help with cubase le4

[glennstapans]

if i do not figure this out my fiance will kill me because i have spent the past two days on it. i am trying to set up cubase le 4 and am having trouble with the directions, the setups, the busses. i am using vista 64 bit / presonus audiobox usb/ microphone / headphones. can not get anything to recorb or playback

[glennstapans]

I have read the instructions diligently but I am having such a hard time with no standards to compare my trial and error to. I have not gotten anywhere

[brandondrury]

The first thing I would focus on is playback.

I'd set the Presonus Audiobox as the default player in Windows and attempt to play music through Windows Media Player. That's step one.

Step 2. Toss an audio file (an mp3 will work) into a track in Cubase. Press F4 and make sure your outputs are routed to your soundcard. Make sure the outputs of Cubased are working.

Step 3. Press F4, make sure the inputs setup. Create a new audio track. Select your #1 input of your soundcard as the input for the track. Arm the track. Press record.

Brandon

[glennstapans]

apparently I need new drivers that will be compatible with 64 bit Vista. does that sound correct? my audiobox interface is not compatible with vista ?

[glennstapans]

I finally got my recordings started. Now i need help getting rid of the static. is it my headphones? or is it clipping, playing too loud? it seems like there is an awful lot of static in my recordings. i checked all connections and they seem tight

thanks

[brandondrury]

Are any of your recorded tracks ever going over 0dB (check your stereo bus too)?

It's also could be this:
Home Recording Computers: Clicks, Pops, and Latency

[glennstapans]

I downloaded the latency checker and am told that some devices will cause interference. how do i know which deices to quiet down. I only have one computer and it is necessary for me to use this computer to get on the internet right now. I will buy a new one in the future. Is it going to be a problem right now ?

[brandondrury]

how do i know which deices to quiet down.

Good question. I've encountered a utility that was supposed to kill everything non-essential to Windows. I can't remember what the name of it was. I intended to test it and write a review of it, but that never happened. I thought it had "kill" in the name.

I only have one computer and it is necessary for me to use this computer to get on the internet right now.

That's why they invented the dual boot system.

[UROCKtheWorld]

Brandon when you're talking about the Presonus Audiobox being the default and then saying make sure your playbacks are routed through your soundcard. So should audio and digital in be set for the Audiobox and then the audio and midi out sent to the internal soundcard?

[brandondrury]

I'd use the Audiobox for everything.

Brandon