arcaxis
Well-known member
If the OP was going to do that he may just as well use the line inputs on those channels since those have the gain needed to get the VU meter levels where he wants them. It's the stereo channels 5-12 that are 1/4" inputs that don't have the gain to get where he 'thinks' he wants the levels to be.Simpler to just slap them into a DI box and use the mic inputs? When I face something a bit lower than usual, like one of my guitars that has trouble plugged into the instrument input of my interface, I just add a compressor in Cubase, with no compression dialled in, enable it and then turn off the auto makeup gain, and turn the knob - it works rather well and I can't detect any noise issues as long as I don't start dropping the guitar volume even further. I would try something like this before spending money.
He's trying to use the mixer as a 'patchbay', leaving cables from different synths plugged in and only enabling the channel(s) that he wants to record sent to the interface. As long as the mixer doesn't throw any noise in he can makeup the gain he doesn't have with the gain control of the interface.