Can I record with in Audacity with an audio mixer Windows XP

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Hello,

I’m hoping somebody can offer some advise.

I currently record onto Audacity using a Behringer U Control UCA222 interface, but I’ve bought an audio mixer so I can keep all my instruments plugged in at one time.

My question is, can I use the mixer to record onto audacity and get rid of the interface? The mixer I have is a Moukey 8 Channel.

I’m running Windows XP

I’d really appreciate any help with this, I needed a different interface because I was fed up of connecting and disconnecting different instruments when I wanted to record and I don’t really have room to buy a bigger interface with more inputs, so if mixer does the job that would be great!

Many thanks

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If your mixer has USB you don’t need the interface.

Or if your computer has a regular soundcard with line-in (usually color-coded blue) you can plug-in the mixer’s line-out. But since you have the UCA222, I’m guessing you have a laptop with only mic-in and headphone-out.

Most “little USB mixers” are class compliant so they don’t need any special drivers and it will probably work with XP.

Most USB mixers send the stereo-mix out to through the USB port. There are higher-end USB mixers that can work as a multi-channel interface for multitrack recording. (But Audacity isn’t great for multi-tracking.)

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Windows XP is obsolete and no longer supported.

You may be able to use Audacity 2.0.6, but you will need to ensure that the relevant C++ Redistributable packages are installed. Finding the correct C++ Redistributable packages could be a problem as I think Microsoft discontinued the XP versions some years ago.

If you need to use old computer hardware, then running Linux is likely to be a much better option than an ancient and obsolete version of Windows.

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Thank you for your response.

I’m using the UCA222 with an old Dell Dimension 2400 tower but have it connected via USB.

There isn’t a USB port on the mixer and I’m using the two outputs for monitor speakers.

Can I connect the UCA222 to the mixer using the RCA jacks from the UCA222 to the input 1/4 jack of the mixer? It’s just so I have the option to record in Audacity if I want to without having to keep unplugging and plugging in different cables for different instruments.

Many thanks

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Audacity works fine on Windows XP for what I need it for. Thanks for the reply.

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Which version of Audacity are you using?

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I’m not sure, how would I find out what version I’m using?

I’ve been using it for about a year now, it works fine for my needs.

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Help menu > About Audacity

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