AboutWayne Tapia Expertise Ask me general questions about Location Recording, foley, ADR, Pro Tools, recording musical
performance, post production for film/video & music.
Specific gear questions may or may not be answerable as I don't own or have not worked with everything out there.
Experience Certified Audio Engineer, Pro Tools Certified, Have experience with :
Pro Tools (LE & TDM systems)
Sony Suite (Vegas, Acid, Sound Forge)
Waves Plugins (RTAS & TDM)
Over 20 years live music recording and FOH mixing
Feature & short film audio
Mixing for 5.1 surround
Organizations ASCAP
AES
Education/Credentials Audio Recording Technology Institute - C.A.E.
Vancouver Film School - Digidesign Certified User
Past/Present Clients See my online resume @ http://imdb.com/name/nm2301451/resume for client listings
Question I am running windows xp with the onboard soundcard from my motherboard, and recently when i have been trying to record keyboard and guitar through my computers microphone input I have been facing a problem. When i press record and begin to play, the sound registers on screen and records as normal, but after about 5 seconds, the sound begins to fade out gradually until it is no longer audible. At first I thought I had entered a wrong setting into my recording program, but I tried several different programs and am getting the same result. I am recording instruments straight into the microphone input on the computer using instrument leads direct from the guitar/keyboard. I have tried using Acid Pro 6 and Audacity to no avail. I cannot find any information on recordings fading and petering out to nothing online. Please help!
Answer Wow - that's a really odd scenario. I've never heard of anything like this, especially across different programs. I would try to contact the soundcard manufacturer first, or look into purchasing an external audio interface for recording.
I'm sorry I can't be of much more help, but this definitley sounds like a hardware failure of some sort.
