routing. In this mode, Receptor acts like an extension of your computer system. If, however, you turn on Receptor's built-in audio, then you can use Receptor as an audio interface for your computer. There's one important caveat to remember, should you decide to turn on Receptor's audio I/O and use it with UniWire—and that caveat is this: for perfect digital synchronization, you should connect a S/PDIF cable between Receptor and your host computer, then slave either Receptor or your host computer to the S/PDIF clock. This might, at first glance, seem strange—but there's method to our madness: Computer audio is digital, which means it requires a master timing clock to which the audio is synchronized. In a normal studio, you have one audio interface and, thus, one digital clock. If however, you have two audio interfaces, you then have two clocks (one for each audio interface). Since no two clocks are going to run in perfect synchronization, you need to actually synchronize the clocks. Thus, if you try to use Receptor's audio I/O at the same time as your computer's audio I/O, you have two clocks. Connecting a S/PDIF cable between the two allows you to slave one device's clock to the other device's. You can use the two devices without connecting a S/PDIF cable but you might, occasionally, hear a minor glitch as the two clocks go out of sync.
http://www.museresearch.com/uniwire.php?u=faq
» Can I use Receptor's audio ins/outs with UniWire? [-]
Yes. UniWire can operate in two modes: one that shuts off Receptor's built-in audio ports and one that enables them. When you turn off Receptor's built-in audio (the default mode), Receptor's operations are totally slaved to your host computer. All audio and MIDI I/O is sent through your host computer's audio and MIDI interfaces, and your sequencer controls their routing. In this mode, Receptor acts like an extension of your computer system. If, however, you turn on Receptor's built-in audio, then you can use Receptor as an audio interface for your computer. There's one important caveat to remember, should you decide to turn on Receptor's audio I/O and use it with UniWire—and that caveat is this: for perfect digital synchronization, you should connect a S/PDIF cable between Receptor and your host computer, then slave either Receptor or your host computer to the S/PDIF clock. This might, at first glance, seem strange—but there's method to our madness: Computer audio is digital, which means it requires a master timing clock to which the audio is synchronized. In a normal studio, you have one audio interface and, thus, one digital clock. If however, you have two audio interfaces, you then have two clocks (one for each audio interface). Since no two clocks are going to run in perfect synchronization, you need to actually synchronize the clocks. Thus, if you try to use Receptor's audio I/O at the same time as your computer's audio I/O, you have two clocks. Connecting a S/PDIF cable between the two allows you to slave one device's clock to the other device's. You can use the two devices without connecting a S/PDIF cable but you might, occasionally, hear a minor glitch as the two clocks go out of sync.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 6 posts since 12 Jul, 2008
gizmostatic wrote:from the Uniwire FAQs on the website
http://www.museresearch.com/uniwire.php?u=faq
» Can I use Receptor's audio ins/outs with UniWire? [-]
Yes. UniWire can operate in two modes: one that shuts off Receptor's built-in audio ports and one that enables them. When you turn off Receptor's built-in audio (the default mode), Receptor's operations are totally slaved to your host computer. All audio and MIDI I/O is sent through your host computer's audio and MIDI interfaces, and your sequencer controls their routing. In this mode, Receptor acts like an extension of your computer system. If, however, you turn on Receptor's built-in audio, then you can use Receptor as an audio interface for your computer. There's one important caveat to remember, should you decide to turn on Receptor's audio I/O and use it with UniWire—and that caveat is this: for perfect digital synchronization, you should connect a S/PDIF cable between Receptor and your host computer, then slave either Receptor or your host computer to the S/PDIF clock. This might, at first glance, seem strange—but there's method to our madness: Computer audio is digital, which means it requires a master timing clock to which the audio is synchronized. In a normal studio, you have one audio interface and, thus, one digital clock. If however, you have two audio interfaces, you then have two clocks (one for each audio interface). Since no two clocks are going to run in perfect synchronization, you need to actually synchronize the clocks. Thus, if you try to use Receptor's audio I/O at the same time as your computer's audio I/O, you have two clocks. Connecting a S/PDIF cable between the two allows you to slave one device's clock to the other device's. You can use the two devices without connecting a S/PDIF cable but you might, occasionally, hear a minor glitch as the two clocks go out of sync.
yeh but i'm not hearing a minor glitch, im just not able to record anything because it stops outputting the signal from receptor when i press record ready :/
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- KVRist
- 106 posts since 1 Jun, 2004
I haven't used Uniwire in the studio (or at all really), but from what I understand about DAW software, the audio source of the channel should be the Muse uniwire instrument, not just loading the plug in an effects send. For example I use Digital Performer, and I'll create a new instrument track where I load some AU plugin (of which Uniwire would be an option in the list, presumably) which is then bussed (lets say on bus 1&2) to an audio track to record. The audio source of the instrument track is the plug-in I want, and the audio source of the recording channel is bus 1&2 (which includes the instrument track) that contains the plug-in.
hope that helps
hope that helps
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 6 posts since 12 Jul, 2008
well for whatever reason uniwire goes in an effects slot rather than the audio source.
I think the problem is with the sequencer anyway, and that it's bypassing the insert slots because if it were any other effect you wouldn't want it recorded, you'd want to tweak it later. I just need to work out how to change some setting within cubase that means that the effects are recorded as well.
This is a very arse-about-face way of doing things, lolololol
I guess its time to read the cubase manual
I think the problem is with the sequencer anyway, and that it's bypassing the insert slots because if it were any other effect you wouldn't want it recorded, you'd want to tweak it later. I just need to work out how to change some setting within cubase that means that the effects are recorded as well.
This is a very arse-about-face way of doing things, lolololol
I guess its time to read the cubase manual