Am I missing something with my mackie

[spacerust]

Last night I tried to record by hooking up my mackie profx22 to my laptop. I have two different recording software, the one that came with the mackie mixer, Traktor 3, and another I got from a friend, ableton live 8. I couldn't figure out how to get live 8 to recognize the mackie through USB so I decided to try tractor 3. I was able to record but couldn't hear the playback. My headphones were connected to the mixer and I was able to monitor during recording. I tried connecting my headphones to the computer but that didn't work as well. Am I missing a hookup or setting. Also I'd like to record with the live 8 but how can I get it to recognize the mixer through USB.

 

[Bobbsy]

It's not so much your Mackie as the DAW software. You need to go to the settings page and specify the device and channels you want to use--in this case the Mackie USB mixer.

In Tracktion, it's on the Settings page as detailed on Page 29 onwards on the manual--I've never tried Ableton but I'm sure it'll have a similar menu.