Using the mixer output as channel input

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I have a rather odd-sounding question. I record using Sonar 3. I have a Mackie 1202VLZ which is connected to my Audiophile 2496 soundcard. When Im mixing in sonar, i cant get the levels as high as i want using the software faders (without clipping). When i turn up the master fader on my mixer it sounds great. Thats the level i want. What i want to know is can i route the signal from my mixer output back into another channel and record the mix back into sonar at the higher volume??? Will this loop cause feedback or distortion? Im kinda bad at visualizing the concept of headroom. Would importing the mix into sound forge and using the volume plugin give the same effect that im looking for? Thanks
 
If you are clipping when you turn up the software faders but it isn't loud enough, turn up your monitors. Don't confuse the volume you are hearing out of your monitors with the recording level.
 
i hear you, but i dont wanna have to turn my monitors all the way up just to get a "normal" level. Is there a way to make it louder without distortion?
 
don't worry about that at the mixing stage, the commercial volume you seek comes at mastering. if you need it louder at mixing just turn up your monitors.


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What is the signal chain between the soundcard and your monitors? are you going into the mixer from the soundcard or just into a power amp? If you need more volume in you monitors just turn the knob :P
Sounds like you just want to get the mixes louder though. which is it?
 
Don't know if I've picked up wrongly here. Are you playing a lot of tracks through a mixer then trying to feed the main L/R signal from the desk back into the soundcard?

If so I've started doing this. I used to record the L/R out of the mixer to DAT, then use S/PDIF from the DAT back into the soundcard before burning to CD. Now I miss the DAT completely and record straight back into Cubase as I'm streaming
 
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