Audacity Forum. For questions, answers and opinions. Recording audio from mixer to laptop. Post by Woppix » Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:02 am Hey guys, I'm working on trying to find a way to record audio with Audacity straight from a mixer to a laptop. I'm not sure how to connect the laptop to the mixer. Sound recording mixers come in a variety of types, two of these types are computer control and software sound mixers. Each type has its advantages and disadvantages for the home recordist. Software mixer If you want the flexibility of a digital mixer and don’t have an overpowering need to physically touch the faders and knobs,.

Your mixer then is not a physical outboard unit but the recording software itself. Up a mixer to your audio interface, which would then plug into your laptop.

You didn't mention if you were using the usb interface ( i think) that came with your mixer. But sick assume that you are.first step will become connecting your mixer to your user interface. Youll make use of some RCA cables to go from thé TAPE outs óf your mixer tó the Insight on the user interface.

After that youll link another place of RCA's heading from your interface output to the Cassette in on your mixer.then link your interface to your pc through a usb port, and your personal computer will automatically install the drivers (given that you have got xp or better)after that on your séquincer, or recording software, youll want to move to prefrences and alter the inches and outs to 'USB AUDIO CODEC.' You might have got to change inches and outs insidé the microsoft mixér(the little speaker on your job bar)then connect a mic ór something to yóur mixer and convert the ranges up on the station level, get better at level, and the preamp degree if necissary.this should be bassically all that there is definitely to it let me know if it assists, i might have got forgotten a phase or two though.great luck-Mattóh btw if yóu wish to moniter whats becoming played back youll want to alter the 'CTRL Area' degree fader on your mixer.

Make use of your mouse and computer key pad to control a software program mixer.Software mixers work very much the exact same way as electronic mixers. Because software program mixers are electronic, you have got an almost infinite variety of routing options that you can create without having to plot and repatch wires. Still, some people may not really be as well willing on mixing with a keyboard and a mouse rather of the more traditional knobs or slip faders.For thosé of you whó need the greatest of both worlds - high-tech pc software and tactile excitement - you can find control surfaces that permit you to manage the software's mixer making use of true faders and pulls.

Computer control surfaceIf you end up with á computer-based system with a software mixer, you'll possess some pulls, buttons, and faders to perform around with on the personal computer control surface area, as shown in the sticking with illustration.Apart from getting capable to fiddle with knobs, you'll find that a personal computer control surface can be a useful tool if you choose to use a computer-based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and wish (or need) to manage the virtual mixer with some equipment. A pc control surface area works like a electronic mixer for á computer-based program.These controllers send MIDI messages - messages encoded making use of the Musical Instrument Digital User interface communications process - to the pc. These MIDI text messages tell the personal computer which parameters to modify.

Encoding a pc control surface area to work like a individual digital mixer is usually easily carried out.Not all software functions with each personal computer control surface, so examine with the software or personal computer control surface manufacturer before you purchase to create certain that the computer control surface area is compatible with your program.

I understand, I know. You encountered recording folks are going to state “why shouldn'capital t I possess a mixer as component of my house recording studio?” Nicely as with most points, this is certainly one of thosé “it depends” type of situations. If you truly understand all the róuting ( gozintas and gózouttas, as I'vé noticed them referred to), then making use of a mixer as part of your home studio CAN be useful. I use one to get advices from various sources (computer sound credit card, two various audio interfaces, etc.) and it is usually only for listening. My mixer, a, transmits nothing at all out except a signal to the loudspeakers/headphones. Most significantly (for this kind of mixer), it does NOT send any indication into the personal computer for recording purposes.

And of course, if you're recording a live life band (right to stereo - not carrying out multi-track récording), you'll would like a mixer for that.But my common advice is usually this: you wear't need a mixer fór a computer-baséd house recording studio room; and attempting to add one to yóur set-up máy well cause even more misunderstandings and difficulty than it't well worth. You should either be making use of a USB microphone plugged directly into your pc, or have got an audio recording interface into which you will connect your microphones and/or device advices. To listen to and keep track of play-back, you'll either make use of your personal computer's loudspeakers, headphones (ideally plugged into your interface and not really your computer sound card), or keep track of speakers plugged into your interface. There will end up being (on a vast majority of recording user interface products) a quantity button to control playback.So why am I composing this post? A audience recently sent me an e-mail asking for assist with his home recording facility setup. He was using recording software (excellent selection!) on his computer, along with á mixer, á drum device and a keyboard synthesizer, aIong with somé mics plugged into the mixer mainly because well.

He needed to become able to document several issues concurrently (or sequentially) onto their very own tracks. But he couIdn't manage possibly. He stated he'd record the drum machine on track one, and try out to record the keyboard onto monitor two.

But monitor two ended up with B0TH the drum device and the key pad.Now this can end up being caused by any number of items, but simply because quickly as I noticed that he experienced outlined a mixer as component of his house facility set-up, I was pretty certain I understood the result in of his problems. I inquired him if he could tell me how he got everything connected in.

Fundamentally it had been as seen in the picture on the still left (which I drew using the Paper app on my iPad - free and very great! But I digress).

He acquired an audio interface, but a very limited one, called the, which will be not made for multi-tráck recording, but rather for you to connect in line-level signals from factors like tape products, mixers, and various other consumer audio devices, simply because nicely as electronic tools like keyboards, drum machines, etc. There are usually just 2 advices, but they are usually developed to acknowledge a stereo system pair (advices are M and Ur) of RCA attaches.

There will be also a set of outputs to link speakers/headphones to). Só you can only plug in one factor at a period. Also, and this will be important, there is usually no préamp in thé UCA222 (notice our write-up about what a preamp is here: ). That means in purchase to connect a microphone in, you must very first plug it into thé mixer to use it't preamp, and after that plug the mixer'beds output into the UCA. The trouble with that is usually the préamps in a mixér like the 1202, though decent, are fairly inexpensive by requirement. There are 4 of them on a 1202, and if they used top-notch recording high quality preamps, it would drive up the price of the mixér by a great deal. The 1202 can be mainly made for live sound, not really recording.So the thought process will go like this.

I only possess a pair of stereo system advices on this interface (UCA222). But I also have got a mixer that has lots of inputs! I can connect everything into thé mixer and after that just consider the primary mixer results (left and right) and plug those into the UCA222). Then I'll plug the results from the UCA back again into the mixer, and catch up my speakers to the mixer as properly.There is usually a major downside in this sét-up thóugh if you need to do multi-track recording (possess each instrument/sound become on its own monitor). Raise your hands if you see the problem. Everything, like the playback, is going into the mixer, which is perfectly created to - nicely - combine. finish of component 1 of this post.

You appear like you know give up a bit about what you are performing with a mixér in your facilities. And hey, that's good.

You're the kind of person who can obtain away with it. I'michael not saying no one should actually use a mixer. I have got one as well (though I put on't make use of it as any component of my real recording string - it's simply for supervising. I nevertheless believe you could do what you state with an exterior recording/supervising interface instead than a conventional mixer.

But for a lot of folks who don't possess a good quantity of information and encounter with analog mixers (different story with digital types), I simply believe it generates MANY more opportunities for factors to move incorrect. And folks are having enough troubles currently (I help a great deal of people with audio problems).

And in 2018 it just isn't necessary to have got a mixer in the mix (sorry:-P).Geoff Wales says. I simply purchased a Macbook Pro and are placing up all over again in a brand-new home. I acquired a ghastly, ghastly mess of cables after setting up my mixér and all thé various other stuff you require - and then I noticed your article. Give thanks to you, thank you, say thanks to you. I have now connected my mike into the left input of my PréSonus Audiobox ánd my violin into the best input.

I took apart the mixer and linked up the staying cables. I have two 3rd party recording tracks, rather than getting everything combined together.Right now I can focus on recording.says.

So here's my query: I are functioning with my theater business to create a design humor podcast, so we are usually leaning to a four-mike audio interface. Nevertheless, we are usually considering we may would like the option of becoming able to add pre-recorded sound results or underscoring as component of the overall performance/recording. Can we do that with an audio interface (like a Béhringer 404 or Scarlett 18×8) that will allow us to add a laptop só we can do that? Or are we going to require to add some sort of mixer só we can patch in the outside sound results?.says. I have a question for you in my current setup. Make sure you excuse me if I am saying it wrong but here it will go:I possess an exterior preamp a style design M101: I put my xlr microphone in that. After that I use a TRS to TRs wire going into my audio interface a Steinberg UR242.

After that I make use of another TRs to TRS wire to my exterior soundgate Behringer XR4400. Now in my setup, it functions pretty well getting good audio in my microphone.

I possess a Sterling St77 microphone.It works well-doing factors in Adobe Audition to report but I possess to make use of the audio mapping to obtain it to function since I have it setup in my method I possess it set up. The issue that I have got that will get a little confusing will be when I wish to proceed carrying out a remote recording for instance on IPDtl ór sessionlinkpro or whatéver it gained't record unless I use something like Voicémeeter. AS that is usually a virtual mixer and it properly will get everything to document on their after that. My issue can be would it end up being feasible in my setup to create things probably much easier to obtain an exterior mixer or something? Rather of depending on a virtual mixer? I would including to maintain my set up like it can be for one my preamp was expensive about $600 and everything as nicely. And then I would not really use the mixer fór recording but fór routing and possibly monitoring.

Will be this achievable? I wish you recognize what I feel talking about.

It can be difficult to explain in composing occasionally. I also might would like to obtain nearfield facility monitors in the close to potential future and rather of making use of the back again of my Steinberg to put it in to just obtain a mixer and connect it on there.So my question is definitely would an external mixer assist with carrying out remote live life recordings with clients instead of using a virtual mixer to course everything? The virtual mixer works pretty properly but recently, it sometimes gets stationary noise so I are trying to find a treatment to my answer. Like I said it functions beautifully when I are just carrying out the recording tó adobe audition ánd the such as.

The problem is when I wish to do remote control recording on thé browser-based lPDTL choice systems online.I have got actually obtained it to work making use of the virtual mixer program free system called voicemeeter as that tracks everything to obtain it to function when I do remote control recording but it will be a strike or miss. And I need this issue resolved. As you are usually aware clients wish to perform remote recording and not really just obtain the file by e-mail.states. That has been a lot:-). First, I will state that I do make use of a mixer for monitoring. The point of the post was simply to make it easier on individuals who seem to believe they require a mixer to document with, which I are attempting to dissuade (in favor of doing something like what you are doing). But yeah, I state proceed fór it by plugging thé supervising result of your set up into a mixér and connect nearfieIds to that.

lt's precisely what I do.As for the question regarding IPDTL and virtual mixers, I actually can't give your an response, never getting treated with that át all. My just remote control recording stuff is certainly voic-over function and mostly with Sounds.com and will get submitted through their upload system. When I work directly with VO customers, I usually upload completed files to something Iike DropBox, Amazon S i90003, etc.I feel a little interested as to why you connect the gate to your recording chain. That would seem to include more potential trouble to your pristine transmission coming from the Style Design pre. Furthermore, make sure you are usually connect that to your user interface via the collection insight and NOT the mic input - simply in situation that was leading to any sound in the system.Wish some of that assisted.states. I dislike to say “it is dependent,” but:-). I possess my Focurite 2i2 linked to my Mackié 1202 mixer for monitoring using out of balance 1/4-in .

TS cables ánd it wórks just fine. Thé Mackie advices can consider balanced or unbalanced. So check out your mixer.

If it only takes out of balance inputs, after that just make use of TS cables. If it can take a well balanced input, in common it is certainly considered appealing to use balanced cables (like l didn't dó:-P). So yóu would possibly desire TRS cables to link your interface (1/4-in . balanced outputs) tó a mixer.