• DVD Clone/Copy/Backup-- DVD Ripper -- Video Format Converter

• CD To MP3 Ripper-- Audio MP3 CD Burner-- Audio Recorder,
• Audio format Converter-- Audio MP3 WAVE editor-- Jukebox

Playback Issues

Recording Issues

Audio Formats

Miscellaneous

• Recording Is Not Working!
• How Do I Overdub Or Record While Listening To My Other Tracks?
• How Do I Record an Audio CD?
• New Recorded Tracks Are Picking Up Sound From Other Tracks!
• How Do I Set Mixcraft Up To Record From Memory (RAM)?

It’s Not Making Any Sound
You’ve added sounds, but you can’t play anything...  There are a few things you can check here.

• Are the speakers on and plugged in?  (Sorry, management made us ask.)
• Can you play a Wave file through Windows sndrec32.exe or another sound application?   If you can't there may be a problem with your sound card's configuration or drivers.  Refer to your soundcard documentation to try to figure out what is wrong.
• Load the volume control that came with your soundcard and make sure that the Wave device is turned up.
• Another program may be using the Wave device.  Mixcraft will put up a dialog stating that another application has the Wave device in this case.

Recording Is Not Working!
You¡¯re mixing sounds great, but you can¡¯t record anything!!! There can be many reasons why this is not working.

1. Your microphone is not plugged in to the right hole in the back of your soundcard. Sometimes it happens.
2. You¡¯re trying to record on your CD but nothing is happening. Make sure that your soundcard has a connection to your CD player. This is usually an internal cable
3. Another problem for not recording is related to the Win95/98/NT audio mixer.

1. Double click the speaker icon on the lower right of your Window¡¯s taskbar.
2. Select "Properties" from the Options menu.
3. Select "Adjust volume for recording" radio button.
4. Make sure all the checkboxes are checked in the window entitled "Show the following volume controls" and press the "OK" button.
5. Make sure that the device you are trying to record is selected and the slider is up.
6. For example, if you are trying to record an audio CD, make sure the checkbox enabled "Select" in the "CD Audio" panel is checked, then adjust the slider to about 75%.
7. Make sure that the overall "Recording" balance on the very left is also set at 50%. (On many systems, you cannot adjust this anyhow.)
8. Go back to Mixcraft and start recording!

How Do I Overdub Or Record While Listening To My Other Tracks?
You need to make sure that you have done the full duplex test and have the "Overdub" checkbox checked in the Recording Preferences. Depending on your soundcard¡¯s level of full-duplex support, you may need to set the recording sampling rate to be the same as the playback sampling rate.

How Do I Record an Audio CD?
Mixcraft supports the recording of whatever sound that it is possible to record via your soundcard.  Here are the steps to record your CD.  Recording from the CD is simple as long as your soundcard is connected to your CD.

1. Click on the speaker icon on the lower right hand corner of the window's desktop. If you do not have this, then you may need to add/remove programs and make sure you select all "multimedia" components.  (This should have brought up a window that is titled "Volume Control".)
2. Select "Properties" from the "Option" menu.  (This brings up another window.)
3. Select the "Recording" option from the "Adjust Volume For" grouping.  Look at the list box called "Show the volume controls."
4. Make sure that the "CD Audio" option is selected.
5. Click OK (Brings up the "Recording Control" window.)
6. Make sure that "CD Audio" option is selected and at a decent level.
7. Put in an audio CD and start it playing.
8. Launch Mixcraft
9. Select the Record option and make sure the "Show Recording Level" is selected. You should see the level indicator moving in Mixcraft's recording level. Go back to the Recording Control window if it¡¯s distorting.
10. Hit the record button in the Mixcraft Record window.
11. When the CD track finishes, click Stop and it will ask if you'd like to save it.
12. After saving, you're done!

New Recorded Tracks Are Picking Up Sound From Other Tracks.
Your new audio tracks are picking up remnants of other tracks. Your microphone or input device is picking up the output from your speakers. Try using headphones. If that doesn¡¯t work, your soundcard may have some touchy circuitry. Go to your mixer's recording settings and make sure that only the devices you are interested in recording are set.

How Do I Set Mixcraft Up To Record From Memory (RAM)? Go to the Go to the preference dialog and remove all text in the edit box labeled "Temporary Recording Directory". You should see the words "(RAM)" appear. Then click "OK" and record to your heart¡¯s content.