I cant seem to record on an instrumental!! NEED HEELP!!

[andreshdz1992]

Ok, so im having trouble recording on an instrumental track on Pro Tools 9 LE. I have a windows 7 HP computer. I have the Mbox 3 mini connected. Everything seems to be connected correctly. Its just that when the instrumental is not playing the mic goes through clearly and you can record, but once i play the instrumental their is no sound going into the mic. Its like if its muted but its not. but then i stop the instrumental and you can hear the mic sound go through clearly. Im a nooby in pro tools so have patience with me. lol

[Darryl Ramm]

There is no such thing in Pro Tools as an "instrumental" there is an instrument track

What instrument are you recording?

An instrument track is for recording MIDI (eg from a MIDI keyboard). An audio track is for recording audio (vocals, guitar, acoustic piano, drums, keyboard audio out etc.).

I suspect you need to start with some of the Pro Tools examples/tutorials and have a flip through the documentation.

Overall the Pro Tools doc is very good, it's just intimidating until you find you way around a bit.

Darryl