Recording from a bands Powered Mixer to a Computer Line-in

Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:41 pm

You could get one of these and connect it to the output of the soundcard. This would let you connect 4 sets of headphones to listen to what is being recorded and/or played from the PC. You'll probably need a couple RCA-to-1/4" adapters.

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:56 am

Wow - that's cool - and inexpensive. That will fit the bill.
Thanks!

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:25 am

Just don't expect it to sound awesome, or work for very long.

Search for "Behringer" "quality" on this site if you want to know why... Razz

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:26 pm

Yeah, but the headphone amps seem to be the one line of "B" products that have a decent reputation. And the price definitely is right...

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:10 am

OH? *sudden spring of interest*
Hey hey, cheapo headphone supply.

Would a computer line out be noisy with this or would I be able to hear the reverb tails above the buzzing, I wonder..

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 2:12 pm

Well I tried out the M-audio 2496 card last night and it worked like a charm. Crystal clear - and no problems at all handling the signal; no peaking at all.
Lots of room to play with..

The only thing I couldn't get to work was the 2496 outputs to play thru the mixer for playback thru the speakers. Odd.. I eventually switched the OS mixer to use the built-in sound device and played it thru that to the mixer.
Maybe a routing problem?

Working on digging up a headphone solution, a bandmate has a friend that apparently has a warehouse full of audio stuff from an old business. So hopefully we'll find something that works.

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 2:52 pm

Rimshot wrote:

a bandmate has a friend that apparently has a warehouse full of audio stuff from an old business. So hopefully we'll find something that works.

Where is this magical treasure trove of audio relics?

Glad to hear you got it all worked out.

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:02 pm

Hueseph: you've heard of butter mountains.... I'm just imagining badly organised racks of lousy preamps, broken EQs and bits of mixer.

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:45 pm

I was thinking more "Raiders of the Lost Radio Shack Storage Facility".

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