A better way to set up the mixer?
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Posted on Aug 27, 2002 01:55 am
Loki
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Alright, I know this isn't the best way to set things up, so can someone tell me a better way, been a while since I've actually been able to play with my toys.
I've got a Phonics MM1705 Mixer with 5 mono ins and 3 stereo ins, an Insert on each mono channel, an auz out, a left and right aux return, and fx out, left and right fx return, left and right main out, left and right control room out, left and right group out, left and right 2nt send, left and right 2nt return, and a mono and phones out.
My soundcard right now sucks, its whatever came with my computer (just bought a kickin new PC). It's got a Line in, Mic In, and speakers out (not sure if it has a line out... think it does...)
I've got the 2nt sends going to the line in of the soundcard via a "Y" RCA cable. I thought that if the 2nt sends sent the signal into the computer, going from the out of the soundcard to the 2nt returns of the mixer would bring the signal back to the mixer... but it didn't. How SHOULD I set this up for optimal performance?
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Aug 27, 2002 06:57 am OK, I think I understand your setup, here is what I would do. I would run the "group out" into your sound card and run the speaker out of your card into your amp/speakers. This way the group out will only send the instrument/channel to the sound card that you tell it to, this will help stop track doubling and weird stuff like that, also, it would not be hogging up a perfectly good send/return loop that you very well may find a better use for someday.
Right now where do you have the card outs going? right to the speakers?
Aug 27, 2002 07:46 am Do the channels have buttons/switches that assignes the channel to the "Group out" or the "Control Room out" or possibly a POT like the AUX send buss? If they do I would use one of those outs to go to the line input of the sound card. This would let you assign which channels you want to record by simply pushing a button or turning a nob on the channel depending on how the mixer is set up. You could then run your stereo output from the sound card back into a stereo channel of the board without doubling effects or other side effects. Then run the "Main Outs" from the mixer into your monitor system and your set.
