Is overdubbing possible?


  • David Liao
    Keymaster

    3 days, 23 hours ago

    Dear Michael,

    Thanks for your question.

    To have FarPlay record a set of tracks with your mic and backing tracks audio in separate files, you can connect two copies of FarPlay to a session, one to bring in mic audio and the other to bring in backing tracks. Then, using a Standard+ subscription or in a session created by a “For Teachers” subscriber, click “Start Recording” and then “record video & audio” or “record audio only: multitrack”. The audio from your two copies of FarPlay will be recorded in separate .wav files.

    What app do you use to play the audio you might like to sing along with? Do you use Mac, Windows, or Linux? I’d be happy to provide additional customized suggestions.

    Glad you’re enjoying FarPlay!
    David Liao

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    Michael
    Participant

    3 days, 21 hours ago

    Thanks, David! Really appreciate the fast reply!

    We’ll look into your suggestion of opening two copies of Farplay.

    We use Windows and have a very spartan set up: each of us use the same model podcast style mic (Rockville) connected directly to the laptops USB and play various stringed instruments and sing along. This works well for us for now and we just were hoping to be able to use FP like a typical home multi-track recorder to overdub lead guitar, bass, vocals, etc…

    Farplay is such a game-changer…and, again, thanks for the feedback!

    Michael


    David Liao
    Keymaster

    3 days, 8 hours ago

    Dear Michael,

    Thank you for your details. We think FarPlay is a game-changer too!

    For your Windows setups (without external audio interfaces), you can overdub on DAWs connected to your FarPlay sessions. Below is an example outline. I’m happy to provide more details, if that’d help.

    • Install VB Cable A & B.
    • Install a DAW (Audacity is a free example you can experiment with to start out).
    • In your DAW, choose VB Cable A as the playback device and VB Cable B as the input device.
    • Use one copy of FarPlay as usual for your live voice/instrument that you’re recording.
    • In a second copy of FarPlay, choose VB Cable A for the microphone and “No Audio” for the headphones. Use Broadcast Output (available with Standard+ and For Teachers subscriptions) to send multi-channel output to VB Cable B. With multi-channel Broadcast Output, you can send your live voice/instrument and your collaborator’s live voice/instrument to VB Cable B (and, thus, your DAW) on separate channels.
    • Now you can repeatedly record tracks to your multi-track project in your DAW. You might need to adjust your DAW’s latency compensation to improve synchronization among tracks you’re recording.

    Thank you,
    David Liao

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