Can hear microphone through headphones but music plays through laptop speakers?

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I have an alto ZMX52 mixer and a HP pavilion laptop. I have connected the mixer to my laptop (to record onto my laptop) via the AUX out RCA red and white sockets to my mic input on my laptop.

I am using cubase 5 to record. Here are the settings I am using at the moment.

ASIO4ALL V2 Driver

Port system name Visible State
MuxedIn1 1 X Active
MuxedIn1 2 X Active
HpOut3 1 X Active
HpOut3 2 X Active

I have some headphones plugged into the headphone socket on my mixer and a microphone plugged in.
I can hear my voice singing through the headphones when I do sing but I have one problem.

When I play a track on my PC it does not play through the headphones, it plays through the laptops speakers - which obviously is a pain because I'm wanting to multi- track!

Any help?
 
Control panel > Sounds and audio devices > audio tab > sound playback > advanced audio properties > speaker setup > stereo headphones or no speaker.
 
It seems like you need a connection between the line out of your lap top and an input on the Alto
 
Yep, one of these from your lappy headphone out, to the AUX in on your mixer.

Not the best quality as far as audio is concerned, but it should work.
 
Im wanting to record FROM the mixer to my PC so need aux out to line in/mic input on my laptop, and that is what Ive done right now. I already have an RCA in the aux out from my mixer to the mic input... do I ALSO need the aux in connected!?
 
What you really need to do is save your pennies and get a real asio soundcard.

The built-in of every computer has cheap parts and bad drivers.
asio4all is a great hack but it only SIMULATES asio low-latency drivers.
Any $50 and up usb interface is a huge step up.

Start HERE.
 
c7sus said:
Control panel > Sounds and audio devices > audio tab > sound playback > advanced audio properties > speaker setup > stereo headphones or no speaker.
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This didn't work.
 
TimOBrien said:
What you really need to do is save your pennies and get a real asio soundcard.

The built-in of every computer has cheap parts and bad drivers.
asio4all is a great hack but it only SIMULATES asio low-latency drivers.
Any $50 and up usb interface is a huge step up.
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Thankyou but I have just spent the money on this mixer and would like to find the solution rather than just buy something else.
 
Jeremy Ward said:
Im wanting to record FROM the mixer to my PC so need aux out to line in/mic input on my laptop, and that is what Ive done right now. I already have an RCA in the aux out from my mixer to the mic input... do I ALSO need the aux in connected!?
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I understand you want to record from mixer to PC. But you also need to get sound back from PC to mixer, so that you can hear what you're doing. So you need a connection from the output of your PC to the mixer.

But a better idea is to sell the mixer and get an interface. That would make life a lot easier and give yo better results.
 
Read the sticky thread up the top about mixers. Sooooo many people go and buy a cheap mixer thinking it's necessary to record and then come here and ask questions about how to make it work.

Cut your losses. Sell it and buy an interface. That's how it's done.
 
Armistice said:
Cut your losses. Sell it and buy an interface. That's how it's done.
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Yep! That's exactly what I did. Many people new to recording are accustomed to seeing a mixer as part of the equipment. These days, the interfaces are integrated with a whole heap of stuff that makes a mixer redundant.
 
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