[Thesexychubby]

Hey! So I recently got a Roland td9kx2 and im trying to get some recording done. So far I've been recording to audacity trough a jack cable. I've also recorded on the module and then tried to record the playback in audacity aswell. Both methods puts out an awful sound, like it were done over skype, if you catch my drift. Is the soundcard on my pc that bad? Somebody told me that an external sound card might help. Can somebody confirm this? Or is there any other methods for an easy record? Thanks a bunch
-Kjetil

[Poco Askew]

If your computer sounds OK with other sources, then it is not your sound card. You are recording WAV files so the sound should be the same as that coming out of your TD-9 module. Post a sample so we can give a listen.

[Thesexychubby]

I'll post a sample when I get home in a couple of days.

[Thesexychubby]

Poco Askew, on 10 February 2012 - 12:29 PM, said:

If your computer sounds OK with other sources, then it is not your sound card. You are recording WAV files so the sound should be the same as that coming out of your TD-9 module. Post a sample so we can give a listen.

Allright, here you go. TURN DOWN your speakers

[Poco Askew]

Your record level is too high. Turn it down.

[Thesexychubby]

Where do i do that? In module settings?

[Jammy]

I had that problem with my TD9, it turned out I need a different cable. I was using one of these plugged into one of the outputs (the one with mono over it), and it sounded like your's. But then someone recommended I try it with one of these and it sounded fine. I don't know why it worked, all I know is that it did after I changed the leads. Maybe one was faulty or something, I don't know, but it did work.

[Poco Askew]

You'll need to experiment a little. Turn down the output from the module and, in most cases, you can adjust the record level with your sound card control panel. Take a look at the waveform in Audacity and see if it looks like it is clipping some of the time. That will confirm the problem you are having. You should not have the wave peaks at max very often, if ever.

[einarabelc5]

Poco Askew, on 13 February 2012 - 01:39 PM, said:

You'll need to experiment a little. Turn down the output from the module and, in most cases, you can adjust the record level with your sound card control panel. Take a look at the waveform in Audacity and see if it looks like it is clipping some of the time. That will confirm the problem you are having. You should not have the wave peaks at max very often, if ever.

I'm no TD9 expert but I can tell you that a line inpur is different from a headphone output when it comes to voltage levels. What output are you using on your td9 to feed the PC line input?

If you have a headphone to line in config you HAVE to lower the volume.

Good luck

[Poco Askew]

Main out or headphone out from the module both work fine as long as the levels are turned down. The mic/line input on a sound card doesn't need much.

[Thesexychubby]

Thanks a bunch guys! I tried switching to this cable and it worked!



But I did have to do a little tweaking in the soundcard settings aswell. At first it sounded ok - but the sound were "cracking". So I turned down the mic sensitivity and changed the sound quality input from 48000hz "dvd quality" to 96000hz "studio quality". I have now recorded a ton of stuff just for fun, but I'll do some covers too

This post has been edited by Thesexychubby: 16 February 2012 - 03:38 PM