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**Peter Aragon** · 1 April 2003, 06:31

Hi Kieron

Make sure you have the Recording Control mixer selecting the right input source, or set it to "What you hear is what you get"

I'm not sure, but at least in the SBLive 5.1 it was not possible to hear SPDIF and the AUX at the same time (I'll check that as soon as I'm home from work). You can set CD Audio to digital, so you don't need the SPDIF cable and get the same quality I guess.

Good luck,
Peter Aragon

**kieron1000** · 1 April 2003, 06:43

Thanks Peter,

is this the recording control mixer for creative or in premiere? I haven't been able to find an input source for the RT2000 or Premiere.

Just a quick question on the SPDIF, I thought setting it to digital meant that you could use the SPDIF input on the card (internally) and therefore you need the SPDIF cable or have I got that all totally wrong.

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

Kieron

**Peter Aragon** · 1 April 2003, 08:34

Hi Kieron

SPDIF is indeed the digital out of the CDRom, but when selecting digital output in windows, the data is sent through the IDE (or SCSI) cable as streamed data.
When set to digital, you can remove the SPDIF cable to verify this.

The mixer control is from Creative. Go to Start->Control Panel -> 'Sounds and Audio Devices Properties'... then go to the 'Audio' tab and under 'Sound recording' click on 'Volume'. The far right slider would be the "What you hear is what you get" function, select it.

What this function will effectively do is making sure you know what is being recorded. When SPDIF and AUX cannot be recorded at once, you can also not hear them at the same time (they are exclusively or'ed when you try to select on of them)

When you find this irritating, just select the source from the Recording Control you would want to capture.

Good luck,
Peter

**kieron1000** · 1 April 2003, 08:35

Thanks Peter,

will let you know how I get on.

Take it easy

Kieron

**kieron1000** · 1 April 2003, 14:35

Peter,

thanks a bunch. It worked. I could select one or the other in the audio control but not both. Now have the CD and DVD running through digital which has freed up the AUX in and made "what u hear" active. Works a treat.

One question I have at the expense of sounding daft: considering the timeline is playing back audio not recording it, how come you adjust the record "what u hear" rather than the playback.

Thanks again and take it easy

Kieron

**Peter Aragon** · 2 April 2003, 02:18

Hi Kieron

Glad to have been of help

In response of te last question... if you ever worked with a microphone on your system, ever wondered why you could record stuff without actually hearing yourself through the speakers?... potentially causing your speakers to produce a horrible feedback sound?

When you record with the soundcard, you can record a channel without actually needing to hear it. So the recording channel can be way up 80%, and the playback volume only 20%, but it is still recorded at 80%. Because this sometimes is confusing and because you never 100% know for sure what is being recorded, Creative added the "What you hear" feature, so you can know what you are recording if you want to record multiple input channels. But still everything depends on how high the recording volume of each input channel is set.

Happy recordings

Peter Aragon

**kieron1000** · 2 April 2003, 03:30

Gotcha, cheers.

Ever thought of being a technical trainer? You're very clear and succinct in the way you explain things.

Take it easy

Kieron

**Peter Aragon** · 2 April 2003, 04:06

Hi Kieron

Thanks for the compliments... and... actually it's also part of my daily work

Take care,
Peter Aragon

**kieron1000** · 2 April 2003, 05:00

Same here..which is probably why I can appreciate it.

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