Tascam US-122 Setup Question

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kellykalil@gmail.com (Killy) wrote in message news:<fc988eeb.0407191449.a5c4c2c@posting.google.com>...
> Okay, I'm a total newb when it comes to integrating sound and
> recording on a computer, so forgive me ahead of time for any mistakes
> I'm about to make.
>
> I just purchased a Tascam US-122. I'm looking to eventually be able to
> record complete pieces with it, but am right now just trying to
> understand full operation of the unit with the Cubasis software it has
> come with. I should have normal Cubase soon.
>
> Basically, I have a guitar running into the unit, headphones in the
> headphones line and only connected to the system via USB. These are
> the only input/outputs for the actual system I have. I haven't had any
> problems recording audio at all, however, this is my question:
>
> I can not monitor while actually recording (via the headphones). I'm
> told that this is due to Cubasis not having the feature available.
> When I DO record something and play it back, I can only hear it in the
> headphones that are plugged in rather than the actual computer
> speakers. Do I need to set my speakers up different to hear it there?
> Do I need to get a monitor? Any help with this topic would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you in advance.

Update: I have searched this forum and most of the problems I see are
related to music stuttering when recording. Luckily, I haven't ran
into that problem yet. I did notice that someone mentioned that there
is no audio output transfer via the US-122 by itself and you have to
find a way to hook up speakers/monitor to the headphone out. Is that
really the case?

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Rob Reedijk <reedijk@hera.med.utoronto.ca> writes:

> In a related question, a friend of mine is trying to run a US-122 with
> Garage Band on a G4/OSX. He has to reinstall the US122 everytime he boots
> up. I have heard of others having similar problems with their US122.
>
> Any obvious reasons? Or is this likely to be a complicated problem with
> a software conflict?

I recently bought a US122, so far I've used it with my iBook, which is
running Panther (OS X 10.3.4). No such problem was experienced, I had to
install the drivers only once.

So far, I've used it with Audacity, and it works great.

-jav