MPC 1000 + S/PDIF + Saffire + Cubase LE 4

Hello!

I Have MPC 1000, a Saffire audio interface, and Cubase LE 4.

I can record into Cubase via S/PDIF, but the sound is weak when played back in Cubase. Because the track was recorded digitally (S/PDIF) I don't understand why the recorded track's sound is weak when played back in Cubase.

Can anyone explain to me why this is happening?

Thanks.

is there a mixer for your card? i bet there is. so thats where you would turn up the digi input so its louder when recorded.

No mixer (do you mean "gain"?) on the Saffire when it comes to S/PDIF because it's a digital signal...

When the track is played through the Saffire audio interface, the sound is good. But through Cubase, the sound isn't, and it should be the same because it's digital...

the way that the software handles the sound is different than how the card itself does. it wont sound "the same" but it shouldnt be that much different. by mixer i meant software console. like the windows volume control. motu uses audio desk. echo uses console. you get me. somewhere there is a recording input level to adjust. just because its digi dont mean you cant adjust the volume. check that out

MPC1000 to Saffire audio interface: digital out (MPC) into digital in (Saffire) with a digital coaxial S/PDIF cable.

Saffire to MacBook Pro: firewire.

When the beat is playing form my MPC through the Saffire, the sound is exactly the same than if the beat is played from my MPC directly through my M-Audio monitors.

The sound is weak when the beat plays through Cubase (a bit like when the MPC records itself via Main Out).

There is no gain for the S/PDIF on the actual "physical" Saffire (because it's a digital signal), and the mixer is set to the maximum on the Saffire Control (the software that runs the Saffire audio interface), and on Cubase.

Anyone?

Thanks.

Are you monitoring through cubase? Double check. If you're recording into software, you need to be monitoring through that software, nothing else (ie any soundcard software mixer on the screen or open).

You may be hearing 'main audio' when the volume is cranked up and you are performing, but in actuality you may be recording at a much lower level judging from the lower volume at playback.

Is the channel that SPDIF is on turned up in Cubase? Check master volume? Can you mute all incoming audio through Cubase and confirm that no audio is coming through? If not, you're not monitoring through cubase. Again double check. Sounds like there's a volume slider somewhere that isn't turned up to where it needs to be.

Hope this helps