The built-in USB interface allows for a bi-directional transfer of the raw (non-fader or EQ) audio and effects to and from your computer.
So you should be able to choose one of the channel on the mixer as output in the DAW software. That way the signal won't go to the master out but to one of the inputs mics or lines

The USB connectivity on the Xenyx X1222usb is a bit of a joke. You can record the main mix output only (at 16-bit) to the USB host, and output 16-bit audio from the USB host into the main mix via the 2-TR/USB RTN fader. You should be able to use that fader to control the level of the audio coming back from the computer.

robinjection, post: 445514, member: 50210 wrote: Sometimes, I'd like to play some audio from the computer I'm using to record back into the board. (Example: A Youtube video playing from the computer that's recording live, as me and my cohosts do commentary over it) When I try to do this, there doesn't seem any volume control on the mixer. Is there any way to control the volume from the board? Or are my laptop's onboard audio controls the only way?

Can you clarify what you mean by "volume from the board"? The level into the USB will be controlled by the Main Mix faders.

robinjection, post: 445514, member: 50210 wrote: Also, it seems Audition does not pick up the audio coming from my computer. Do I have to press something on the mixer for it to record the audio coming back in. Is this even possible? Thanks!

I don't understand what you mean by "Audition does not pick up the audio coming from my computer". When you have Audition running, by default, it's Audition that generates the audio from the computer. I don't use Audition, but you may be able to re-assign this routing in the Windows control panel.

I figured out the first thing, so no problem there.

Boswell, post: 445583, member: 29034 wrote:
I don't understand what you mean by "Audition does not pick up the audio coming from my computer". When you have Audition running, by default, it's Audition that generates the audio from the computer. I don't use Audition, but you may be able to re-assign this routing in the Windows control panel.

So this is a podcast. I mean that while I am recording in Audition, say we want to talk about a music video and play some audio from it. On the computer I am recording the podcast on, I will load up a browser and go to Youtube and play the music. I hear the music in my headphones, it is coming through the board - BUT Audition does not record the audio that I am hearing because its coming from the same computer that's recording the sound. Does that make more sense?

Boswell, post: 445583, member: 29034 wrote: USB host, and output 16-bit audio from the USB host into the main mix via the 2-TR/USB RTN fader

I had to read the manual.. planted deception from Berhinger ! (n)

pcrecord, post: 445586, member: 46460 wrote: I had to read the manual.. planted deception from Berhinger ! (n)

I figured that out, can control the volume in the mixer. But I can't seem to record back into the computer sadly as explained one thread above.

robinjection, post: 445584, member: 50210 wrote: So this is a podcast. I mean that while I am recording in Audition, say we want to talk about a music video and play some audio from it. On the computer I am recording the podcast on, I will load up a browser and go to Youtube and play the music. I hear the music in my headphones, it is coming through the board - BUT Audition does not record the audio that I am hearing because its coming from the same computer that's recording the sound. Does that make more sense?

I take it this is not a live podcast - you are recording it for later streaming, is that right?

Where are the headphones plugged in: the phones output on the mixer or the output of your computer sound card? If you are hearing the Youtube sound at the mixer's phones output, then it is present on the mixer and the USB/RTN fader will mix it into the main output, from where it and your mixed-in voices will go back into the computer via the USB input. If it's the sound card output you are listening to on headphones, you need to change the audio default output in the Windows Control Panel so that it's set to be the mixer (via USB).

Audition will record whatever is routed into it. It has no knowledge of what a separate application may be trying to play through the computer sound output. It's you that has to route things to make the link between them.

robinjection, post: 445514, member: 50210 wrote: I record a podcast and I recently got the behringer xenyx x1222usb to record myself and some friends. I plug the board into my PC, using Adobe Audition.

Sometimes, I'd like to play some audio from the computer I'm using to record back into the board. (Example: A Youtube video playing from the computer that's recording live, as me and my cohosts do commentary over it) When I try to do this, there doesn't seem any volume control on the mixer. Is there any way to control the volume from the board? Or are my laptop's onboard audio controls the only way?

Also, it seems Audition does not pick up the audio coming from my computer. Do I have to press something on the mixer for it to record the audio coming back in. Is this even possible? Thanks!

I understand that this is 3 years later, so my apologies if this is not useful to you anymore, but it might be useful to future people who are asking themselves about what to do or how to hook up this device to their computer.
I just bought a Xenyx X1222USB and tried to do exactly what you tried. I got it to work by doing this:

I use Garageband, but I am sure it will work with any other DAW.

Connect the MAIN MIX from the X1222usb through the XLR output to your computer. You can use a splitter (2 female XLR to 1 male 3.5mm). This should be hooked up to your regular 3.5mm input in the back of your computer (your sound card).

From your DAW (Audition, in your case), select the input and output sources in the following way:
Input: Built-in input. (This will record what you sent from the XLR MAIN MIX into your sound card).
Output: Built-in output. (This will let you listen to the MAIN MIX if you monitor your source through the computer headphones 3.5mm jack).

Now comes the magic.
From your computer audio settings (System Preferences on a Mac), select the mixer (USB Audio CODEC) as your output. <=That is the important part.
Your input should also be the USB Audio CODEC if you want to use the return in the mixer. But what you choose as your input here does not matter for these purposes.

You will notice that if you monitor your audio from your DAW, you will ONLY be able to listen to sounds played by the computer if you raise the 2-TR/USB RTN fader and the MAIN MIX fader.
The same happens when you record. If the fader in the 2-TR/USB RTN is all the way down, you won't hear anything from YouTube, for example, even if you are hearing things played through your DAW, but this is because the MAIN MIX is coming into the DAW, and by selecting the Mixer as the output for your computer (USB Audio CODEC), you are routing the audio played by your computer THROUGH the mixer.

Again, this may not help you anymore, but it might help someone else in the future.

Happy recordings!!

I'm glad you made it work for you.
The story and setup throw me back to 96' when I started to record with soundblaster cards..
Computer sound cards work but are not ideal. I'd rather work with a small Scarlett interface instead of having an entry level mixer and a computer soundcard..
but I respect anyone who does what it need to create music !
So I'll drink to that ! ;)

jaimex99, post: 460759, member: 51583 wrote: I understand that this is 3 years later, so my apologies if this is not useful to you anymore, but it might be useful to future people who are asking themselves about what to do or how to hook up this device to their computer.
I just bought a Xenyx X1222USB and tried to do exactly what you tried. I got it to work by doing this:

I use Garageband, but I am sure it will work with any other DAW.

Connect the MAIN MIX from the X1222usb through the XLR output to your computer. You can use a splitter (2 female XLR to 1 male 3.5mm). This should be hooked up to your regular 3.5mm input in the back of your computer (your sound card).

From your DAW (Audition, in your case), select the input and output sources in the following way:
Input: Built-in input. (This will record what you sent from the XLR MAIN MIX into your sound card).
Output: Built-in output. (This will let you listen to the MAIN MIX if you monitor your source through the computer headphones 3.5mm jack).

Now comes the magic.
From your computer audio settings (System Preferences on a Mac), select the mixer (USB Audio CODEC) as your output. <=That is the important part.
Your input should also be the USB Audio CODEC if you want to use the return in the mixer. But what you choose as your input here does not matter for these purposes.

You will notice that if you monitor your audio from your DAW, you will ONLY be able to listen to sounds played by the computer if you raise the 2-TR/USB RTN fader and the MAIN MIX fader.
The same happens when you record. If the fader in the 2-TR/USB RTN is all the way down, you won't hear anything from YouTube, for example, even if you are hearing things played through your DAW, but this is because the MAIN MIX is coming into the DAW, and by selecting the Mixer as the output for your computer (USB Audio CODEC), you are routing the audio played by your computer THROUGH the mixer.

Again, this may not help you anymore, but it might help someone else in the future.

Happy recordings!!

Hi

I am so glad I found this thread! I have the same equipment and problem! I usually use Linux and IDJC but have gone back to Windows and RadioDJ to try and fix this problem I have every possible cable you can imagine.

So am I taking the sound to the mixer from my HDA Intel card on the back of the PC? Should I be using the headphone out socket or is there a line out? Which colour is the right socket?

Do I then take the XLR output from the Main Mix on the Xenyx via the USB cable back to the PC?

You mention Built In Inputs and Built In Outputs but am I then changing those ins and outs to the USB Codec when all set up?

I’m sorry for all the questions but this driving me insane, I have been trying to fix this for three years!

Thank you so much for any help!

Kyle

Hi Kyle and welcome!

The post you quoted is probably not the best advice to follow, as it ignores the signal level mismatches that it will generate.

Kyle1974, post: 462037, member: 51674 wrote: So am I taking the sound to the mixer from my HDA Intel card on the back of the PC? Should I be using the headphone out socket or is there a line out? Which colour is the right socket?

There are many cards in the Intel HDA range, so without knowing which particular model you have, it's hard to give exact advice. However, if the card has a 3.5mm jack that will drive headphones, then, in the first instance, use the output from that as the signal into your mixer. Use an insert cable to split the stereo output from the TRS minijack to two inputs on the mixer. These could be either a pair of main channels or a stereo input.

Kyle1974, post: 462037, member: 51674 wrote: Do I then take the XLR output from the Main Mix on the Xenyx via the USB cable back to the PC?

Only digital data travels down a USB cable, so you can't put the analogue XLR data through it. If you mean the information that would come out on the XLR outputs (the main mix), then a digitised version of that is sent down the USB cable, and you could normally use that as input to the computer.

However, I'm not familiar with the signal input choices in RadioDJ, but the website says it will use any soundcard supported by Windows. This may mean it will take input only from soundcards such as the HDA series and not from a USB device. If that's the case, you may have to make up a cable that will take an attenuated version of the mixer's XLR outputs and feed that into the line-level input of the Intel HDA card. We can give you further information on how to do this if necessary.

Kyle1974, post: 462037, member: 51674 wrote: You mention Built In Inputs and Built In Outputs but am I then changing those ins and outs to the USB Codec when all set up?

You will have to explain a bit more exactly what you mean here.

Hi

Thanks Boswell for helping. (I’m not sure how to do multiquote and some of the above did confuse me a bit, sorry.)

My soundcard is a Realtek ALC888

I have got every cable and connector you can name as I have been trying this for years. In terms of RealDJ, it does see my inbuilt and USB mixer (as does Linux) and I can flick between them.

The mix question I had was after the taking the sound from the pc, do I use the XLR sockets on the Main Mix and send that via a line in cable to the soundcard or can I use the USB connection to go back into the PC? I am happy for testing purposes to use something like audacity for recording and VLC for music playback until I get my head around all of this. (Edit, I understand about taking the sound from the pc and running into a balanced or left and right channels, what I was trying last night was sending sound to the mixer and I could raise or lower it by using the 2 Track return slider)

The settings question was about Jaimes post, where it seemed to look like he was saying set the pc to inbuilt/output ports and then change them to use the mixer as both in and out in system setting, but I may have read that bit wrong, sorry

If the RadioDJ software can accept digital audio from a generic USB input, I would use that. It avoids the problem of level matching and balanced-unbalanced conversion that you would otherwise encounter when going from the mixer's XLR outputs to a soundcard minijack input.

Audacity is a good vehicle to use while you are still in the testing phase, as you can be very specific about the different inputs and outputs to use.

Boswell, post: 462040, member: 29034 wrote: If the RadioDJ software can accept digital audio from a generic USB input, I would use that. It avoids the problem of level matching and balanced-unbalanced conversion that you would otherwise encounter when going from the mixer's XLR outputs to a soundcard minijack input.

Audacity is a good vehicle to use while you are still in the testing phase, as you can be very specific about the different inputs and outputs to use.

Thank you, I tried this the other week I think.

So basically I run a 3.5mm cable FROM the pc (headphone socket?) to an input on the mixer and then send back to the pc using the usb cable, and I should have output and input on the PC as the USB Codec device?

Kyle1974, post: 462041, member: 51674 wrote: Thank you, I tried this the other week I think.

So basically I run a 3.5mm cable FROM the pc (headphone socket?) to an input on the mixer and then send back to the pc using the usb cable, and I should have output and input on the PC as the USB Codec device?

To clarify, I normally have the pc set to input (from the mixer with my mics and processor plugged in) and output (to either speakers or my headphones). I never normally have a way of getting the audio back from the PC to the mixer, it’s always been a one way thing, to the PC. I play the music on the PC and it all gets mixed together. Using Jaimes post was the only way I have ever got sound to go from the PC to the mixer and back out again, so I could alter the volume of songs using my faders and talk in and out of songs.

If you are sending out of the computer via the computer's soundcard, you need to select that as the output device, not an output device on USB.

It should be straightforward to use almost any application to play sounds out of the computer's soundcard, use the mixer to mix them with new sounds (e.g. voice from a microphone), and output the mix via USB to the PC. There should not be any problem in getting this process to work using Audacity as the recording software.

As I mentioned, I don't know the facilities that RadioDJ offers, and it's there that you could encounter difficulties in concurrent replay and record. Try it and see, but not until you have shown it working with Audacity as the recorder.

Boswell, post: 462043, member: 29034 wrote: If you are sending out of the computer via the computer's soundcard, you need to select that as the output device, not an output device on USB.

It should be straightforward to use almost any application to play sounds out of the computer's soundcard, use the mixer to mix them with new sounds (e.g. voice from a microphone), and output the mix via USB to the PC. There should not be any problem in getting this process to work using Audacity as the recording software.

As I mentioned, I don't know the facilities that RadioDJ offers, and it's there that you could encounter difficulties in concurrent replay and record. Try it and see, but not until you have shown it working with Audacity as the recorder.

I’ve found what I did last night (I’ll avoid discussing RadioDJ ) as I think that’s adding complexity.

I have tried previously taking the sound from onboard sound to the mixer and then back out and it never worked.

Las night after Jaimes post, I set audacity going, and selected the mic as Line In and the output was set to USB Codec. That way I could hear the sound going back to the mixer, I could use the 2 Track fader to alter levels and alter my mic levels using slider 1. I was using my headphones plugged into the mixer to monitor it all and it worked. I’m still confused about when I should be using the Codec usb device.

I, sorry, I’m not trying to be obtuse, I just don’t understand how to put the sound from the pc into the mixer and back out to the pc. I feel I’m wasting your time now so I’ll just carry on doing it the way I’ve been doing it, which does work to a fashion. Sorry again.

Post 7 by yourself and Jaimes post make it seem like it’s do-able. I’m so frustrated as I’ve tried for years to get it working and it seems I’m so close to finally having it working

I don’t know if I am selecting USB Codec as an input or an output or both

Kyle1974, post: 462045, member: 51674 wrote: Post 7 by yourself and Jaimes post make it seem like it’s do-able. I’m so frustrated as I’ve tried for years to get it working and it seems I’m so close to finally having it working

I don’t know if I am selecting USB Codec as an input or an output or both

Ok. I see that I was not completely clear.
The audio OUT from your computer is through the USB codec. That means, the audio out from your computer comes through the USB cable.
The audio into your computer is from the main mixer (XLR to 3.5mm) and into the built-in audio in.

Does that help?

Unfortunately, I tried sending the mix through the USB into the computer and it does not send the main mix into the computer; it sends some kind of monitor line.
That’s why I ended up getting the main mix through analog means (XLR to 3.5mm, and into the built-in input).

But by sending the computer audio out through the usb codec (usb cable from computer to mixer), your mix includes everything you need. You just need to set your recording input as the built-in audio input (the 3.5mm that came from the XLR).

Is this more clear? Did this help?

jaimex99, post: 462046, member: 51583 wrote: Ok. I see that I was not completely clear.
The audio OUT from your computer is through the USB codec. That means, the audio out from your computer comes through the USB cable.
The audio into your computer is from the main mixer (XLR to 3.5mm) and into the built-in audio in.

Does that help?

Hi Jaime

I think so....

So in Windows, for example, I select output as USB Codec and the PC input as LINE IN with a cable running FROM the mixer to the Line In on the soundcard?

In the past my chain was...

Mixer with processed mics plugged in, USB cable to PC. That was the input.

I then played music using one of my DJ packages and controlled the music using software. I could open the mic and speak and my voice would get mixed in the with the PC music.

I could hear the whole thing through headphones on the PC. (Not when my headphones were plugged into the mixer phones socket though as I had no way of getting music BACK from the PC into the Mixer)

Does that make sense?

Kyle1974, post: 462048, member: 51674 wrote: Hi Jaime

I think so....

So in Windows, for example, I select output as USB Codec and the PC input as LINE IN with a cable running FROM the mixer to the Line In on the soundcard?

Yes. In windows you output from the computer through the usb cable and hook up the line in (into the computer) with a 3.5mm from the mixer’s main mix and into the sound card.

jaimex99, post: 462050, member: 51583 wrote: Yes. In windows you output from the computer through the usb cable and hook up the line in (into the computer) with a 3.5mm from the mixer’s main mix and into the sound card.

Thank you both. I am doing a show tonight so don’t want to mess things up but I will try straight after the show.

I am very excited that I might finally have a solution.

jaimex99, post: 462050, member: 51583 wrote: Yes. In windows you output from the computer through the usb cable and hook up the line in (into the computer) with a 3.5mm from the mixer’s main mix and into the sound card.

With the arrangement I recommend, you should monitor THROUGH the computer by plugging your headphones into the sound card, and selecting that (the headphone out) as your output in your DAW, whatever software you use.

jaimex99, post: 462052, member: 51583 wrote: With the arrangement I recommend, you should monitor THROUGH the computer by plugging your headphones into the sound card, and selecting that (the headphone out) as your output in your DAW, whatever software you use.

And if you want to output that into a sound system (speakers at a location), you can either split the 3.5mm from the XLR main mix to come out both to the speakers and into your computer, or you can split it at the monitor stage, when it comes out from the computer and into your headphones (with a splitter from the line out onto both your headphones and the speaker). I hope that makes sense.

My original arrangement assumes you are just recording into the computer for later distribution. But my description above allows you to send the mixed audio out at the same time.

jaimex99, post: 462053, member: 51583 wrote: And if you want to output that into a sound system (speakers at a location), you can either split the 3.5mm from the XLR main mix to come out both to the speakers and into your computer, or you can split it at the monitor stage, when it comes out from the computer and into your headphones (with a splitter from the line out onto both your headphones and the speaker). I hope that makes sense.

My original arrangement assumes you are just recording into the computer for later distribution. But my description above allows you to send the mixed audio out at the same time.

That’s brilliant, I kinda have it in my head now. I also think now I have grasped it that it will work on my Linux set up as well. Will report back.

I still can't understand why you don't use the mixer as intended by the maker ; as a USB interface and not using the soundcard of the computer.. Using 2 audio device is always a mess with windows...

pcrecord, post: 462055, member: 46460 wrote: I still can't understand why you don't use the mixer as intended by the maker ; as a USB interface and not using the soundcard of the computer.. Using 2 audio device is always a mess with windows...

Hi

Because I want to be able to control the sound levels using the mixer, ie, taking music from the pc, doing my levels and mics and then outputting back to the PC.

Otherwise I would have to play all my music off CDs/iPod conn to the mixer and then output that into the PC? If there’s a better way I’ll try it. My chain I currently have is as above.

Kyle1974, post: 462056, member: 51674 wrote: Hi

Because I want to be able to control the sound levels using the mixer, ie, taking music from the pc, doing my levels and mics and then outputting back to the PC.

Otherwise I would have to play all my music off CDs/iPod connected to the mixer and then output that into the PC? If there’s a better way I’ll try it. My chain I currently have is as above.

The other option is to buy another pc to record the mixed output to but I don’t have the money or the space.

The posts here have been helpful, but I should be using my mixer as a usb device to run the mics and then play the music in after as I have been doing?

I’m just confused now by your post? I won’t change anything and will do it as I have been doing

pcrecord, post: 462055, member: 46460 wrote: I still can't understand why you don't use the mixer as intended by the maker ; as a USB interface and not using the soundcard of the computer.. Using 2 audio device is always a mess with windows...

The USB input to that mixer is not very useful - the audio from the PC only goes via the 2-track fader to the main mix output and hence via USB back to the PC. There's no route from USB in to Aux/Mon out, so you can't, for example, listen to replayed audio on headphones while dubbing more live tracks. It really only serves for playing music from a computer to the main loudspeakers during the intervals while bands are changing over.

Boswell, post: 462058, member: 29034 wrote: The USB input to that mixer is not very useful - the audio from the PC only goes via the 2-track fader to the main mix output and hence via USB back to the PC. There's no route from USB in to Aux/Mon out, so you can't, for example, listen to replayed audio on headphones while dubbing more live tracks. It really only serves for playing music from a computer to the main loudspeakers during the intervals while bands are changing over.

Thanks Bos.. I thought the signal from the PC could be sent to a channel somehow... I guess buying a true audio interface would be a better choice don't you ;)

pcrecord, post: 462059, member: 46460 wrote: Thanks Bos.. I thought the signal from the PC could be sent to a channel somehow... I guess buying a true audio interface would be a better choice don't you ;)

Ok, so I should abandon the behringer and just buy a Focusrite or similar? Keeping in mind, I have bought my external CD players, two decent mics and two DBS286 units. Not to mention the actual mixer. I should just discard all that and go for something different?

Or is the smiley face in some way making out I’m an idiot for not really understanding? I was just asking whether it was possible and from the replies it looks like it’s not without causing me more problems.

If there is a mixer that will let me do what I am after, I will pay to get another unit if one can be recommended.

Kyle1974, post: 462060, member: 51674 wrote: Ok, so I should abandon the behringer and just buy a Focusrite or similar? Keeping in mind, I have bought my external CD players, two decent mics and two DBS286 units. Not to mention the actual mixer. I should just discard all that and go for something different?

Or is the smiley face in some way making out I’m an idiot for not really understanding? I was just asking whether it was possible and from the replies it looks like it’s not without causing me more problems.

If there is a mixer that will let me do what I am after, I will pay to get another unit if one can be recommended.

Purely in terms of signal routing rather than signal quality, I would ignore the USB output from the computer going to the mixer, and take the stereo headphone signal out of the soundcard into two mono input channels of the mixer. Pan these hard L and R if necessary. Use the mixer's USB output to take the 2-track mix back into the computer.

In that way, you have mixer control over what is played by PC software, what is being sent live to the mixer from external inputs, and the balance of the 2-track mix.

As other contributers have mentioned, with a few exceptions, the audio quality of standard PC soundcards is not very high. Almost any external audio interface would give a better quality result for both recording and playback. However, this is personal taste, and it should be possible to make the route involving the soundcard work.

Boswell, post: 462061, member: 29034 wrote: Purely in terms of signal routing rather than signal quality, I would ignore the USB output from the computer going to the mixer, and take the stereo headphone signal out of the soundcard into two mono input channels of the mixer. Pan these hard L and R if necessary. Use the mixer's USB output to take the 2-track mix back into the computer.

In that way, you have mixer control over what is played by PC software, what is being sent live to the mixer from external inputs, and the balance of the 2-track mix.

As other contributers have mentioned, with a few exceptions, the audio quality of standard PC soundcards is not very high. Almost any external audio interface would give a better quality result for both recording and playback. However, this is personal taste, and it should be possible to make the route involving the soundcard work.

Thank you, I will have another try tomorrow

Hi

So I have been giving this some more thought...

I actually have two soundcards in the pc plus the behringer mixer one. How would I configure it so one soundcard feeds to the mixer and then out of the mixer to the second soundcard? Is that possible?

Kyle

Kyle1974, post: 462067, member: 51674 wrote: Hi

So I have been giving this some more thought...

I actually have two soundcards in the pc plus the behringer mixer one. How would I configure it so one soundcard feeds to the mixer and then out of the mixer to the second soundcard? Is that possible?

Kyle

I would deactivate one soundcard (or remove it) then use only 1 soundcard to be the input and output for the mixer.
As Boswell suggested, I wouldn't use the USB of the behringer at all..

Actually no, I would get rid of the Behringer and those soundcards and buy 1 proper audio interface, RME, Focusrite or Presonus, with enough inputs and outputs for the job I need to do.. but that's just me ;)

pcrecord, post: 462068, member: 46460 wrote: I would deactivate one soundcard (or remove it) then use only 1 soundcard to be the input and output for the mixer.
As Boswell suggested, I wouldn't use the USB of the behringer at all..

Actually no, I would get rid of the Behringer and those soundcards and buy 1 proper audio interface, RME, Focusrite or Presonus, with enough inputs and outputs for the job I need to do.. but that's just me ;)

Right, but how does an audio interface on it’s own actually help me do my radio show which is a mix of music and talking. I’m not recording my own music or instruments. I’m not being arsey, I genuinely don’t understand what you think I’m trying to do or why? Are you saying I should not use a mixer/desk to do my show?

Kyle1974, post: 462069, member: 51674 wrote: Right, but how does an audio interface on it’s own actually help me do my radio show which is a mix of music and talking. I’m not recording my own music or instruments. I’m not being arsey, I genuinely don’t understand what you think I’m trying to do or why? Are you saying I should not use a mixer/desk to do my show?

Look, I was talking about what I would do.. you are entitled to do what ever you want...
If the mixer route I would take, it wouldn't be a low cost behringer. . more like a Zed mixer or a Presonus digital mixer
https://www.allen-heath.com/key-series/zed-series/
https://www.presonus.com/produits/fr/StudioLive-16
Again, personnal preferences...

That's the thing every audio interface has a realtime mixer (software) and most let you direct any inputs to any outputs.
The idea is to use just one interface with one link to the computer and have many inputs and outputs to chose from in your software(s) and use just ONE DRIVER !!

The problem with your mixer is that it is not wired to be used as a multi channel interface. It only transfers the master channel to the computer and this at 16bit/48khz
Low price mixers like that are barely good for live work. An average audio interface will have better preamps, lower noise floor and will allow to record at 24bit/96khz.

So it all depends how you work and with what software. Some streaming software will do the mix internally, your voice, adds, songs etc will be mixed inside the computer.
But if everything is external, CD player or MP3 player, your mic, a sampler for special effects, then you don't need more than what the behringer offers, main to computer.
Then if you use a mix of the 2, external and internal sounds effects + your voice + mp3 in the computer, it can be done both with a mixer and an interface. but the mixer should have better in/out capability than what you have..

Don't get me started on sound cards.. they are rarely of any quality. Some don't even have line level input and going into a mic input is just crap.. ;)

In conclusion, to me, every single cable and every hardware you fiddle with are a points of failure and sound degradation. Using a mixer and 2 soundcards seems like a bad idea.. at least to me !!

don't worry about it. we're a freaks about high fidelity because our purpose is to record music. podcasting doesn't need to sound that great and for many the quality of the sound card on their computers is plenty good. if you're happy with how it sounds then all is well. Boswell gave you a great solution.

Kyle1974, post: 462067, member: 51674 wrote: I actually have two soundcards in the pc plus the behringer mixer one. How would I configure it so one soundcard feeds to the mixer and then out of the mixer to the second soundcard? Is that possible?

As an update to what I suggested earlier, use either one of the soundcards to take a stereo signal from the computer into the mixer, and then use the mixer's USB output to feed the result back to the computer.

You will need a correctly-configured lead for splitting the stereo headphone output of a soundcard to two separate mono channels. It should go from a 1/8" minijack to a pair of TS 1/4" plugs, e.g. the Hosa CMP-153.