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with your sound card's configuration or drivers. Refer to your sound card documentation to try to figure out what is

wrong.

3. Load the volume control that came with your sound card and make sure that the Wave device is turned up and

not muted.

4. Another program may be using the sound card at the same time (May happen with older versions of Windows.)

5. Update or install your sound card's drivers. Check their website for the latest drivers and documentation.

Recording Is Not Working!

You can play audio, but you can't record anything!!! There can be many reasons why this is not working.

1. If recording from the microphone, make sure your microphone is plugged in to the right input in the back of your

sound card. Consult your sound card's documentation. Or, if you are recording from the Line-In, make sure that

the you are connected to the Line-In port in the back of your sound card.

2. You're trying to record audio from a CD but you are not seeing any signal. Make sure that your sound card has

a connection to your CD player. This is usually an internal cable. Most newer computers do not have this problem,

though.

3. Make sure that you are arming the correct input. See more on arming tracks.

4. Make sure that you have the correct source selected for the armed track.

5. Make sure that the armed track's recording level is turned up. See more on setting the level.

6. Try recording in Wave mode if you are in ASIO mode or vice versa. You can try WaveRT mode if you are using

Vista.

lways make sure that you have the latest drivers for your sound card. Visit your sound card manufacturer's

website to see if there is an update.

Sound Is Breaking Up / Popping Or Clicking

When playing back a project, if the audio sounds like it is starting and stopping quickly, it could be because the

computer is over tasked due to other programs running at the same time. In addition, your computer may not be

powerful enough to mix the audio. Always shut down as many unnecessary programs as possible. It may even be

advantageous to temporarily shut down your virus software. (We do not recommend doing this unless you have

done a full scan and are not connected to the Internet.)

Mixcraft has to work harder as it mixes more sounds or processes more effects, especially when time stretching or

beat matching.

Try increasing the buffer size or the number of buffers in the Sound Device Preferences if your are in Wave mode.

If you are in ASIO mode, try a different ASIO driver or go into the ASIO driver's mixer and increase the latency. If

you are in WaveRT mode, try increasing the latency time.

You can also try freezing a track if there is a lot of effects or compressed audio formats on the track. (Frozen

tracks do not use as much computer power.)

Try setting Mixcraft to conserve CPU mode. Go to the Preferences and click on Display. Check the option to use

Conserve CPU Mode.

lways make sure that you have the latest drivers for your sound card. Visit your sound card manufacturer's

website to see if there is an update.

Sound Is Delayed Or Lagging (Latency)

The opposite problem of sound breaking up or gapping is that the sound will be delayed and have a latency from

the time an edit is made to the time you hear it. For example, if you are playing back audio and change an

envelope point. If it takes several seconds to hear the effect of the change, it means that you are experiencing

latency. The solution to latency depends on the type of audio drivers you are using.

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