Okay, this is going to be uber-newbie but I'm puzzled and need some input (or technically, output ). I have a ZED10FX w/USB Allen & Heath mixer. I generally record voice through it and into a Zoom recorder. Since I first got it I've been concerned about the low output volume I get from it via USB and analog. When I speak into the mic channel, I have to seriously belt to get the meters to get to any significant levels. If I use the standard of "turning up the gain until I just get into the yellow" I have to have gain maxed to even remotely get there. And I'd virtually have to scream to clip or distort. I'm using a Sennheiser E385 straight into the channel. Nothing fancy going on. It's just never really output like I thought it should and that seems consistent at the meters and out USB and out the main outputs. Going into my recorder I can just up the gain input there and normalize in post. So recording isn't a big problem but if I want to do anything live these output levels aren't cutting it. I keep telling myself, "A mixer is not an amp." So maybe I have unrealistic expectations? Still I'd expect to see more on the meters. Clearly I'm not a professional sound engineer but I've followed everything I can read and view and am just afraid I have an mixer issue.