I have a MacBook and an E-MU 0404USB. I'm stuck with only 2 inputs in my E-MU. What is the purpose of using a mixer in a home studio? How would I hook one up? I heard something about it going through an interface, which would be my E-MU, but that doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

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Hi, I've been playing guitar for about 9 years, but I'm still relatively new to home recording. I'm using a M audio 410 firewire interface into a Mackie mixer, but Im heading off to college and would like to get either a firewire or usb mixer. First of all, are there any clear benefits to getting a firewire, and can I get some suggestions for both? Thanks

Hey guys -

I'm in the market for a line/summing mixer so that, while I'm doing location recordings, I can take 2 feeds from the pre - 1 going into the DAW discretely, the other set going to a summing box, into a nice AD and then into a 2 track recorder (for both back up or straight-to-2-track mixing).

Um i need help with this damn Cubase AI4. I finally got it to where the output is going back thru the mixer instead of my speakers, but the input is no where to be found. I did exactly what the instructions said to do... Device setup... click control panel on ASIO directx full duplex driver and than click both of the USB Audio Codec things. The output shows up but there is no input.

Ok, so I am 100% new to this, but I am in a basement band (we prefer it to the garage) and my friend/fellow guitarist has some pretty decent equipment. Currently we record in his basement, but it's all one track and takes multiple tries to get everything balanced the way we want, not to mention the quality isn't great.

Hi everyone,

I do a little recording at home with just vocals and acoustic guitar though a single condenser mic. I'm looking at the Behringer XENYX 1002FX

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It seems like a nice little mixer for the price and has built in effects. But later I might want to add an external effects processor like a quadraverb.

with the Lexicon alpha soundcard i got for my laptop (dell latitude 600) recording, i have 2 options on powering my microphone, i can use the regular phantom power adapter, or the Behringerxenyx802 mixer with phantom power build in...should i use the adapter seeing as it has no levels to adjust, or should i use the Behringer to power the mic, where i would have to adjust its levels accordingly

I have a M-16DX digital mixer/interface I want to record with. It has 16 balanced line ins (4 with mic preamps).
I plan to buy a Nady PRA-8 to add some more mic preamps, and an 8-pack of short 1/4" cables. I hear it does have balanced outs, but the distances are short anyway. Should I go TS or TRS 1/4" cables? I want to maximize flexibility of things I can connect with them.

Ok, I'm really confused about mixers and was wondering if someone can tell me roughly what each different type of mixer does and differences between them (e.g. usb, firewire, analog etc). Some mixers only come out as one or two tracks in a DAW like logic so what the point in them?

Please Help!

Chris