Rookie in training question

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Really Rookie!

I'm just getting into doing some home self-recording. Acoustic guitar and a little electric guitar.

Here's my rig.

Behringer UB1202
MXL 990 Mic
Nady CM 88 Mic
Line6 Pod 2.0

The computer I'm hooking to is a Dell 8400, 3.4ghz proc, 1.0g mem and plenty of disk space. I am, however, recording through on-board SoundMax audio.

I've got the recording and mixing down a little. At least enough to say the equipment works. Everything is fine, the Line6 talks to the Behringer, etc,etc. I'm currently using Audacity as the software recording tool. I also have Magix Studio.

My question is, and no doubt I'm missing an obvious connection here, how do I get playback through the Behringer? In other words, after a track is recorded and I want to work a second track, how do I get the first track playback through the console instead of the PC speakers?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Ambrose.
 
awoodfellow said:
My question is, and no doubt I'm missing an obvious connection here, how do I get playback through the Behringer? In other words, after a track is recorded and I want to work a second track, how do I get the first track playback through the console instead of the PC speakers?
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You'd have to take the line out that's currently going to the speakers and run that out to tape ins on the 1202. If you don't want to lose your PC speakers altogether, you can get a stereo Y splitter from Radio Shack that will allow you to plug your PC speakers into one side of the stereo Y and your mixer into the other side.

On the mixer side you'll aslo need to add an adapter that goes from the stereo mini to L and R RCA jacks. Then you can run RCA (consumer stereo-style) cables from there to your mixer's tape in jacks.

HTH,

G.
 
Glen,

Thanks for the information. That worked. A few years ago a bought a cable from Radio Shack .. a 1/8 stereo mini with RCA's on the other end to use transferring vinyl to CD. I hadn't thought of that. Plugged it in, set Tape to Console and it works like a charm. As a matter of fact, "everything" sounds a ton better! Including Yahoo Radio!

Very Cool!

Thanks again!

Ambrose
 
You're welcome, Ambrose. It's nice to field the easy questions once in a while :).

Note also now that "everying sounds a ton better" that if you use this setup while recording and mixing, your mixes themselves should hopefully come out better too.

G.
 
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