setting up computer for recording

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Hi, I have a Behringer Eurorack MX 2004a mixer. I have a Delta 44 audio interface. I am using Sonar for recording. How do I go about setting this up to get sound. I am getting no sound from the computer. I need an in-depth explaination of how to hook everything up and to get levels from Sonar and how to get monitoring levels from the computer to the headphones plugged through the mixer. Also, how do we hook it up so that each instrument we record at one time goes to a different track on Sonar? thanks a bunch
 
ok, I got something to record but we can't hear it when I play it back. I still can't figure out where to plug everything in at. Changing the options in "audio" in sonar got me levels and everything for recording, but it got me levels pluging into the interface ins from the channel inserts on the mixer, the aux sends on the mixer, and the line of the mixer. Which one should I be using? Also, for monitoring on the mixer, where should the cable from the "outs" on the audio interface plug into on the mixer. Once I know where everything should be plugged in then I'll try to fix all the settings on the program to get it to work.
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Well... you may get many posibility. I don't use Behringer, but generaly, mixers work in the same way. Here's my suggest connection :

Instruments/Mics --> Input mixer Channel 1 to 4 (or as many as you need).

Delta output --> Input mixer 15 & 16 (L & R) Pan Channel 15 hard left and 16 hard right. Set channel's Aux send knob all the way left (off).

Mixer main out --> Your monitor system.

Mixer Aux 1 send --> Delta In 1
Mixer Aux 2 send --> Delta In 2

Use the Aux send knob on channels 1 ~ 4 to send signal to Delta input. If you set Delta as linked (Input 1 & 2 as L & R) then aux send 1 & 2 will be used to controll L & R.
Once again, I don't own behringer, so I can't help you for detail, but I think generaly, you will get it right...

Hope it helps
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hi, this is my other name on the board. Thanks for the explaination but I have one more questions. On the behringer, there isn't two aux knobs for 15/16, only one. Could we use 13/14 instead? Also, how do align the panning on Sonar so that left goesto a new track and right goes to a new track? thanks a lot, you have been great!
 
ok, heres another update. I have the levels all fine when using two mics; they both record to seperate tracks and everything, but I can't get mic 3 to record to another track. When I plug the 3rd mic in it wants to go either left or right into the same track. Also, we still can't hear what we have recorded, we don't have a monitor system. We just want to use the headphones that we have plugged into the mixer but still no playback. Were so close! thanks
 
make sure that in sonar you have the 'output' for the tracks you have recorded set to the delta outs that you are running into 13/14 or whichever you are using. and that the output drivers are enabled in the setup under the audio options.

on the mixer, make sure you have the "main mix" button depressed, which is right above the alt3/4 fader. otherwise, you will not be able to hear the mixer channels in the headphones.

by only using the aux sends to go to the computer, you are limiting yourself to two distinct tracks at a time. if you need to record that 3rd, (4th, etc.) simultaneously (can you overdub the third mic after the first two tracks are recorded?) then you will need to find another way to get to the delta. maybe you can use the insert jacks on the back of the mixer?? they are designed to both send and recieve signal - a compressor would be a common use. you should be able to use them as outputs. doing this will mean that you can't hear the signal at the mixer anymore, because it's not returning thru the insert jack. also, i'm not sure where in the signal path the insert is taken, but i would imagine it is pre e.q. and pre-fader(??) you would have to try it and see.

maybe one of your inputs could go straight into the delta, but not if they're mics, i suppose.

you could also use the alt3/4 outputs. any channel which is muted will be sent to the alt3/4 bus. so you could press mute on the third channel and use the pan pot to choose between the 3 and 4 outputs on the back of the mixer. be aware that any other channel which is muted will also be feeding into that bus, so if you need to silence some other inputs while you're recording that third mic, pull the faders down or unplug the inputs on the other things you need to mute.
 
by the way, one thing to watch out for when using the aux sends to feed the recorder:

if you are using one of the stereo channels and want to send that signal to separate left and right tracks in sonar, you wont be able to do this by turning both the aux1 and aux2 sends up. you will get signal to both tracks you are recording, but both tracks with have both the L and R because it is a stereo channel. (you could use the stereo channels as mono i suppose, by only plugging into one of the input jacks)

use the mono channels for going to the recorder. i know you are already doing this, i just thought i'd throw this out there as well.
 
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