Instruction Manual

1224 Beginner’s Guide to Cakewalk Software
Audio
6. If the guitar in the above picture had a stereo pickup and stereo cable,
you could plug the left plug on the cable into input #3 and turn up bus
send #1, and plug the right plug into input #4, and turn up bus send #2
on that input. You would then be sending a stereo signal from the guitar
through buses #1 and #2 to the sound card’s line input.
7. In the above setup, do not turn up the bus sends on inputs #1 or #2
(where the sound card’s line outputs connect to the mixer)—this
creates a feedback loop, feeding the sound card’s outputs back into its
inputs through the buses.
For more information, see:
Choosing Inputs
Audio Recording
Audio Hardware (Sound Cards) and Drivers
MIDI
Choosing Inputs
After you’ve connected your instrument or other sound source to your
sound card, you need to tell your sound card’s software, Cakewalk, and
possibly the Windows Mixer which input you’re recording through. If you’re
recording through the S/PDIF input, the procedure is a little different (see
To Record Through the S/PDIF Input).
If your sound card only has one pair of inputs (one stereo Line input,
usually, or Line and Mic inputs that can’t be used simultaneously), then
your sound card probably responds to the Windows Mixer.
Use the following procedure to record a track using the Windows Mixer.
To Record with Cakewalk and the Windows Mixer
1. Open the Windows Mixer—double-click the Speaker icon that’s on your
Windows taskbar to open the Play Control dialog. If you don’t see
the Speaker icon on your taskbar, you can open the Windows Mixer by
using the Start-Programs-Accessories-Entertainment-Volume
Control command.
2. In the Play Control dialog, use the Options-Properties command, and
select Recording (under Adjust Volume For).
3. Under Adjust Volume For, make sure Line-In and Microphone are
checked, and click OK.
The Record Control dialog appears.