Help me! (recording issue)

[Patchbass]

Right i plugged my bass into my zoom and then used the usb connection to go into my computer (mac) and garageband and then added it as a real instrument and then selected bass and no effects. When i record under 50 bars my recording is fine but when i go over it distorts and buzzes but I only realise till i play it back as it doesn't make a noise when i'm recording. I'm not clipping the input or anything and i've checked all leads and it seems to be something when go over 50 bars mainly but once i've recorded and listened to it then my bass no matter how many bars i record makes the noise! Here's a sample (horrible isn't it): http://youtu.be/nkn4rpEv67M please help me someone I want to get recording!

[paul_5]

Does Garageband have a default setting for 50 bars of recording anywhere in the 'Preferences' bit? Might be worth a look.

[Patchbass]

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1371569138' post='2115647']
Does Garageband have a default setting for 50 bars of recording anywhere in the 'Preferences' bit? Might be worth a look.
[/quote] Thanks for the quick reply will have a look!

[Patchbass]

Should i change it to built in input?

[paul_5]

Dunno, I've only launched Garageband twice before uninstalling it. If your Zoom doesn't appear in that list then I'd just check whether it'll act as a USB interface or if the drivers are the most current ones. If it's plugged in and can be used as an interface then it should really appear as an option for audio input.

[ambient]

I'm not at home at the moment, and haven't used Garageband for some time. I use Logic which is much the same thing, but I'm sure you should be [i]seeing[/i] your zoom as the input.

[Patchbass]

wait ill give it another go EDIT: right it comes up and i've got it selected but it still happens

Edited June 18, 2013 by Patchbass

[ambient]

Google it, there are a few really great sites specifically doing Mac recording stuff.

What Mac are you using, it could be a memory issue.

Edited June 18, 2013 by ambient

[Patchbass]

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1371575146' post='2115765']
Google it, there are a few really great sites specifically doing Mac recording stuff.

What Mac are you using, it could be a memory issue.
[/quote] hmm it's a fairly old mac and i wondered whether it could be the memory but there's not much i can clear off it i'll keep trying

[ambient]

Try freezing tracks that you've already recorded. Freezing them turns them to audio (asuming you're recording MIDI tracks too) and stores them on the HD, so it'll free up RAM.

Edited June 18, 2013 by ambient

[paul_5]

One of the main symptoms of not enough RAM is crackling and popping so it [i]may[/i] be that.

[ambient]

You can un-freeze them at a later date.

[Patchbass]

sorry hope I don't sound dumb but what do you mean by freeze?

[ambient]

[quote name='Patchbass' timestamp='1371578091' post='2115824']
sorry hope I don't sound dumb but what do you mean by freeze?
[/quote]

Not dumb at all.

I've just checked in garageband on my laptop, which may be a later version than you're running, and you can lock a track. In Logic it's called freezing it, which converts the midi to audio, freeing up RAM.

There's an article here.

[url="http://www.murrayewing.co.uk/gmoogb/article_04.php"]http://www.murrayewing.co.uk/gmoogb/article_04.php[/url]

Hope this helps dude !

[Patchbass]

Thanks a lot my parents mac doesn't do it like this one and works fine but it's also newer but I would prefer to record on my mac.

[ambient]

I had a similar problem with my old macbook, it was one of the white plastic bodied ones, maybe about 5 years old.

My tracks are quite dense with lots of layers of synths, and it used to stick when I was playing tracks back.
That was a RAM problem, I think it only had maybe 500 MB available.

I use it a lot for uni, so I blew a big portion of January's student loan and bought a new one, the problem's stopped now.

Hopefully what I've posted above will work for you.

[Patchbass]

YES!!!!!!!!!! I think you've done it thank you!!!! I can't believe it was the memory like i thought in the first place but without you i wouldn't have tried harder or again! At least I think that's the problem, I cleared some of the memory and it seems to work!! (lets hope so) thanks everyone!

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

I have a usb interface. I just plug bass into say zoom b21 u , the output goes into my toneport gx. Then i go into Garageband , no problem;)

[Patchbass]

Yeah I got the same one but it's sorted now