Members Casey Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 This is x-posted from recording. No one's over there apparently. I'm using podxt live as my soundcard. I can record a track and it sounds great, but now I'm trying to add another track and I just can not get the second track to record anything. Went to help and got sidetracked on doing a latency test, and I have to record the generated click track essentially to calculate what I should set my latency at, well guess what, that won't record either. I know i must be missing something small, but I can't figure it out. Any thoughts? P.S. It seems there's a lot of hate for audacity out there, but despite this, it seems to be the most recommended free audio recording software for a PC. I tried to go through the 'free' thread stickied in the recording forum, but it's a ton of things I know nothing about and I didn't wanna fish through all those pages to find what I'm looking for - could take forever. If you'd like to make a recommendation, I'm happy to give up on audacity and try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snappy Hat Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 Have you armed the 2nd track for record? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nakedzen Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 Get Reaper. Sorry, can't help with Audacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Casey Posted September 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 Have you armed the 2nd track for record? I don't know what this means. So probably not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iloveespguitars Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 I don't know what this means. So probably not? I haven't used audicity for years but in general most recording program have different tracks. You'll probably need to click something with a ® With that said though, you'll probably want to look into something like Reaper (as previously mentioned). I used Reaper for a year or so now and never looked back to Audicity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Miter Gauge Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 Audacity is a great program especially considering it's free. I guess if you compared it with ProTools or Logic it wouldn't fare well but neither would Gimp compared to Photoshop. I've used it so I know you can arm and record on more than one track. I'd tell you how to do it but I can't remember and I don't have the program loaded right now. If I get a chance I'll download it today and see if I can walk you through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Casey Posted September 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 I actually got it to work. No idea what I did, but now there's a small latency issue. I can't just play along with the track. Playing with the numbers to see if i can get it just right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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