Problems with FirstMix I/0 and Mixvibes

[tomod]

Dear all

Sorry if this is in the wrong place!

After reluctantly selling my decks and most vinyl, I thought I'd buy a very cheap little piece of kit to mix on my PC.

I'm having real trouble as I can't get the headphones output on the FirstMix i/o to do anything - the amp plays what's in the 'cue' and the headphones the same.

I imagine this is a soundcard issue, thought the manual does say separate soundcard for master and cue inputs...

Any help for what I am doing? Can always just send it back and get something better!

Thanks lots!

[daniel clark]

first is a little info ..,seems not to be resolved in this posting
viewtopic.php?f=358&t=30832
hate to ask you to regerster your software and give info to your set up ,,,
wasnt able to remember the solution to this set up ,,but here we go again try to figure it out ,
not saying to get another controller ,, but a slightly better unit would be the U-Mix Control Pro 2
and welcome to mixvibes ,

[tomod]

Dear Daniel

Thanks a lot for your reply! How do I go about registering the software?

In terms of specs, I'm not great at finding out. It's an ASUS laptop, about 2 years old - intel Core 2 Duo, I think 4G Ram... Not great, but the Cross DJ program seems to work fine. I'm using the headphone out for headphones and a red/white RCA phono to 3.5 m jack out to a set of speakers with an amp (sort of big laptop speakers). Currently the Master plays through the headphones and the cue plays through the speaker, and the crossfader doesn't seem to switch...

I'm going to have a little play with it this afternoon! Let me know how to register, then any further help would be much appreciated!

Cheers

Tom

[daniel clark]

User control panel/profile /serial #
what is your sound card set up and do you have two sets of stero channels to use to 1 monitor the mix and 1 for the master out ,,,
also look at the internet for asio4all if your os is windows ,,
check prior postings for info also ,,
welcome to mixvibes and are welcome

[tomod]

Hi there

Right, I've registered! I'm afraid I don't know much about the soundcard, but I suspect that's the problem. I actually have a NEW problem now (!) - I can get the headphones to play separately from the master, by switching the 1/2 and 3/4 inputs on the audio settings, so cueing/beatmatching is fine. However, one of the tracks is tinny and distorted. If I change it to 'Mono' on the Audio properties it sounds fine (bass, no distortion) but as soon as I change it to any of the two stereo settings (simple or dual) the sound quality goes crazy again...

Anyway, you have better things to do than listen to my incompetence, so no rush for a response, and thanks for all the help already!

[yugi890]

yeah same problems can i know how to solve it i try to set the best quality like sample rate and Ms of latency but the sound quality is very
weak ... HELp PLZ will be appreciated

[RoJeC]

irregular sound usually is by latency to low. use asio driver where possible. Cross can work with 1ms. most soundcards cannot.

if it is a 50hz hum than it is due to electrical power. happens most at laptops. to be resolved by ground loop adapter.

[yugi890]

What do u mean ground loop adapter isit something like a DC power adapter? i know it can set to 1 ms but the sound quality is bad right?
ANd i have a problem here with my laptop i cant volume up my Firstmix pro master output on my laptop whenever i try to turn it up it is not moving it stay at zero how can i solve this problem ?