quesiton: MOTU, Cubasis...

midnightsyren
midnightsyren Posts: 33
edited January 2004 in Musicians and Gearheads
hello there....

i have just aquired some recording gear (just being yesterday lol) lent to me by a friend.....

and i am juuuuust learning how to hook it up and such, and i seem to have hit a wall here

so if anyone could help at all or has any knowledge of either of these things, that would be greatly appreciated!!!
:)

my problem is thus:

i have two mics plugged in to the motu, in channels 1 and 2, channel one is a vocal condenser mic, channel two is a piano mic, phantom power is switched on...the motu is powered on, and i am getting sound DIRECTLY through the motu, through headphones, and that's all sounding really good...... so it's there...

i have the MOTU connected to the computer with the appropriate link(firewire), and the puter is recognizing that it's plugged in (i know this because when it is not plugged in and i go to the MOTU console, it tells me the MOTU isn't there.. when i do have it plugged in, it recognizes its there and gives me the MOTU console with the options (44.1khz, optical ins and outs, etc etc.)

my problem is that i can't seem to get the computer to recognize the sound that is coming through the MOTU and record on to the puter... nothing is showing up on any of the input levels.....

i am using cubasis....

i am thinking that the solution is somewhere in the settings...
but where, and how, and what..... LOL

i am going to call the MOTU hotline tommorow, but they are closed now
so i am trying to see what i can figure out before then...

thanks!!!
TROGDORRRR!!!!!!!
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    hi al.....

    mccreadyisgod might be able to help (he's an audio engineer) and he's usually around later in the evenings.
  • midnightsyren
    midnightsyren Posts: 33
    cool!!!
    thanks so much :)

    i just e-mailed MOTU tech support with my crazy questions..

    i expect a response like

    "first,
    unplug everything
    then put it away
    cause you suck"

    LOL :)
    TROGDORRRR!!!!!!!
  • midnightsyren
    midnightsyren Posts: 33
    and then they'll tell me to learn how to spell "question" correctly
    lol

    thats the second post i have made where i spelled question as quesiton

    lol

    :)
    TROGDORRRR!!!!!!!
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    yeah? well i've typed quest list about 50 times in the last week discussing wedding stuff.

    mind your g's and q's i say. :)
  • midnightsyren
    midnightsyren Posts: 33
    heheheheh

    :)

    that's fun

    lol

    it's nice to have a quest list......

    :D
    TROGDORRRR!!!!!!!
  • midnightsyren
    midnightsyren Posts: 33
    WOO HOOOOOO!!!!!

    I GOT IT

    YAYYYYYYYY!!!!

    thanks for your help :)

    it was something really stupid that was very sneaky...
    lol

    audio system setup....... MOTU828....
    i saw it there before
    and it hought it wasn't coming through so i ignored it, but it actually was

    i guess i just expected to "see" the sound in the mixer...
    but it apparently shows up AFTER you record
    lol
    *sweet victory*

    LOL
    TROGDORRRR!!!!!!!
  • low_light
    low_light Posts: 251
    hehe awesome, random girl. Wanna share any tunes your recording? i need some tunes tonight.

    -d
    www.myspace.com/eotoband
  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    It's good she got it by herself...

    I'm a Pro Tools man, myself.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Motu is firewire right? You recording strait to hard disk? Using any preamps before motu?
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.

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