Chief Pronto
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Hey there, I have a Behringer MX2004 that I got for extremely cheap and too good a deal for me to sell off at this point. So I want to keep the sucker.
The only problem I'm getting is that when I bought it, I thought it had 8 direct outs, but it turns out they're actually channel inserts. I figured I'd try it out with those, and before I learned about that "stick the cable in halfway" trick, I shoved the cable in fullway.
What happens is even with the mic gain all the way down, the signal sent to my computer is far too loud. Is that normal? Will sticking it in halfway reduce the gain at all? To me it doesn't make sense that with the gain all the way down to 0, the signal sent is clipping.
With the Behringer mixers that have direct outs, they are post-fader I believe, so the signal sent out has flown through the EQs and faders, but with mine, it's pre-fader. Is there a way to physically convert my 8 channel inserts into direct outs so I don't have to do the "halfway" trick? Not only do I want the signal to be trimmed when I trim it, but to have the EQ and faders etc have an affect on my signal would be beneficial...
EDIT: and with further reading on this forum, the official name for the trick I mention is the first-click trick. I know there are many threads on that already, but I was wondering if there was a way I could rip the mixer open, tinker around inside and physically convert the inserts to direct outs.
The only problem I'm getting is that when I bought it, I thought it had 8 direct outs, but it turns out they're actually channel inserts. I figured I'd try it out with those, and before I learned about that "stick the cable in halfway" trick, I shoved the cable in fullway.
What happens is even with the mic gain all the way down, the signal sent to my computer is far too loud. Is that normal? Will sticking it in halfway reduce the gain at all? To me it doesn't make sense that with the gain all the way down to 0, the signal sent is clipping.
With the Behringer mixers that have direct outs, they are post-fader I believe, so the signal sent out has flown through the EQs and faders, but with mine, it's pre-fader. Is there a way to physically convert my 8 channel inserts into direct outs so I don't have to do the "halfway" trick? Not only do I want the signal to be trimmed when I trim it, but to have the EQ and faders etc have an affect on my signal would be beneficial...
EDIT: and with further reading on this forum, the official name for the trick I mention is the first-click trick. I know there are many threads on that already, but I was wondering if there was a way I could rip the mixer open, tinker around inside and physically convert the inserts to direct outs.
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