new mixer bought trying to record

[jamie23]

ok ill have a look at the manual later

irish said to use the booth output and you say use tape

does it matter which source is used?

[steve]

It should work with either, but the booth output may have a separate "control room/booth" volume level (it should tell you in the manual). The "tape" output should be a direct mix from the desk and when you have the main mix registering on the meters up to 0dB the output from the tape output should be correctly matched to the line input on your sound card.

[Irish]

im a bit confused sorry, ive 1 phono lead which i use to connect the soundcard to the mixer, is another lead required to connect from the booth to the card?

No, you should use the same lead, but you need to connect it to a different output on the mixer.

As Steve said, you can use either the Booth or Tape output instead of the Send/return output.
I suggested the Booth output because it has a separate level control. If you use the Tape output you will not be able to adjust the signal level going to Audacity, but that should not be a problem, because the sound card should set the level so that when you have everything up to max on the mixer you will get the max recording level in Audacity without distortion. Apart from the level control, you should get the same signal out of either output.

PO'L

[jamie23]

it still sounds like its recording through the mic the soundcard is set to line in and its connected to the booth output

in audacity the preferences are device usb audio codec

and recording rmicrophone realtime definition, ive tried other preference settings and no data is being recorded

[Irish]

Just so there is no doubt, you should now have:

Booth output on the mixer connected to line / input on the sound card.
Booth Level control on the mixer turned up.
Sound card plugged in before starting Audacity.

Audacity preferences:
(If you are using 1.2.6; Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O Tab)
(If you are using 1.3.11; Edit > Preferences > Devices)
Playback Device = your computer's internal sound card (Realtek High Definition?).
Recording device = USB Audio Codec.
Channels = 2 (Stereo)

What do you get on the recording with these settings?

PO'L

[jamie23]

thanks for the reply

thas the way i have it set up, when i record and playback
it sounds like its recording throught the mic as theresa background noise

ive toggled withy the settings and had the leads in tape and booth

[jamie23]

could someone add me on msn and talk me throught it

[email protected]tmail.co.uk

[whomper]

Just so there is no doubt, you should now have:

Booth output on the mixer connected to line / input on the sound card.
Booth Level control on the mixer turned up.
Sound card plugged in before starting Audacity.

Audacity preferences:
(If you are using 1.2.6; Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O Tab)
(If you are using 1.3.11; Edit > Preferences > Devices)
Playback Device = your computer's internal sound card (Realtek High Definition?).
Recording device = USB Audio Codec.
Channels = 2 (Stereo)

What do you get on the recording with these settings?

PO'L

i had to hunt down all the ms and realtek panels
and set all of them to get my pc to record

does audacity set everything ?
is it supposed to set all of them ?
didnt work for me - until i found everyplace the audio got diddled and unmuted all of them and maxed the volume at all of them
including realtek - and then i got audacity to work right

dumb luck, happenstance, or do you really have to do all that

[Irish]

I'm running out of ideas.

The fact that you can select USB Audio Codec as the recording device means that Windows recognises it and should use it, and only it, to record from.

On the other hand, the fact that you are hearing background noise points to sounds being picked up by the mic and recorded.

It shouldn't be possible to have both of these things happening.

PO'L

[jamie23]

really dont know how am gonna fix this