Audio "bleed-through" when recording using Behringer MX602

[tacurtis]

I have a little Behringer MX602 mixer that I like a lot but it has one huge problem. I'd like to solve it without resorting to buying another model mixer.

My setup is as follows. All my instruments are plugged into the Behringer so it acts as a central node. Basically my stuff goes: Instruments -> Behringer MX602 mixer -> Tascam US428 DAW -> Macintosh.

The problem is that when I record a track in Cubase through the mixer, the new track contains a "ghost" of the other tracks. You can actually hear bleed-through of the other audio.

The Tascam and Behringer are hooked up like this:

Tascam "Line Ouput L" and "Line Ouput R" -> Behringer "Stereo Aux Return L" and "Stereo Aux return R"

Tascam inputs C (2L) and D (2R) <- Behringer "Main Out L" and "Main Out R"

As it is, if I want a clean recording I have to unplug whatever instrument I want to use from the Behringer and plug it directly into the Tascam, which totally defeats the purpose of having a convenient hub for all my stuff. Has anyone run into this problem before? Does anyone see anything glaring in the way I have it hooked up that might solve it? Is this a common occurrence for these little mixers vis-a-vis recording, or Behringer only? The manual is pretty useless except for pointing out what everything is.

(I know this may not provide any useful detail but here's a photo of the Behringer. I have everything hooked up normally except the guitar's L and R aren't plugged into channels 1 and 2 as usual. Ignore the PC next to it; I just use that for sequencing.

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Thanks in advance. . .

PS: This should help a little. Here's a scan of the front and rear panels from the manual.

 

[DREAMLABS]

Yeah man I share your pain.
I think that's one of Behringer's major faults.
I had the MX2004 20 channel mixer and had to throw it out.
In about two years, three of the channels died.
A good friend of mine had the larger 48 channel console for a while and after a few years his channels were dying like flies.

Right now I use Yamaha.
You should consider getting the Yamaha MG 10/2 seeing that you're looking for a small unit. It only costs $99.

Hope this helps.....

 

[AlChuck]

The problem is not the brand of mixer. Any cheap mixer with only a stereo bus will have the same limitations. The problem is that the aux ins, if you route them so you can hear them, go to the main mix, so if you send the inputs via the main outs, what you're listening to from the computer is also being piped back in.

I believe that mixer only has a stereo output (the next model up has two stereo busses). There's probably a way to route your signal to the sound card using the aux sends to the input of the Tascam. Have the outputs of the Tascam come through one of the ordinary stereo line channels of the mixer, and when you record, turn the send level up on the instument channels but all the way off on the output from the Tascam. That should fix it.

By the way , the Yamaha DREAMLABS mentioned is a 4-bus mixer. You can do the same thing without tying up the aux sends.