I'm confused - is Wavelab always "mixing" during record?

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I see the “Mix with playback” box in the Recording Dialog window is checked in my setup (Wavelab 8.0.1) and it is greyed out so I cannot uncheck it. According to Wavelab help, it says the monitoring and playback are mixed unless unchecked.

I’m confused about how this works. All I want to do is “record”. I don’t want to “mix” anything. I don’t want to record a “mixed” version. I have tried unassigning all inputs & outputs in the connections window, and this box in the Recording Dialog window is still greyed out and permanently checked no matter what I do. Why?

Thanks,
Todd

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This only concerns monitoring.
Under Windows, this box is disabled if you use the MME driver.

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I’m using ASIO though… not MME. My driver is ASIO Hammerfall DSP. It seems that the box is permanently disabled no matter what I do.

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Have you defined correctly your Monitoring ports in the VST Audio Connection dialog?

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I think so… in the playback window I have the SPDIF ports active on outputs 1 & 2. In the record window, I have SPDIF ports active on 1 & 2 for both record and monitor.

I have also tried unassigning all ports, but it makes no difference. The checkbox is always greyed out no matter what I do. I tried changing to the MME driver. That didn’t change anything either. I have since switched back to the ASIO Hammerfall DSP driver.

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To possible get a cue, please upload a screenshot of the first 2 tabs of the VST Audio Connection dialog, and of the Record dialog itself…

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Thanks PG - see below for a link to a video file. Anyway - in the video I have no inputs or outputs assigned. I have tried it with some assigned though also, and the checkbox is always greyed out and checked no matter what is a assigned. I tried only assigning playback channels also… no difference.

http://www.dreamritemusic.com/wavelab.mov

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Your video shows there is no audio port assigned anywhere: playback or record can’t work!

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Like I mentioned earlier - it still does it even with ports assigned. I will make another video and post it shortly…

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Here is another video:

http://www.dreamritemusic.com/wavelab2.mov

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To be able to have the option enabled, you must have a configuration similar to this:
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That is, you must have the same output ports for playback and record monitoring, else there is “nothing mixable”.

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I tried setting it up that way also (same outputs assigned for both playback and monitor record), but it is always checked, and always grey. I have tried every configuration I could think of.

It is not a critical problem for me, but I just wanted to let you know that it does seem to always be checked, and grey.