RODECASTER PRO Multitrack recording in Audacity

[@NewIndigo]

Very clear, concise presentation without all the fluff. Well done.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Thank you very much! Thanks for taking the time to let me know it means alot!

[@GreggBursey]

Man I've come back to your video MULTIPLE times now. The first time was the inital setup of the RCP and Audacity, and now again when I had some issues with an audacity error and decided to just start everything again from the beginning, and following your steps got me back up and running again. THANK YOU!

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

I'm so happy to hear that Gregg. Thanks for taking the time to leave this comment. 👍

[@dearolddad4319]

Bruh!!! Thanks for showing me how to get my rodecaster working… I been having it 2-3 months and haven’t used it at all cause I couldn’t figure it out!!! I’ve been doing my podcasts without the extras… Now I’m glad I got it working cause I can add the extras in… 💯💯💯💯 Sound bites and what not right into the show! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾😜😜😜😜

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

I'm so glad you got some good information!! Thanks for the comment!!

[@atmaxwell]

... outstanding instructional video -- been a DJ for WVUD at the University of DE for 20 years and now having to learn how to produce remote podcasts b/c public guests (I have a talk/interview program) are not yet permitted in the studio due to COVID safety concerns. Thank you so much!

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

You have not Idea what it means to me leaving this kind comment! I really appreciate you saying this. You just made my day thanks!

[@The.Dulcet.Toned.Scotsman]

Great video! Although I'm using the Rodecaster Pro as a tool for live shows this tutorial is super useful for things like interviews, i.e. imagine interviewing multiple people and someone wants to know exactly what someone said before airing the interview, being able to locate that specific track is a game changer, especially when a few expletives may slip through the net lol. Thanks again for the great walkthrough!! Top Man! Best Kris Edinburgh, Scotland

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Omg thankyou so much for taking the time to write me such an incredible comment!!! Words like this really make the hard work of KZbin so worth it! Thanks so much! This put a big smile on my face. 😁

[@The.Dulcet.Toned.Scotsman]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan you're welcome my friend! You've got some Great content on your channel that is really well put together and I'm sure lots of people will benefit from! Keep at it! 🤟☕

[@petruciucur]

I didn't know that Audacity can record multiple tracks simultaneously. I tried it with my personal mixer, Behringer Flow 8, and it works perfectly. Thanks!

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

I'm happy it helped you out. Thanks 😊 for leaving a comment.

[@markwood5915]

Best vid about Rodecaster Pro I have seen - THANK YOU

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Wow thanks so much!! I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment! Glad it helped you.

[@GregMurrayEnt1]

You did a great job in this tutorial. As a Commercial Radio Production Director and Program Director for over 30 years, I taught Radio Broadcasting at a college in Chicago for 10 years. I never liked Audacity after using Cool Edit Pro then Adobe Audition. Because of your tutorial, I am going to give Audacity another go with my RodeCaster Pro. Thank you for this tutorial.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Greg thankyou for taking the time to write out such a nice response to my youtube video. I really appreciate that. Especially being so new with youtube and always working to get better. Thanks again you made my day.

[@onthevergechristianrockrad4438]

Thanks. Great video. I was actually just trying to figure out how to use my roadcast for pro with audacity in general. Multitasking is still a little bit down-the-line. But, with your video I was easily able to figure out how to record bumps for my station. Again, thanks!

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

As a small channel it really means alot to me taking the time to leave a comment. Thanks so much I'm glad it helped! I have the RCP2 now and both are great tools!

Thanks a lot for this quick and easy tutorial, especially since there is no Audacity guidelines for multitrack recording on the RODE website.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Thanks a bunch for taking the time to comment. 👍

[@marlanne21]

Have no idea how ya did it... Great to watch, see you thx again Coffee, Talk & Tech. Cheers.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

As always thanks for watching though.👍

[@marlanne21]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan YW 👍

[@michaellavery6103]

Thank you so much for this video! It was brilliantly put together and easy to follow! Looking forward to more of your work. Watching all the way from Ireland and much appreciated the help 🇮🇪👍.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know!! Much appreciated.

[@LittleBurchie]

Excellent tutorial! Quick tip: To return to the RODEcaster's Home Screen, simply swipe up on the screen.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Yes thanks!! I actually learned that shortly after. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment. It means alot to us small youtubers.👍

[@LittleBurchie]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan Yours is the first video I have come across that actually shows what happens in Audacity when using multitrack throught the RODEcaster. Kudos!

[@dearolddad4319]

You saved me again cause it’s been months since I did it and had to figure out how to arm audacity for 14 tracks….

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Glad it helped you out.

[@RetroClassicHits]

Can you do a video with the setup using Rodecaster Pro 2 and Audacity ... I been having issues with that. Thank you!

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

I haven't had anybody ask. I assumed it was the same process. I will look into it. Thanks.

[@craigdoyle3744]

Thanks this was the most helpful video I’ve seen on this topic 👍🏿

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Thanks for taking the time to rech out and let me know. That means alot! Thanks so much.

[@thangys]

I use Audacity too :) its simple to use and its free. Great video!

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Absolutely! Free is me lol

[@Traumklang_Hypnosestudio]

Thank you very much! You really helped me a lot! Greetings from Germany.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

That is soooo awesome to hear that! I just started my channel 9 months ago. Please consider subscribing.👍

[@Traumklang_Hypnosestudio]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan PROFESSIONAL and HELPFUL! :)

[@dearolddad4319]

Can you explain to me why I have to set it to recording all 14 tracks tho instead of just the four imma need… Both stereo tracks and 1 for me and another for my cohost…!?

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Having it recording 14 tracks just allows separate tracks if you want to mix or change a picticular track. When you go to save you can just save the tracks you choose to save. The choice is yours of course.

[@teasoup4563]

Thank you very much this video help me a lot

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

That's great!! Thanks for taking to time to let me know. Have a great day.

[@e30Birdy]

Thanks for the video. I got mine setup now so it records the way it should BUT i think I need to get another DAW as I cant use the Rode ASIO driver that just came out without building Audacity by myself and the guide to do so seems to be a pain. But ASIO would cut out some of those latency issues as that is why all of us wished for ASIO from Rode.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Exactly I'm using the beta firmware too with asio drivers. First thing I did was to see if Audacity would let me use them. It was a no go but that can change.

[@e30Birdy]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan its not going to change you have to build it yourself to use ASIO and isn't allowed to be pushed out anywhere built with asio. Look at their guide, tell you how to go about doing it. I am swapping to reaper. Have asio and midi right from the start. 60 bucks for the software isn't bad at all for what it does. Yes it's not the best for music production and one can go toward say cubase elements but for say podcasts I think there is nothing better for the price. Time to go pull an espresso now for myself, just got a package of beans from my favorite roaster.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Sweet thanks have a great day and thanks for stopping in. I do a livestream 9pm et on Thursdays if you ever get a chance.

[@e30Birdy]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan You too bud, 9pm et is 3am here across the pond. Are they viewable afterward?

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Ok gotta consider subscribing and I'm doing a few on the weekends earlier. 👍

[@Tranium]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Super happy it has helped you out.

[@altimorefields2707]

Can anyone help! I have the availability of windows wasapi. But multi channel isn’t an option. What am I missing?

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

@@altimorefields2707 Did you go into the rodecaster and set them up like in the video. I also said you might need to unplug usb and plug back in. lmk if thats works.

[@altimorefields2707]

I did unplug the usb as directed and multi track is still not an option in the drop panel

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

If you followed all the directions then idk no one has ever said this...ohhh you have to have the latest firmware also but most know this...lmk

[@TheRopenNetwork]

Here's a question you may not get very often, what if you are using a platform like riverside or zoom for your shows? I'm guessing that riverside automatically just uses whatever audio but you can still use audacity at the same time.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

OK so the thing about web based streaming is when you change the RCP to muilttrack do you still have your audio choice for riverside?? If so then just hit record on the RCP and record to sd card or yes hit record in Audacity. I now have the RCP2 so not sure if it's the same.

[@TheRopenNetwork]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan I greatly appreciate your response most of the time my comments just go into cyberspace. I did a test I decided to use riverside and record on the roadcaster pro on a micro SD card, sure enough both programs recorded at the same time, it's just that the sound is much better using the roadcaster pro. That being said I have not used audacity and the USB chord with Riverside just yet, but I plan on trying it out too. Here's a big question for you, the reason I want to do multi track is that way I can control the audio of the person who's joining in on the conversation. If you're recording directly into an SD card without the multi track then you can't control the other person's volume if it's too loud. When I recorded the multitrack directly into the SD card I wound up with 14 tracks which is to be expected, but 3 out of 4 of these tracks had everyone's voices attached to them. I was hoping that the multitrack system would break up everybody's voices. Is there a way around this?

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

So I'm guessing these people aren't in the same room...that would be why you have voices not separated. I think being the original rcp doesn't have routing and you are using a web based service leaves you kinda hand cuffed. Also since they aren't in the same room on 1 of 4 mic outputs. If I can find something I'll let you know...but I think your limited where your at right now.

[@TheRopenNetwork]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan I conducted a test with me and another fellow listener host. We were in the studio together but we did not use any platform such as riverside. It was a direct recording into the micro SD.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

So your saying both in same room on mic 1 and 2 recording to sd card and your set to multitrack for the SD card and your voices are not separated?

[@JohnPullum]

I just subscribed. I've been looking into buying a Rodecaster Pro.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

I'm going to go look u up now thanks brother.

[@Bermudaoficial]

Thanks for this video

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

So welcome! Glad it helped.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Do you think a rodecaster pro would help you with content creation ? check this video too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXyTpaSQjr16kNk

[@brooklynbrando]

Great content, just got a sub here 👍👍.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Thankyou for the comment and being here! That's great!

[@theprowrestlingshoot]

Great video! I'm buying the Rodecastr pro. Been wanting the touch pads, and phone option for my Podcast. I want my partner to be able to hear what I playing either on my phone, or the touch pads, remotely. Will he be able to hear this on Zoom ?

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

I have never personally brought it into zoom. I'm sure that would involve a few factors.

[@theprowrestlingshoot]

Well, hopefully it works. If not, atleast it will be on the final recording. Thanks for the reply!

[@angeloflow_23]

hello, i would like to see a video of the setup you use in your rodecaster pro, thank you very much

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Ok maybe that's something I'll do soon. Thanks for watching! I appreciate you making a comment too.

[@angeloflow_23]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan thank you

[@danthibeault40]

Great channel!

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Dan thankyou so much! I'm trying.

[@danthibeault40]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan the instruction on how to get multi track from the RC into Audacity was very useful for me. That had escaped me!!

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

@@danthibeault40 that's great to hear! That makes the video so worth it! Thanks for the comment.

[@DavidBrackett385]

Great vid. Would you say the rodecaster has good enough preamps and quality over a zoom H6?

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

I think the preamps are good but not great. It all depends what your using it for.

[@DavidBrackett385]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan I tend to agree with you man. Just from my untrained ear videos I’ve watched with the procaster versus the zoom H6 with say an SM7B the quality on the zoom H6 sounds a little bit better I’m looking for a voiceover capture device but I also do a podcast that’s why I’m on the fence with the rodecaster but being new to all this part of me wonders why I can’t get a USB mic and plug directly into audacity but I found out real quick that that is nowhere close to the quality of an analog set up

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

@@DavidBrackett385 I mean I sold the rodecaster because it didnt fit my needs. I bought the wave xlr to use my RE320 witch is great to add VST'S to but I do have a motu m2 audio interface witch the preamps are amazing both mic and headphones. I also have a dbx286s that I use with my wave xlr witch gives me the freedom of audio routing with wavelink and the great processing of the dbx. Lmk it you need anymore info.

[@herwonow.wijaya5356]

Hi, one question, do I need to turn on the post-fader on Rodecaster pro if using Audacity?

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

I beleive when recording multitrack the rodecaster recorders everything pre fader.

[@stuartsmith6179]

Great video, but I am stuck and I watched it twice. When I select RODECaster Multichannel (I did do the unplug the USB part), and only then, nothing picks up in Audacity. Not even triggered sounds from the pads and not my mic...please help.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Thanks for watching...if your able to add multitrack input and output your pc is picking it up correctly. Next I would just try a reboot and see what you get.

[@stuartsmith6179]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan Grateful for the speedy response - I am at a loss though. I tried the reboot route to no avail so I uninstalled and reinstalled Audacity and it is still an issue. I checked mic setting in control panel and they are correct. Any other ideas?

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Maybe double check your setting in Audacity make sure nothing is out of spec...also like it says in video do not start a new track just hit record and the tracks should all show up separately.

[@stuartsmith6179]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan It was in the PC settings...whew! thanks again.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

@@stuartsmith6179 I'm so happy you figured it out!! Awesome.

[@techone1042]

OK so let's say I have two mics going. I get tracks 1-4 will be the only ones with audio showing. But lets say mic 2 (track 4) is quieter than mic 1 (track 3) due to something as simple as a quiet voice. If I edit track 4 and up it's levels, will that automatically adjust the audio for tracks 1&2? Or what exactly is the purpose of tracks 1&2 if it's going to automatically put all the tracks together when you export it?

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Do you have 2 mics in stereo?? That's where it makes a difference.

[@ColdAddict]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan I have one podmic plugged into channel 1 and one plugged into channel 2 of the RCP

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

@@ColdAddict 1 and 2 would be one mono track by itself and 3 and 4 would be one mono track by itself and they are totally separate so no it wouldn't change one or the other.

[@donaldchavis8744]

I appreciate your help man. I have a question/problem... I keep getting a "Error code -9997"... And idk... Have you experienced this? Thanks.. I'm new and excited about using the rodecaster but must admit im rather green when it comes to the technicals! Thanks in advance!

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

I googled it and it says you have a different sample rate then what you have in windows. Make sure your sample rate match.

[@dearolddad4319]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan Thanks! Will do!

[@Bermudaoficial]

New sub

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

I will ne checking your channel out today.

[@jaggass]

When i multitrack in audacity the 2nd track records the 1st one. I'm having to now do it one by one.

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

It's hard to say when your not in front of someone's setup. 😕

[@the209djaarongoodwin9]

help.... MAC not seeing rodecaster. but garage band sees it??

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Sorry wish I could help you.i dont use a mac. You might want to check if your os is updated enough or something like that.

[@connectthedot9705]

well done thanks

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Thanks for watching!! Appreciate you.

[@videosbyjohnny]

Why isn't my labels showing up as yours after recording?

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Just make sure you watch about how to save them so the are separate. If you did what I showed and it's not working I have no idea. This was almost a year ago.

[@avelazquez4417]

So if I’m putting 4 mics then how many total channels am I’m I going to import to audacity ?

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

If you watch the whole video I explain how you can tell but it would be 6 tracks if you didn't need to record the rest.

[@avelazquez4417]

This was the only video i found that shows how to do multi-track recording in audacity using a Rodecaster pro. For the past year I been using a Motu M2 for my podcasts but here in the future I want to invest in a rodecaster pro but I want to learn how I would use it using with the 4 mic inputs since I have always recorded and edited using only 2 mic inputs and never experienced doing a 3-4 person podcast

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

@@avelazquez4417 geez I should have 100k views right!!! Lol I'm very happy it could help you out. I loved my motu m2 till about a year ago then the drivers never worked properly. So I had to sell it. Thanks for your kind comments.

[@Ghostdriftx]

Thanks

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Thanks for dropping a comment glad it helped.

[@vanderheidendesign3568]

Thank you

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. Thanks!!!

[@vanderheidendesign3568]

@@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan the video was very informative and answered all the questions I had with it

[@CoffeeTalkandTechJohnRyan]

Fantastic to hear. I'm so glad it could help you out.