Hi All,
It happened again with this new update, Audacity is not giving me the option of the 14 tracks available on the multichannel board I am using.
I am currenlty using a Rodecaster Pro board..
The device settings I was using were:
Windows WASAPI
Microphone (Rodecaster Pro Multichannel)
14 channels
Speakers (Rodecaster Pro)
Usually this works fine and I can see all of the channels. Now that the program has updated, it is only giving me the option of 2 channels instead of 14. I am using the same device settings, the only difference is that the only channels option the program is giving me is mono or stereo. It used to give me the option of more channels upto 14.
Hello!
My Audacity 3 never worked correctly with Rodecaster Pro. Audacity only works with stereo, but not with Multichannel. I even asked about this problem on this forum, and they told me that Audacity cannot work with multi-channel audio via WASAPI. Which version of Audacity did you have that worked correctly?
Multitrack recording with Audacity has always been “uncertain”. Judging from what I see here on the forum, very few people are doing it and lots of people have trouble when they try…
It looks like there is more than one version of the Rodcaster. Does yours allow recording to an SD card? If so you should be able to record directly to the Rodecaster and then copy the files to your computer for editing/mixing.
A dedicated hardware recorder tends to be more reliable than a computer because there are fewer settings to foul-up and the multitasking operating system doesn’t interrupt.
A full DAW is designed from the ground-up for multitrack recording and mixing, and they have features that make mixing “easier”… once you get past the learning curve.
Most DAWs also support ASIO which is generally better for multitracking, so if your Rodecaster has ASIO drivers that may be another reason for using a DAW.
It was working great with Audacity Version 3.7.5. There was another update that messed things up earlier, but I got it all figured out. But this one isn’t working and I can’t seem to get it to work.
WIth 3.5.7. I was able to record directly into the program.
Thank you so much. I will try to uninstall and grab the old version again. I usually don’t have an issue and have been fine the last 2 plus years with it. I will look into DAW. I don’t know anything about that.
And yes, the Rodecaster does allow for an SD card. I was just spoiled with it going into the program directly. I was honestly hoping that i missed a step or something. However, I have checked all of the setting and tried everything i can think of.
Sorry! I have been super sick. I am back to the land of the living.
Here is an update:
I was able to get it to work on my Microsoft Surface Laptop BUT, it will not work on my ASUS laptop. I am not sure what the difference is between the two laptops. They are both on Windows 11. Any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated. As my Microsoft surface laptop claims to have no space even though I have cleared it out and nothing is on it.
So, the multitrack is working on my Microsoft Surface laptop. I will outline what I do to get it to work. Some of these steps you might already do, but I figured I would list them anyways to try to be as complete.
I connect the Rodecaster board and turn that on before turning opening audacity. Once it’s connected to the laptop via USB and it’s on, then open audacity. The version of Audacity I am using on my Microsoft Surface is: Audacity 3.7.5
I am afraid to upgrade at this point.
Select “Edit” in the menu bar. Then click on Preferences. A new window should pop up.
You should automatically be in the “Audio Settings” screen. On this screen make sure you have the following:
Host: Windows WASAPI
Recording
Device: Microphone (RODECaster Pro Multichannel)
Channel: I select 14 to have all the channels open and recording. Then I just delete what I don’t need in editing.
That should work. If you need more of an explanation or walk-through, Coffee Talk & Tech on Youtube has a great video titled “RODECASTER PRO Multitrack recording in Audacity”. This video was super helpful when I was setting stuff up (link for video below). However, it is a bit old and the version in the video is a bit outdated.
I tried it on both an HP laptop and a computer. My problem was that I set the recording bitrate to either 16 or 32 bits, but it should have been set to exactly 24 bits, and the number of channels to 14 (if you set it to less than 14, the program will give an error)
Judging from what I see here on the forum, very few people are doing it and lots of people have trouble when they try…