soundcard and mixer connections

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I'll bet I'm the newest newbie around. I sure wish I would have paid more attention and not drank so much when being in the studio with a band I was with. Now I am without a band and I don't drink anymore, but I'm pretty damn happy, and wanting to record.
I've tried searching for this answer, but haven't found it yet (or maybe I couldn't understand it). I am getting a behringer 1804 mixer soon (I maybe should have tried something else, but the effects processor in it just seemed pretty neat, I hope I don't regret it). If I were to have a soundcard like the darla 24 with two inputs, and wanted to mix some tracks that I recorded earlier (using the mixer and ntracks), would I go from the darlas outputs (do I assign tracks in the computer to the different outputs of the soundcard?)into the mixers line ins, then EQ them and or add effects, then use the two main out xlrs using two balanced xlr to 1/4" cables to the darlas two inputs? Then make the tracks that were just sent from the computer through the mixer and back through the darla cards input, into one track in the software that I am using (ntracks)? Is this how it is done?
Is there a better output from the mixer to use for this or is this the usual way its done? Is it better to just use one input on the darla using a stereo Y connector from the two outputs on the mixer? Is it real, or is it memorex?
Thank you.

[This message has been edited by bobbo (edited 09-25-1999).]

[This message has been edited by bobbo (edited 09-25-1999).]
 
If you're sending a stereo signal from your mixer to the Darla, connect left and right channels to separate inputs on the Darla. If you have a single stereo ouput jack (like a headphone connection) then the proper 'Y' cord is appropriate.
When going from the Darla to the mixer, you can assign which tracks you want going out on each of the 8 analog outputs. This is done in software. My Gina came with a really nice version of the Windows volume control applet that allows you to cut or boost the input and
cut each of the outputs 1 dB at a time, separately for each channel.
 
Thank you drstawl. That question has been bugging me for a few days.
 
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