How to not hear myself while recording?

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This is probably a really easy question that you can solve with a mouse click..
I am using an ALESIS 4 Channel USB Mixer with Logic Pro 9.
I have a condensor mic hooked up to it.
When I record, I can hear myself through the headphones. I really do not like hearing myself when I record.
There is probably an easy solution for this right?
I am a beginner so yeah.
 
I don't think that mixer (Alesis multimix 4, right?) allows you to do that. It's just plain simple "what goes in comes out" style :D

Dedicated audio interface like Tascam us144 mk2 will allow you to adjust monitoring settings.
 
I can't do that within logic?
I mean, I wouldn't mind it, if it wasn't super loud. I'm just trying to test stuff out by recording a cover. I can't even hear the song or metronome. when I have the channel volume down in Logic and on the mixer.
 
I think I might just put a noise gate on it while I'm recording and set the Threshold to like 0db.
So I can't hear myself while I'm recording; then just delete the effect when I want to add compression and blahblahblah.
Would that alter my final project at all? Lol.
 
I don't know about Logic, but can't you just turn down the volume of the channel you're recording into? I know that in REAPER, the channel volume doesn't affect the recording level.
 
Are you monitoring your voice via Logic or just direct via the mixer though?
 
Well, I don't know a lot about recording, I have the "software Monitoring" turned off in Logic. So is only the mixer volume. I don't know now, the mic I have is broken so I'm going to have to fuck with it, on guitar. But, The channel volume would just be level one? and not main volume?
 
Turn off echo audio on the track you are recording.

Or select "none" for that channel output.
 
Bobbsy said:
Are you monitoring your voice via Logic or just direct via the mixer though?
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^^^^^THIS^^^^^ Where are your headphones plugged in to!? the Alesis Multimix or your computer?

If it's into your computer then the easiest thing to do is to mute the track you are recording onto in Logic or, as c7sus suggested, set the output on the channel to "None"

If your headphones are plugged into the alesis then i'm not sure as i can't see how you can stop the channel on the mixer going to the headphones :confused:
 
Seidy said:
I don't think that mixer (Alesis multimix 4, right?) allows you to do that. It's just plain simple "what goes in comes out" style :D

Dedicated audio interface like Tascam us144 mk2 will allow you to adjust monitoring settings.
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I second this.
 
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