monitering hassle
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Posted on Feb 08, 2006 08:02 pm
Clansonkid
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Member Since: Mar 05, 2003
Ive asked pretty much this same question before but still havnt gotten it clarified to my liking. basically when im recording my mixer is still monitering what is being recorded. for example recording drums: when i walk over to the drum set i can hear my footsteps on the moniters im working with. Tascam flat moniters, yamaha MG16/4 mixer and i dont want to send the outs of my soundcard to an instrument input on the mixer becaus i dont get headphone when i do that. help guys
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pjkPrince CZAR-mingMember
Since: Apr 08, 2004
Feb 08, 2006 09:59 pm Quote:
i dont want to send the outs of my soundcard to an instrument input on the mixer becaus i dont get headphone when i do that
I did it on my mg16/4. Sent the output 1 & 2 of my 1010lt back into channel 15 & 16 of my mixer. I plugged my engineer headphones into the headphone jack on the mixer. I then plugged my headphone amp for tracking into CTRL room outs, I think.
I tapped channel signal out from the inserts. Then just run the faders to hear what you want in the monitors. I had the monitor solution plugged into the mains out.
Worked a treat.
If you're doing something different, then you'll have to be pretty specific as to how everything is routed.
Feb 09, 2006 04:04 pm lemme give that a try, i dont have a headphone amp what should i do about this? BTW why do you plug your outs into two channels instead of one? do you have four outputs? Also, why do you plug your headphones to the jack in the mixer if you use a headphone amp
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Feb 09, 2006 04:29 pm On an MG series mixer (and on most mixers, I think) there are several stereo line-level inputs. So on one channel, there will be line-level inputs for 2 mono signals (left and right). Its one channel, but each of the two inputs gets its own number.
I think that it'll be OK if you don't have a headphone amp if you're using your mixer to monitor. Your mixer should serve the same purpose, as long as it has an output labeled "headphones". That output should have the proper level of amplification for listening in a set of phones.
Feb 09, 2006 05:10 pm oh, duh! i see what you mean about the inputs. I'm still not able to get headphones though. i have my soundcard outs to the 15/16 input, my RCA rec outs to soundcard ins. My ST out to my tascam ins. my tascam outs to my tascam speakers. i cant figure what im doin wrong and i cant get my heaphones to make any sound. I do get sound out of my speakers though.
BeerHunterwww.TheLondonProject.caMember
Since: Feb 07, 2005
Feb 09, 2006 06:31 pm Quote:
i cant get my heaphones to make any sound
..and this is using your headphone out on your mixer? If so, (at least on my mixer) everything that passes through the mixer goes to my headphone out. The only thing that this would be (in my case) is that the headphone out volume control is turned all the way down. Or I guess the headphones are screwed.
Feb 09, 2006 06:34 pm well, neither, i have to set it up with my sound card outs going to the 2tr in instead of the 15/16 input to get them to work. dont know why this works and the other way doesnt but this is the only thing i can think of to do.
Feb 22, 2006 12:07 pm well its all good now!i forgot to use the little pfl switches to moniter through my headphones. thanks for the tips guys it really helped.
