New to PC Recording -- How to Run Monitor/Headphone Outs

[bourj]

Hey there. I recently switched from analog 4-track cassette recording to PC-based recording. My low-end setup is as follows:

CuBase 3.7 VST w/ Steinberg ST24/96 Soundcard
Pentium II 400 w/ 196 MB RAM, 20 gig HD (may up this later)
M-Audio StudioPhile SP-5B Monitors
Behringer Eurorack MX1604A 16-Channel Mixer
Alesis 3630 Compressor
Alesis Nanoverb
Alesis SR-16 Drum Machine
Casio CZ-101 MIDI linked to an E-mu Proteus 2 Module
Various mics, etc.

My question is a relatively simple one, I think, about how to properly run cables for this setup. Right now, I've got most of my instruments, etc. running into the Behringer mixer.

From there, I run a stereo 1/4" cable from the CTRl-R outs on the mixer to the 1/4" stereo input on the soundcard.

The soundcard 1/4" stereo out goes into the monitors.

My problem is, I can record tracks fine (so far). However, I cannot listen to tracks on headphones and record over them. I can play them back on the monitors, but I can't get the proper headphone/monitor setup so I can use headphones during recording & monitors during mixing.

Anyone know what to do here? The CTRL-R out and headphone out on the Behringer are controlled by the same volume knob. There are also main outs and ALT 3-4 outs on the mixer. I am guessing I should somehow run my soundcard output back into the mixer, and then hook the monitors up somewhere, but I'm not sure how.

Thanks for reading!

(Also any suggestions/tips on hooking up the outboard effects would be appreciated, too.)

 

[AlChuck]

I have the same mixer. Here's what I do in a nutshell -- I route the main outputs to my monitors, and I route the ALT 3+4 bus to the soundcard's line in. I assign the channels where I've routed the output of my soundcards to the regular output bus, and I route the channel where I'm using the mic to the ALT 3+4 bus. Then I put on the phones so what I'm listening to doesn't get picked up by the mic while I do my overdub.

Hope that helps.

 

[SPINSTERWUN]

The MASTER has spoken.

 

[AlChuck]

Huh? Where?

 

[bourj]

Okay, I think I set it up properly (Main outs to Monitors, Alt 3-4 to Soundcard In, Soundcard out to channels 1 & 2).

However, I am getting a massive amount of delay between my mic and my headphones, and when I tried doing a two-track overdub, I started hearing multiple echoes of the first track. So I'm basically getting a lot of delay and quite a bit of noise. Any help on this?