A Question For Dj's Options

[don says mac]

I'm having a lot of trouble recording a decent sounding set into my mac... the recorded music is very quiet & distant sounding...

my setup:

2 technics 1200's
vestax mixer
mac g4 867
1gig ram
echo mia soundcard
osx panther
garageband
logic pro 7

i have my tables set up to my mixer, and my mixer connected via rca - 1/4 inch plugs into my mia... no matter if i use GB or LP7, the recording sounds like crap... i've tried plugging a turntable directly into my soundcard but still no luck... i've played with the console for hours on end and nothing seems to make it sound better... surely i have the appropriate tools to do the job?!?!

I've tried plugging my guitar directly into the soundcard and it too records very quietly... is it a faulty soundcard? i know my cables aren't the best, would that have such a big effect? when i record in LP7, i can see the volume red-lining so it would seem as if the sound is getting in there, but just not recording properly...

any advice on what other people are doing to record their mixes would be greatly appreciated...

thanks,
d

[ourmanflinty]

so you can play back imported loops, what, on the track or in exs24? you can record midi, do you mean that you can hear logics virtyual synths when you use midi or your external synths or you can see midi in the matrix editior, or both or what, what do the recorded audio waveforms look like? that will tell you if the audio is good. then er..umm..check it's using core audio, make sure your logic mixer channels are routed to 1 & 2 or wherever, make sure you don't have some plug in inserted that's lowering your o/p level, check your panning making sure you're getting stereo. That loop you imported, drag that onto the track you're recording to, can you hear that? yes, it's an i/p issue, no, it's an o/p issue. re-install logic, did you use the setup manager or set it all up yourself?