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question for recording experts. (noob here)

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Gidzkun

May 16, 2010
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I'm using a behringer Uca202 audio interface and the software audacity.. I recorded my bass perfectly, no noise whatsoever, so I tried to record my bass while playing with a song, so I import a song(mp3) but when I hit on record I can only hear my bass no background music. so here are my questions:

how do I record my bass and a music that I import at same time? (playing along the music)

what I did I recorded my bass then I import a music of course its not synchronized my bass is a little bit late or sometimes too early. so I need to use the "cut" tool to fix this problem and I don't know if its even accurate. are there any ways to do this accurately?? so my bass and background music will be synchronized.
 
#3
Hit Ctrl-P or select Edit -> Preferences. There, go to Audio I/O tab. Make sure you have selected right devices for Playback and Recording (that would be USB Audio Codec in both cases). Then just check the "Play other tracks while recording this one" option.

By the way, I recommend you use Reaper www.reaper.fm, not Audacity. After you get initial grip on Reaper, you will be able to use any DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) in the future. (Audacity is not fully a DAW).
 
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AntekStalich said:
Hit Ctrl-P or select Edit -> Preferences. There, go to Audio I/O tab. Make sure you have selected right devices for Playback and Recording (that would be USB Audio Codec in both cases). Then just check the "Play other tracks while recording this one" option.

By the way, I recommend you use Reaper www.reaper.fm, not Audacity. After you get initial grip on Reaper, you will be able to use any DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) in the future. (Audacity is not fully a DAW).
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the selected device on playback and recording are both "behringer USB WDM AUD".

yah I'm trying to check on Reaper but for now I'm just trying to get a little bit familiar with racording.
 
#6
I use Audacity as deep-level audio editor linked to Reaper only, now. Audacity was my first recording software, and I indeed used Behringer UCA200 (the one included with larger XENYX mixers) at that time.

Still, gaining experience and you move to a DAW and later to better recording interface ;)
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Gidzkun, I think the device name does not matter as long as it refers to the proper device. You have UCA202, I have UCA200.
 
#7
I finally managed to record my bass and my music both at the same time.. but here is another problem thati noticed. When I play the recorded track it seems like the sound of my bass is a little bit slow, first I thought it was my playing but its not. its like it can't match up to beat of the music.
 
#11
Uca202 comes with Energy XT2.5 - which is also great.
Why not use that? It will do mixing and multitrack and automatically figure out that latency when you import an audio track, and add your bass track next to it.
You can even call Behringer support if you have a problem with Energy.
Energy is pro stuff.

Audacity can do the latency correction also. I'm sure it's in their FAQ. Pretty much the same way. You import the audio track. Then create another track to record with. Play back the first while recording the new and it should adjust the recording track to sync with the audio. It reads the buffer size and sample rate to figure out how much to delay. Or you can nudge a track by inserting some silence to match them up. This stuff is automatic in most DAWs.
 

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