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That may kill you right there for two reasons. Audacity doesn’t directly support ASIO drivers and M-Audio uses ASIO. The interface doesn’t seem to have any Line-In connections. Or it only has one, which I’m guessing gives you a mono show.
It would be a juggling act to get the Mackie into the computer, but that would work if we got the right box in the middle. I don’t think Mackie has Microphone Level Outputs, so you can’t use any of the MobilePre microphone connections.
<<<i have a laptop with vista,>>>
Even better. Most Windows laptops don’t have high level, stereo, Line-Ins. So there’s another interface problem. I’m trying to remember the config for our Mackies. I think you can get to RCA with two of these…
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103711
Mackie gives you Left show on one socket and Right show on the other – balanced, but you can fudge that with the adapters.
https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/sound-card-reviews/8375/1
Koz