Help setting up!

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Hi, this is my first time using a forum and i just really needed some advice. I am a singer and i am trying to record a couple of you tube covers from home. I have the Wharfedale connect 502 usb mixer and would like to connect my akai midi keyboard and my microphone through it so i can hear it back on my monitors clearly like a live performance. I also use logic pr0 8 so the keyboard is connected to that. I am not too great at this stuff so i would just like to know if this is possible or if i need another mixer? Any help would be great!
Thank you.
 
From what can gather, the mixer connects to the computer via USB. There should be a driver and you will need to select that from your DAW as INs/Out (out to monitor and play back). You should test to see if it is recording to your DAW and you can play it back.

Once you confirm that is working, we can go to the next question.
 
Thanks for the quick reply, i have connected the mixer to the computer via usb and have selected the mixer as the core audio and i now have sound from the keyboard but none from the microphone!
 
I have plugged the speakers into the computer, however the feedback coming back from the microphone is louder than the volume of the mic itself, does that make sense? Should i be plugging the speakers into the mixer instead?
 
Hi,
Both mic and keyboard are now working?
Your speakers should be off while the mic is live.

Feedback is a loop of audio out of speakers, into mic, out of speakers etc.
Pop your headphones on. ;)
 
Hey!
Do i use the headphones for a live performance? I will be recording it with a camera but want it coming out of the speakers!:facepalm: (my confused face)
 
Yeah, you'll need headphones to be able to hear the keyboard, assuming it's recorded by line input or midi.

If you use speakers you'll get feedback, and, even if you could find a balance, the mic would still pick up the speaker output as bleed and make things difficult.

I've heard of people doing it on rare occasions with fussy singers, but it's really not ideal.

Basic rule: If you can hear it, the mic can hear it.

RE: The video.
Usually what you'd do is ignore or delete the audio picked up by the camera.
After the recording you can mix your mic/keyboard recording down and sync it to your video.
 
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