Hey Guys-
I have a small home studio that i've setup for purposes of recording music and also jamming once in a while with friends, in a small bedroom. I made some recent additions that really messed me up. I was using Garageband with an Imac and a Focusrite2I2 .... everything was awesome , i had my keyboard plugged in directly via USB and I also have a Line6 Helix , which is also plugged in via USB - I was able to select the different inputs and record with no problem...made some decent recordings and everything was great. But that setup wasn't too good to jam with other people.
I got myself a Yamaha MG12XU mixer, and read that I could use that to replace my focusrite -I just plugged in the USB out into my mac and that became my audio interface. I have also since obtained a Roland VDrum kit, which is great and (should) allow me to jam with my drummer friend. I attached a headphone amp to the board also, which seems to work ok
My issues are :
- when recording, drums for example, my new drum tracks are actually picking up a copy of the recording (as well as the click!) - What is the correct method, aside from USB, to connect to my mac and record correctly (and still output the sound through the mixer)
- Is there any way to keep the guitar and keys plugged in via USB , but still hear them thru the mixer? I like to use my mac to control both of them, so I'm trying to avoid running them into the board.
- I have read, googled , youtubed and everything else i can think of to get this setup right ... but it's not going so well - do any of you fine folks that are experts in this area offer assistance/support , (for a fee obviously) for newbies to get their home studios setup right?!
Thank you guys so much!
I have a small home studio that i've setup for purposes of recording music and also jamming once in a while with friends, in a small bedroom. I made some recent additions that really messed me up. I was using Garageband with an Imac and a Focusrite2I2 .... everything was awesome , i had my keyboard plugged in directly via USB and I also have a Line6 Helix , which is also plugged in via USB - I was able to select the different inputs and record with no problem...made some decent recordings and everything was great. But that setup wasn't too good to jam with other people.
I got myself a Yamaha MG12XU mixer, and read that I could use that to replace my focusrite -I just plugged in the USB out into my mac and that became my audio interface. I have also since obtained a Roland VDrum kit, which is great and (should) allow me to jam with my drummer friend. I attached a headphone amp to the board also, which seems to work ok
My issues are :
- when recording, drums for example, my new drum tracks are actually picking up a copy of the recording (as well as the click!) - What is the correct method, aside from USB, to connect to my mac and record correctly (and still output the sound through the mixer)
- Is there any way to keep the guitar and keys plugged in via USB , but still hear them thru the mixer? I like to use my mac to control both of them, so I'm trying to avoid running them into the board.
- I have read, googled , youtubed and everything else i can think of to get this setup right ... but it's not going so well - do any of you fine folks that are experts in this area offer assistance/support , (for a fee obviously) for newbies to get their home studios setup right?!
Thank you guys so much!