Hi,

I've been mostly running MIDI sequences, and doing the vocals live with that configuration recording the audio out of my separate PA Mixer. This has worked quite well in the past.

Today we were helping a friend of mine out who uses backing tracks, e.g. WAV or MP3, and we wanted to record the backing track to a track in RealBand and then play that track back and record his vocals on a second audio track.

We can record the backing track OK, and that plays back just fine. But when we enter record mode in RB we could not get the previously recorded audio (backing) track to play while recording the vocals.

I've probably missed it in searching the forums, but I haven't spotted anything that has helped me resolve this yet. I found the play and record checkbox in options for Audio, but that did not appear to make any difference.

Could this be a sound card limitation? That is, the sound card may only be able to play OR record but not do both at the same time. It is an on board sound card, on an MSI Motherboard.

If it is the sound card what external (USB, or other) sound card(s) would you recommend to resolve the issue?

Thanks,
Burt