Audacity with Xone 96 Mixer - No or Very Low Signal in Audacity

[andre199017]

Windows 10
Audacity 2.3.3

Hi guys,

I recently purchased a Xone 96 Mixer from Allen & Heath and have been trying to record my sets in Audacity, but sadly I am having issues.

The peak meters on the mixer are alive (boucning into the greens and reds), plus Traktor software is able to record the output from the mixer with no issues, but sadly no life in Audacity.

My audio choices are:

MME
Microphone: Line (Xone 96 USB 1), 2 Stereo Recording Channel
Speakers: I have tried both the Xone 96 USB choice, as well as the default laptop speakers Conexant SmartAudio

My sample rate is at 44100Hz.

I hit record and see nothing on the waveform: https://imgur.com/a/D4kKjMK

Life in the Traktor recording meters seen here: https://snipboard.io/myxhDq.jpg

Appreciate any help.

[andre199017]

*Bump* - if i may

[steve]

Traktor is probably using ASIO, which will lock out non-ASIO applications (such as Audacity) from the recording device while ASIO is running.

[andre199017]

Traktor is probably using ASIO, which will lock out non-ASIO applications (such as Audacity) from the recording device while ASIO is running.

Yes you're right. Is there a work around to not lock out Audacity? I attempted to change the driver selected but then the mixer doesn't appear to work.

[steve]

Can you run Traktor with WDM or Direct Sound instead of ASIO?

[andre199017]

HI steve, unfortunately not, doesn't seem possible from what i've been trying to read up on the past few days.

[steve]

That's a shame. That would have been an easy workaround.

The only other workaround that comes to mind, is that you "may" be able to run Traktor with "ASIO4All" (http://www.asio4all.org/).
ASIO4All provides a kind of "fake ASIO", that is intended to provide ASIO compatibility, while actually using WDM. This "may" allow you to use Audacity with WDM at the same time. I am not able to test this as I don't have Traktor or any other ASIO software (I usually use Linux).

[Falc0nhawk]

Hi there,

As I can see from the above thread there’s issues with Audacity pairing up with a Xone 96 mixer. I’m I right in saying it won’t work In any situation? I’m a vinyl DJ and have used Audacity for a very long time, I have the same issues as above but I’m not running Traktor etc, is it a lost cause? I can obviously still use it through my external audio interface but that kind of defeats the purpose of having two built in sound cards in the mixer.

Any help appreciated.

K

[steve]

Does the Xone 96 mixer show up in the Windows Sound control panel?
If so, is it enabled, and do you see the green meter in the Recording tab respond to input from the Xone?

[jademan]

Hi there,

As I can see from the above thread there’s issues with Audacity pairing up with a Xone 96 mixer. I’m I right in saying it won’t work In any situation? I’m a vinyl DJ and have used Audacity for a very long time, I have the same issues as above but I’m not running Traktor etc, is it a lost cause? I can obviously still use it through my external audio interface but that kind of defeats the purpose of having two built in sound cards in the mixer.

Any help appreciated.

K

The Xone manual says, "Microsoft Windows® PC: In order to access the soundcard channels on your XONE:96 you will need to install the dedicated, ASIO* compatible, Device Drivers, which can be downloaded from the Allen & Heath website".

For licensing reasons, Audacity does not ship with ASIO included. It is however available for free. All you have to do is compile your own private version of Audacity. See here: viewtopic.php?p=410225#p410225

I hope this helps.