Q: I try a friend solve a problem he has with burning CDs of the music he recorded to help themselves. He used a Korg D8 the music, send it over to his computer through an optical input from SB Live Drive, and used for mixing SoundForge below. He burned the songs on CD and the quality is crap. While listening to this during mixing, great quality! What could cause this difference in sound quality? Is there a setting he saw in my head SoundForge or burning software (EZ CDs) that would improve the quality of a song burned to change? Any help is greatly appreciated!
Best Answer: In order to record mixes, I run a RCA -> 1/8" mini-plug (available at Radio Shack) cable from my Xone's booth out in to my computer's line-in. Keep in mind a microphone input is NOT a line-in, and you WILL screw things up if you put a line level signal (such as a booth out or cd player) in the mic-in, due to how the mic-in amplifies signal.
As far as needing the interface, that depends on your setup. Most computers already have a decent line-in jack, you just need to refer to your system documentation to find it. With most low to middle level mixers, that's really all you need, quality wise. Adding an external audio card just takes up more resources but does allow future audio upgrades or more equipment at once. I will say though that you're better off using your computer's built-in line-in jack before you buy that particular unit.
Also, if you're sure you have the correct outputs (I believe your mixer has two sets of unbalanced outputs) going in to the correct inputs (not microphone but line-in), then check your (assuming) Windows sound card properties or double click on the speaker icon near the time. You can then click through either File or Mixer and see an advanced option or similar. From there you can select "Playback" or "Recording" modes, which both show volume settings for the respective devices. You can then make sure "Line in" is checked and the volume is turned up.
Good luck and keep mixin'
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Re:well, are you mixing them through studio monitors? what are you listening the cd on?
It doesnt matter what rate you record the music… 24/96 or whatever.. you just gotta convert it to 16/44… almost every decent recording program will do that for you…
PS, it might be the SB… you might wanna try a prosumer level card or even a professional level card…. but that really wouldnt explain why it sounded great in mixing…. It should go onto the hd exactly as you hear it…. there must be some mistake on the conversion settings….
hope it helps..
FF
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Re:Well, that's what he's saving and burning them as: 16 bit at 44.1kHz…..but for some reason what he gets on the cd is not what he's hearing when he's mixing. Thanks for all the help!!!
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Re:It should be OK to save them as 16bit 44.1kHz wav file.
Redbook is the fileformat on Audio-CD. There is also a .dll that makes the audio files on a CD to show up as .wav files in Explorer.
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Re:Thanks for the input guy!!! One more question….what is redbook audio compatible, and how do I tell if the files are compatible?
Thanks much for the help!!!
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Re:make sure its saved as 44khz and 16bit—anything higher will sound like crap when converted to a CD.
as long as the final wav file to be burnt is redbook audio compatible it will sound exactly as it was on the hard drive.
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Re:Nobody has any input??? C'mon…someone help me out here…
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