Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 368)

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NEW TRACKS ARE RECORDING SOUND FROM OTHER TRACKS (BLEEDING OVER)
If newly recorded tracks are picking up parts of other tracks, your microphone or input
device is probably picking up the sound from your speakers.
Try using headphones- don't forget to turn off your speakers. If the “full immersion” of
headphones is adversely affecting your pitch when singing, try pulling one side off your
ear. (added plus: you’ll look super cool like Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald
during vocal tracking.)
If that doesn't work, your sound device may have noisy circuitry. Go to the Windows
mixer recording settings and make sure that only the devices you are interested in
recording are heard. Mute any sources that are not being recorded (such as the CD
player or auxiliary). To open the sound card's mixer click the Windows Start button,
and click Run... Type in sndvol or sndvol32 and press the ENTER key.
Also, make sure you've selected the correct recording source. If possible, it's best
to choose a specific source, instead of something general like Stereo Mix, What You
Hear, or Digital Wave. For example, if the recording source is a microphone, choose
Microphone. If recording from your computer's Line In input, choose that.
To choose a recording source, click on the small down arrow to the right of the Arm
button on the recording track. First, choose the sound device you want to use (you
may only have one choice), and you'll see a submenu with a stereo source option.
Again, if you already have a specific source selected, your microphone could be picking
up the sound from your speakers. Try turning off your speakers and using headphones
to monitor the audio.
MY RECORDINGS ARE ONLY ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT CHANNEL!
This occurs when a mono input is plugged in to the left or right input of an audio
device, but you've selected stereo recording. To remedy this, be sure to arm a track for
the specific input you'd like to record from, either by input number, or by the channel
(left or right). If you wish to preserve stereo recordings, right-click on the clip, select
Properties>Channels, and select either the Left or Right channel. This will play only one
channel of a stereo recording.
MY RECORDINGS ARE TOO LOUD AND ARE DISTORTING! WHAT DO I DO?
Distortion can ruin a good recording, and the worst part is, once distorted audio is
recorded, there's no way to remove distortion. If the input signal is illuminating the
meters all the way and the peak indicators are lit, your incoming signal is too loud.
And if it’s too loud, you’re too old… ok, maybe that doesn’t apply here.
If you're using Wave or WaveRT drivers and the track is armed, there should be a red
input level slider available on your track. You can use this to attenuate the input level
until the input source is no longer driving the meters into the red.