problem with headphone volume whilst recording?

[steve]

yes i have also tried a pair of sony mdr v700 headphones but it makes no difference

That's not what I was going to suggest,
What I was going to suggest is that you plug a pair of headphones into the UCA-222 so that you can monitor the signal that is going into the UCA-222. Try it and let me know what you can hear.

[jaye06]

yes i have also tried a pair of sony mdr v700 headphones but it makes no difference

That's not what I was going to suggest,
What I was going to suggest is that you plug a pair of headphones into the UCA-222 so that you can monitor the signal that is going into the UCA-222. Try it and let me know what you can hear.

ok i have just tried this and i can just barely hear ( in my headphones ) what is playing but only when the faders of the mixer are up, when they are down i hear nothing

- the monitor button was switched on on the uca & volume turned up

[steve]

i can just barely hear ( in my headphones ) what is playing

Why only "barely hear"?
Do you have the "tape out" from the mixer plugged into the "Input" of the UCA-222, and do you have the headphone volume turned up on the UCA-222?

[jaye06]

i can just barely hear ( in my headphones ) what is playing

Why only "barely hear"?
Do you have the "tape out" from the mixer plugged into the "Input" of the UCA-222, and do you have the headphone volume turned up on the UCA-222?

i have no idea , i just no i could barely hear anything through the headphones when i plugged them into the uca 222 unless i turn the master volume or gains on the mixer up fairly high which obviously increases the volume of my speakers too to higher than i would like ( with the headphones connected to the uca i can only hear what is playing if the faders on the mixer are up)

Yes the uca 222 is plugged into the 'tape out' of the mixer and to the input of the uca 222 , yes i had the volume turned upto maximum on the uca 222

[steve]

What is plugged into your computer and where is it plugged in? Please include everything in the list.
Is it a laptop computer or what?

[jaye06]

What is plugged into your computer and where is it plugged in? Please include everything in the list.
Is it a laptop computer or what?

it is a laptop , the only thing plugged in to the laptop is the uca 222 and it is plugged into the usb port

[steve]

What is plugged into your computer and where is it plugged in? Please include everything in the list.
Is it a laptop computer or what?

it is a laptop , the only thing plugged in to the laptop is the uca 222 and it is plugged into the usb port

Mouse? Keyboard? Monitor? Power cable?

Set Audacity recording as normal but without playing any music, then tap the laptop around where the built in microphone is. Does Audacity record the tapping?

[jaye06]

What is plugged into your computer and where is it plugged in? Please include everything in the list.
Is it a laptop computer or what?

it is a laptop , the only thing plugged in to the laptop is the uca 222 and it is plugged into the usb port

Mouse? Keyboard? Monitor? Power cable?

Set Audacity recording as normal but without playing any music, then tap the laptop around where the built in microphone is. Does Audacity record the tapping?

Nope there is nothing connected to the laptop apart from the uca 222

I tried recording with out any music playing and tapping around the laptop and the recording line stays flat - like i said the internal microphone of the laptop is disabled

[steve]

Nope there is nothing connected to the laptop apart from the uca 222

I tried recording with out any music playing and tapping around the laptop and the recording line stays flat - like i said the internal microphone of the laptop is disabled

Then the only possible way that audio can be getting into the laptop is from the mixer tape outputs that are connected to the Behringer UCA-222.
I don't know why the mixer should send output to the tape outs when the headphones are connected and the main output turned down, but it obviously does (and seems quite peculiar to me that it does). Perhaps it says something in the mixer manual about this behaviour, or you could try contacting "support" for the mixer and ask why it does it (and if it can be turned off). There appears to be nothing that you can do about it in Audacity because Audacity is just recording the audio that is being sent to it.