Recent content by Jwb1231970

Guitar and Bass in 1 and 2, piano in 3, organ in 4, then 4 mics (mostly 3 on the drumset and 1 vocal mic). I like to have everything plugged in all the time so I never have to deal with plugging and unplugging. If anything I will sometimes have to move my mics but that's infrequent.

well, after all of this and learning more from all of you, I just broke down and ordered a Focusrite with the 8 preamp mic/line inputs. Though more costly solution, it will make it easier for my set up: I will use one for electric, one for bass, 4 for drum set, one for vocal, one for piano...

Well you are not wrong. It's just that the clavinova I like to play live for fun because you are right, those speakers sound really good in the room. Though they don't sound as good going in the focusrite it still sounds better than the pianos on garageband. That was why I started doing this...

I guess this is why people get a more expensive Focusrite with 8 inputs on the front that have 8 preamps? I should have gotten that in the first place but I wasn't aware that the 4 inputs on the back of mine didn't have preamps---always learning

correct

But I'm using the inputs on the back of the focusrite, I use the fronts for drum mics

Are you talking about plugging into the back of the Focusrite (5,6,7,8) because that's where I'm connecting

That is good to know because yes I still have the clavinova plugged into the usb port for garageband sounds. Maybe I will get this Behringer and check it out.

I designate my 4 inputs on the front with preamps to my drum mics and one for guitar/bass

Also, The Behringer is recommended but is there something that works well that is a little easier on the eyes? The behringer looks complicated, I don't need all the features on it. Also I only plan on plugging in the clavinova and and my line out from my Hammond Organ, nothing fancy.

I'm plugging the clavinova into the back of Focusrite and even turning my volume up full on the clavinova produces a volume that definitely could be louder, hotter coming out of my monitors.

Thanks all! So the mixer acts as a preamp? Is there a preamp built into the mixer? I'm probably going to get the Behringer Xenyx 1002 mentioned above. Thanks for your help.

I use GarageBand with a focusrite interface. It has the 4 inputs on front and then 4 on the back for things like a keyboard. I plug into these on the back with my Yamaha clavinova and the sound is there but it is too quiet as far as what’s able to come out of monitors- how do I beef Up that...