first recording.

[locket]

hey, I have just purchased a copy of ableton and bought a new soundcard, i have just set up to test it all out for the first time im trying to record my guitar but im not getting a signal, the sound is coming out of my speakers but im not getting any levels on ableton i have been in preferences it is recognising my soundcard i have armed the track but i must be missing something could someone maybe point me in the right direction.

Thanks

[R7]

If your soundcard has more than one input it might be the track isn't set to the right input. Make the input/output section of your audio channel visible by clicking the little circle which says I.O on it (in the bottom right corner of ableton). There should now be a little section on your audio tracks channel strip which says audio from at the top and has a few drop down menu's, one of those drop downs will have a channel selector which, by default, will say 1/2 on it, changing the channel may help, in the drop down menu each channel in it will have a small meter so you can see if any of the inputs have a signal at all. Also, clicking on the 'in' button on that section of the channel strip may help, as it turns the channels monitor to inputs only.

Not 100% sure if this will help as I don't record live instruments often but it's what I would try...