Si600 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 The "singer" in our "band" and I use the quotes because he's not a great singer and we're a particularly poor band, no drummer and only playing along to the record Though we're going to be doing the finding a drummer thing soon, anyone know anyone? Anyway, back on topic, he has a Behringer UB1204-Pro and last night I started playing with it with the intention of at least getting the bass and guitar tracks down so that we can listen back and see if it sounds as good as it does in our heads. I got the line out from both amps into the mixer and then used an RCA L-R to 3.5 jack lead plugged in from tape out on the mixer into the microphone port on the laptop. It didn't like this very much so we stopped. What am I missing to be able to record from the mixer onto my laptop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topo morto Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What was the laptop complaining about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 It wasn't, but when I plugged the RCA cables into the desk and the laptop my combo started whistling. With either end of the cable unplugged it went away. The mixer was sat on top of my combo as somewhere to put it. As I didn't want to break anything we unplugged it all and put it away but I'd still like to get something done next time we get together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topo morto Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Perhaps start by just going bass > mixer (no amp), then adding the laptop (maybe without its power supply plugged in, as they can cause odd noises) then take it from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 (edited) Good call that man. I borrowed the mixer to play with at home. A lot of the noise was coming from the power supply. but I can't get anything if I plug my GK MB500 Fusion into it using a normal instrument lead from Line Out into the Mixer 1/4" input on channel 1 unless I wind the gain on the channel up so far it's just recording noise. Am I doing it wrong by using a normal lead instead of an XLR cable, but if I do, what happens when we start using the phantom power on the desk to run microphones? Early days yet, should I be looking for something to convert the RCA to USB rather than the microphone port on the laptop and recording on something other than Audacity? Anyway, [url="https://soundcloud.com/simon-orchard/track-1"]here[/url] is something wot I recorded, bass-mixer-laptop. Sorry for the scruffy playing and ignore the couple of fluffs Edited April 23, 2014 by Si600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Laptops can be quite noisy in electrical terms and you'll probably have a better analogue to digital converter with an outboard unit connecting via USB as you've mentioned. The line-out signal from the mixer is probably too high for the mic-in on the laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Thank you, I'll look for one of those. Any recommendations? Do you have any idea why I'm not getting much of a signal going from the line out of my amp into the mixer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottle Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 If it's anything like the GK MB-500 I had make sure the little button on the back is switched to 'Line' rather than 'Headphone' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I would've thought an audio interface would 'be been the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughie Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) .. I use a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (2 in 2 out) hardware soundcard + driver ... cheap, effective, has everything. Even works seamlessly with Linux. U can use it as your only PC soundcard for everything else too. I commented on an Audacity question just now, and the two are completely compatible in Windows or Linux Cheers.. :-) Edited September 4, 2014 by hughie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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