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Recoring Mixes

Post by Sheff » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:40 pm

Recorded a mix earlier and seeing as my CD recorder refused to to record more than 15 seconds at a time I decided to go straight to the laptop, i recorded through the mic input because i have no normal line input
will this fuck shit up?
it clipped like mad too...

is there any USB thing i can buy that i can record straight into from the tape out of my mixer?
any recommendations?

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Re: Recoring Mixes

Post by DRTY » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:41 pm

straight into lappy is fine. Levels will need to be low though.

Go from mixer Rec out to comp, and as you're gonna need to have it low on mixer, crank your amp up.

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Re: Recoring Mixes

Post by Sheff » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:50 pm

cheers man even into mic input?
and yeah haha channel gains were both on 0.1 and main level was on the lowest i could possibly get it, is there a way to change the recording volume in audacity? couldnt find it anywhere or would it be in the windows mixer?

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Re: Recoring Mixes

Post by limb » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:57 pm

I use one of these

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Post by roshman111 » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:40 pm

usually get hiss going straight into lappy. Pretty sure it's not to good for the mic in port either.

Recommend one of these.
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UCA222.aspx

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Post by arktrix45hz » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:47 am

DRTY wrote:straight into lappy is fine. Levels will need to be low though.

Go from mixer Rec out to comp, and as you're gonna need to have it low on mixer, crank your amp up.
Or just bring the input level down in your recording software.
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Re: Recoring Mixes

Post by Sheff » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:50 am

arktrix wrote:
DRTY wrote:straight into lappy is fine. Levels will need to be low though.

Go from mixer Rec out to comp, and as you're gonna need to have it low on mixer, crank your amp up.
Or just bring the input level down in your recording software.
thats what i was wondering, where in audacity is the input level? or do i have to change the mic level in the windows mixer?
an how much is that behringer input thing?
clicked buy now to look at the price an it just sent me to an index...looked long, cba to google

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Re: Recoring Mixes

Post by DRTY » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:21 am

Sheff wrote:
arktrix wrote:
DRTY wrote:straight into lappy is fine. Levels will need to be low though.

Go from mixer Rec out to comp, and as you're gonna need to have it low on mixer, crank your amp up.
Or just bring the input level down in your recording software.
thats what i was wondering, where in audacity is the input level? or do i have to change the mic level in the windows mixer?
an how much is that behringer input thing?
clicked buy now to look at the price an it just sent me to an index...looked long, cba to google
yeah that too. the input level is the little slider next to the picture of a mic.

My mixes are all recorded that way and sound fine, in sig if u wanna check!

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Re: Recoring Mixes

Post by -dubson- » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:38 am

Probably an easy answer for this but if you have a rubbish cheap mixer with no record output what do you do?

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Post by DRTY » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:40 am

-dubson- wrote:Probably an easy answer for this but if you have a rubbish cheap mixer with no record output what do you do?
pull your bloody finger out and get a good one.

or get a splitter which splits the signal from the single output into two

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Re: Recoring Mixes

Post by -dubson- » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:57 am

DRTY wrote:
-dubson- wrote:Probably an easy answer for this but if you have a rubbish cheap mixer with no record output what do you do?
pull your bloody finger out and get a good one.

or get a splitter which splits the signal from the single output into two
Hahaa i would love to get a new mixer but need to save money for the summer, and i have no job. :x

I'll have to have a look for a splitter...

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Re: Recoring Mixes

Post by capo ultra » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:21 pm

jus get a cheap external soundcard
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Post by frank grimes jr. » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:58 pm

-dubson- wrote:Probably an easy answer for this but if you have a rubbish cheap mixer with no record output what do you do?
Send the master to the input of your sound card, and use the output to monitor.
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Re: Recoring Mixes

Post by Sheff » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:00 pm

got it sorted. thanks guys :h:


had to have the line input volume on 1 :lol:

listening back it sounds sweet

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Post by gwa » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:11 pm

my a&h has a USB slot so you can plug it straight in and not have to faff about with line ins.

another reason pioneer are shit.
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Re: Recoring Mixes

Post by deamonds » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:14 pm

lol

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Post by gwa » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:18 pm

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Re: Recoring Mixes

Post by ahier » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:30 pm

my laptop cant handle running traktor and audacity at the same time, any suggestions to work round that for recording a mix?

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Re: Recoring Mixes

Post by gwa » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:32 pm

you can record in traktor OR if you have a other PC just record it to that or something
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Post by frank grimes jr. » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:14 pm

I record to a box with a celeron d processor... I don't think the pc is the issue. :lol:
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