Simple problem, please help!

chriskorff · Post by **chriskorff** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:43 am

Hi all,

I'm trying to do something fairly simple - record a stereo source via the XLRs on my Scope Pro plus card to an audio channel in Sonar 6PE (for recording). I've managed to get the individual outputs from Sonar to the inputs on the Scope mixer, so I'm guessing this is just the reverse. Here's what I'm doing at the moment:

Scope Analogue Source (L&R)--->ASIO 24bit Des(tL&R)
Doesn't seem to work, I'm not showing any levels in Sonar and yes, I've checked the inputs on the channel options in Sonar and they're set to Scope Stereo ASIO input

ASIO 24bit Source(16xL&R)---------->STM16 inputs (16xL&R)
STM16 Mix Out (L&R)---------------->Scope Analogue Dest
This works like a charm! Each individual channel from Session drummer and a couple of other synths going to a different channel in the mixer! Beautiful.

How can this not be working, and what am I doing wrong?! I'm sure I've missed something obvious, but I'm losing hair trying to find out what that is.

Any help much appreciated.

Cheers,
Chris

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:03 am

Well that's exactly the setup i use with Cubase and it works like a charm, so i can only assume that there is some other setting in Sonar - perhaps some monitor button or record arm the track. Sorry don't know Sonar, but the Scope side seems right to me.

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:06 am

Dunno what happened there

Post by **garyb** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:49 am

be advised that an xlr connector is not only for mics....
the xlr input on the card is for balaced line level signals which are pretty hot. if you input a mic, you must use a mic preamp the get mic level up to line level and be able to see the meters move.....

chriskorff · Post by **chriskorff** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:49 am

Thanks for your help dudes,

I thought I was doing it right at the Scope end, cheers for confirming that. It's obviously a Sonar thing I'm missing...

Garyb - I'm using the xlr ins to connect the balanced output of a guitar multi-fx box, and when I route the analogue source directly to an stm mixer I can hear it and Scopes meters move, so that's not the problem - I could probably route it the guitar to Soundforge though, and record it like that, then import it - it's a bit long-winded I know, but until I figure out what I'm doing wrong it'll have to do.

Thanks again,

Chris

Post by **garyb** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:39 am

the mixer has direct outs on each channel. you can route that to an asio dest.