sound card help please

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teapot

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i do some home recording i use a pc with soundcard
i use line out left/right to get sound to my mixing desk
which i find very limiting i would like some more outputs.
would like something like four outs
i would like more sounds from computer into mixer
to get more control over my music
is there a way?

sorry if this is the wrong place
thank you
 
It's not clear what you are doing - please specify exactly what your equipment is. What sounds are in the computer that you are trying to get out separately? What DAW/software are you using?
 
Hi,
Ordinarily people work with a chosen number of inputs and stereo output.
The output wouldn't usually go through a mixer; it'd go straight to your amp/speakers.

Now, that's not to say no one ever takes multiple outputs from a DAW to a mixer, but usually they're 'live' mixing down to a stereo medium like tape or something.
The conventional home method is to mix in the computer/standalone recorder.

What are you goals, in layman's terms?
 
Ooo! Pretty sure you are in the right place Teapot! And very welcome you are too.

Yes, a general idea of what you are doing and want to do. Make and model of the mixer. Do you have "proper" monitors? And most of all, a budget!

Dave.
 
hi what i would like is to get more outs from computer
i have a small mackie mixer 12/2/2 and i record on to
pc useing powertracks DAW
my soundcard has line in a line out left /right
what i would like is a way to get more outputs
as i like mixing thru mixing desk
if i record guitar on first track vocal on second bass on third etc
i would like to have them coming in to mixer on there own tracks
as i have control over them im old and set in my ways
yes i do have monitors and i mix my songs down to an external
recorder
i dont like mixing in DAW i like mixing thru desk
and i do use backing tracks for drums /strings/etc
could i use two soundcard or something like that

sorry about spelling a and bad grammer
thanks for your help and good luck
 
Ok super.
You want to record however many tracks into the computer then pipe each of them out again for outboard mixing.
You just need an audio interface with an adequate number of outputs.

How may were you thinking? You'll be limited by the mixer.

Plenty of interfaces will have 8 line outputs. Some will also have adar output which, through use of more converters, allows you to use 16 outputs.

My motu 828mk2 does that, for example.
There are plenty of other options but a motu828 mk2 + a behringer ada8000 will give you 16 line outputs.

I'm sure other people will list some hardware that they use/know of.
 
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