Being a career musician, I'm pretty low on funds and I was trying to figure out a cheap way to record music. I used to do this on my old computer (which was a PC) and I never had any problems, and I was wondering if anyone stumbled across anything similar:
I have an Edirol R-09, which is not an A/D converter or an audio interface - its primary use is for recording and storing - i.e. it has two stereo mics built into it and an SD card inside, so I can, for example, record my band's show and later connect it to my computer and it acts as a hard drive. I simply take the files from the SD storage, put them on my computer, and do any audio effecting (EQ, levels, etc) after. However, I got this bright idea which I tried on my old computer:
I wanted to start multi-tracking while recording my own songs (i.e. record drums, then bass, guitar, etc in a program such as ProTools). On my old PC, I had Cool Edit Pro, and I simply connected an 1/8" stereo cable from the headphone jack on my Edirol into the 1/8" stereo input on my computer, and used it as a sort of bootleg A/D converter. It all worked fine, besides being slightly inconvenient. Through Cool Edit, I was simply using my Edirol as a microphone, and then I could multitrack, do bass, vocals, whatever else I needed.
However, now that I got a Mac and am using Garageband, I'm coming across an extremely irritating problem that I just can't figure out how to fix. I'm connecting everything EXACTLY the same as I used to, but now as soon as I have the cable plugged into my Edirol and power it up, the input signal is plagued with static. You can still hear whatever I record, but there's this relatively loud static underneath everything (and it's ONLY int he tracks I use the Edirol with). I've tried different settings and connections, and I only get the static when the Edirol is powered on and connected to the System Input on my Mac.
Has anyone else tried anything like this with different results? I would usually think it's a problem with my Edirol, but I tested it on my stereo, my other computer (PC), and even a guitar amp and the static only seems to appear in Garageband.
Suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Help using a Roland Edirol R-09 with Garageband (kinda bootl
Multitrack recorders, controllers, and other studio equipment
-
- Posts: 4
- Joined: 17:26, 27 May 2008
Jump to
- Latest News / Free Zone
- Roland forums
- ↳ Roland Cloud
- ↳ Fantom Platform
- ↳ Fantom-0
- ↳ Jupiter-X/Xm
- ↳ Juno-X
- ↳ GAIA 2
- ↳ MC707 / MC101
- ↳ Zenbeats
- ↳ RD-2000 / RD-88
- ↳ System-8
- ↳ Juno-DS / XPS-30
- ↳ Boutique Synths
- ↳ JD-XA Keyboard
- ↳ JD-Xi Keyboard
- ↳ VR-Combos (VR09, VR730 etc)
- ↳ Fantom-S and Fantom-X
- ↳ FA-06 / FA-07 / FA-08
- ↳ Fantom-G
- ↳ JUPITER-80
- ↳ JUPITER-50
- ↳ Integra 7
- ↳ Aira
- ↳ JUNO-G
- ↳ JUNO-Gi
- ↳ JUNO STAGE
- ↳ JUNO-Di
- ↳ MC-808
- ↳ MV-8000/8800
- ↳ RD-700 / 800 series
- ↳ SH-01
- ↳ SH-201
- ↳ V-Synth
- ↳ SonicCell
- ↳ Classic Roland instruments
- ↳ SH series
- ↳ TR, TB and MC series
- ↳ JUNO, JUPITER and JX
- ↳ D and U series
- ↳ JD, JV, XP and XV series
- ↳ JP-8000/8080
- ↳ Other Roland gear
- ↳ Keytars & AX Synths
- ↳ VP-550, VP-770 and VP-7
- ↳ Grooveboxes
- ↳ Synthesizers and Keyboards
- ↳ Studio Zone
- Community
- ↳ Roland-powered Music
- ↳ Roland Clan site and forum
- ↳ Other languages
- ↳ Deutsch
- ↳ Español
- ↳ Français
- ↳ Italiano
- ↳ Nederlands
- ↳ Português
- ↳ Русский
- Computers and software
- ↳ Mac
- ↳ iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
- ↳ Windows
- Other topics
- ↳ Other gear
- ↳ Marketplace