Connecting mixer to my PC.

[Glergo]

Greetings,

First of all, I'm new to this forum, and I thought I'd register since I'm in the middle of gathering equipment and setting up my recording studio in my room

I went through my dads stash and found a Mixim 10 mixer, which is rather compact and seems perfect for my use, since it has phantom power for the new condenser microphone I'm going to buy after I get some help from you guys setting it up on my computer

I've successfully managed to connect the mixer with my Crown Powertech 3 amplifier, but after trying it out a few times I figure it's too big and too much pwoer to use in my small little room . So, I decided to use the mixer as a pre-amp for my microphone instead.

I did manage connect the mixer to the computer with my Behringer XM1800S microphone, but I had this signal in the background whenever I did recording so I don't know whether I did something wrong or what ti might be

My computer specs are as follows:
CPU: Intel Core i7 (2.66GHz)
Sound Card: ASUS Xonar DX
RAM: 6gb

Mixim 10 Manual:
http://www.devicemanuals.com/guide/...o-Mixim-10 User-Guide-English-TlRreE5UST.html

Note:
If this is in the wrong section, please feel free to move this post, but please PM me the new destination.

Any help would be appreciated
Yours truly.

 

[Seidy]

I did manage connect the mixer to the computer...

how? from mixer output to your sound card 3,5mm input?

...but I had this signal in the background whenever I did recording so I don't know whether I did something wrong or what ti might be

that noise is mainly caused by cheap sound cards, so you might be looking for better interface, like m-audio fast track mk2

 

[TimOBrien]

How to hook up a mixer to your soundcard:

http://www.tweakheadz.com/how_to_hookup_a_mixer.htm

...you'll want to bookmark and read through all of Tweak's Guide....

 

[Glergo]

how? from mixer output to your sound card 3,5mm input?

Yeah, from the output of the mixer that is going into the amplifier, I have a cable that turns those into one stereo cable and into my computer. After that I plugged my mic into the dedicated microphone channel on the Mixim which is port 1 and 2.

how? from mixer output to your sound card 3,5mm input?
that noise is mainly caused by cheap sound cards, so you might be looking for better interface, like m-audio fast track mk2

I figured that noise might be because I'm using a lot of adapters to get the cables to fit into my sound card, or because it's too much voltage but perhaps it doesn't matter.

How to hook up a mixer to your soundcard:

http://www.tweakheadz.com/how_to_hookup_a_mixer.htm

...you'll want to bookmark and read through all of Tweak's Guide....

Thanks a lot! I'll have a good read tonight