Punch in monitoring problem

[HBryant]

Hi

Am struggling with punch in on LE.

Neither "Input Only Monitor" or Auto Monitoring seem to serve my purposes.

If I use "Input Only Monitoring" I can hear the pre roll playback in the headphones but I cannot hear the punch in section while I am recording it.

If I use Auto Monitoring I can't hear the playback so no chance of coming in at the right time !

Am I missing something here ? I expect to hear the playback up and until punch in and then hear myself recording during punch in section !

I am doing the punch in by highlighting the area and then setting pre and post roll. The punch in works in that I am able to record the section. But since I might need to continue playing for the rest of the track it is a bit tricky to hear myself only by what is leaking in from outside the headphones ! I am recording classical guitar via stereo mic onto two mono tracks by the way.

Hope someone out there is listening ....

Howard

[albee1952]

Originally Posted by HBryant

Hi


If I use Auto Monitoring I can't hear the playback so no chance of coming in at the right time !


Howard

First thing you are missing is letting us know what interface you have. Next, INPUT-ONLY monitoring is only useful for rehearsing recording(at least in my mind). So, make sure that's set to Auto-Input monitoring, and the little green "light" as seen here: http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...n7800/ptle.jpg is not lit. Which interface you have will help us steer you in the right direction. At first glance, I don't see a flaw in your method.

[HBryant]

Sorry. New to this ...

I am using 7.4 through Vista on a Dell Inspiron 1525.

As I said, I can punch in OK but it is a bit crazy to then only hear yourself muffled from outside the headphones as you record the punch !

Auto monitoring gives me no audio at all on pre roll. Meanwhile the above situation is what I get with Input only.

Am considering having a spare Aux track to record at the same time but it feels a bit hokey.

Thanks

Howard

[DanoWpg]

Still need to know the interface you're using IE: MBox2, 002, 003, etc...