A good day to all from South Africa.
So hopefully this has not been posted somewhere and im just re asking the same question as i couldnt find something similar in the search.
The equipment we have availible to us is very limited as we have an almost zero budget so they were pieced together as best we could.
We have a Dixon CS-400M audio interface which looks very similar to most 4 channel chinese audio interfaces. It has 2 mic/line inputs on their own channel and 2 1/4inch inputs with an rca input and output (switchable) on a seperate channel.
As for the mixer it is a Rocksonic DM-8005D 6ch powered mixer.
I know these brands may not pop up on many searches and will probably not be known to almost anybody on here.
The sound quality on both are pretty good on dynamic mics and very good on the audio interface with a condencer mic but using the rca lines on both causes distortion while recording for some reason even at very low levels. My question would be should i use the 1/4 inch stereo output from the mixer to the 1/4inch input on the audio interface or the xlr stereo output from the mixer to the xlr inputs(mic/line inputs 1&2) on the audio interface for better sound quality between the two devices?
The mixer is used more for live performances and we want to use it to record a drumset with more than just the condenser mic. Any help or advice would be appreciated as we can not afford any other equipment for quite a while to come still.
So hopefully this has not been posted somewhere and im just re asking the same question as i couldnt find something similar in the search.
The equipment we have availible to us is very limited as we have an almost zero budget so they were pieced together as best we could.
We have a Dixon CS-400M audio interface which looks very similar to most 4 channel chinese audio interfaces. It has 2 mic/line inputs on their own channel and 2 1/4inch inputs with an rca input and output (switchable) on a seperate channel.
As for the mixer it is a Rocksonic DM-8005D 6ch powered mixer.
I know these brands may not pop up on many searches and will probably not be known to almost anybody on here.
The sound quality on both are pretty good on dynamic mics and very good on the audio interface with a condencer mic but using the rca lines on both causes distortion while recording for some reason even at very low levels. My question would be should i use the 1/4 inch stereo output from the mixer to the 1/4inch input on the audio interface or the xlr stereo output from the mixer to the xlr inputs(mic/line inputs 1&2) on the audio interface for better sound quality between the two devices?
The mixer is used more for live performances and we want to use it to record a drumset with more than just the condenser mic. Any help or advice would be appreciated as we can not afford any other equipment for quite a while to come still.