mixer->computer

[crazydrummer45]

Hi guys, well I am thinking of buying a Yamaha MG10/2 mixer and a Shure SM57 mic to make good-quality recordings of me playing the drums. I'm still not too sure of the wiring needed and if the mixer will be able to even hook up to my computer. I believe I need a 2 ended male XLR cable, with one end in the mixer's mic preamp XLR port and from there a 2 ended 1/4 cable to a single ended 1/8 cable to plug into the input on the computer. PLease tell me if I'm doing something wrong or something should be changed.

Thanks

 

[Cloneboy Studio]

Umm... I hope you're going to get more than a SM57 if you want good quality.

 

[crazydrummer45]

Well, it'll be used just to basically record, I want everything on the kit to be heard without cutting out, but eventually I'm going to get a full kit mic set.

 

[mcolling]

that'll work if you just want a sample of yourself playing. you're gonna need a soundcard, however.

on the other hand, you can probably run your mixer through the 1/8th inch 'mic' jack that your computer likely has next to the headphone jack. this will send the mixer's output through your onboard soundcard, assuming that you have one. you'll only need an adaptor for whatever the output is (1/4 inch, maybe RCA) into the 1/8th inch jack. quality will suffer from using a shitty soundcard, but then again you're only using a 57. you'll also need some software.

hope this helps!

 

[bh4554]

u'll need a multi input sound card and at least a 4 bus mixer if you want to be able to edit each mic indiviudally on the pc.