RideTheCrash
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Okay, this is kind of like my last post about this. My problem is I'm not getting a very hot signal from my mixer into my computer.
For example, I can record a guitar at a decent level if I crank the gain half way and the amp is loud. But just as a test, my girlfriend brought over this gigantic Yamaha keyboard she is borrowing for a few months, and while she was playing it in my basement I put a SM57 on one speaker, and came up here. Threw up the fader and whatnot, and I had a nice hot signal. I tried recording it to my computer and a waveform barely showed up at all -- and this keyboard was at full volume.
So...Yamaha keyboard > SM57 > Audiopro mixer > snake > Delta 1010lt > Cool Edit
The faders are up full on the Delta software and everything. Now, this sort of all ties back to about a month ago. Today I was reading on here and someone mentioned maybe they weren't getting a strong signal to their computer because they were using their inserts as direct outs...which is exactly what I'm doing.
Is this the case or what? I plug the cable from the snake to the first click, and the sound still comes through, and if I plug it in all the way it still sends the signal but it cuts out of the sound from the speakers. The back of this board says INSERTS, so obviously they are not direct outs but they are working like them. Anyways, would this be the case possibly? I know Hosa sells those little cables that turn inserts into direct outs (and no I'm not skilled enough to make my own unfortunately), but, AH, help!
For example, I can record a guitar at a decent level if I crank the gain half way and the amp is loud. But just as a test, my girlfriend brought over this gigantic Yamaha keyboard she is borrowing for a few months, and while she was playing it in my basement I put a SM57 on one speaker, and came up here. Threw up the fader and whatnot, and I had a nice hot signal. I tried recording it to my computer and a waveform barely showed up at all -- and this keyboard was at full volume.
So...Yamaha keyboard > SM57 > Audiopro mixer > snake > Delta 1010lt > Cool Edit
The faders are up full on the Delta software and everything. Now, this sort of all ties back to about a month ago. Today I was reading on here and someone mentioned maybe they weren't getting a strong signal to their computer because they were using their inserts as direct outs...which is exactly what I'm doing.
Is this the case or what? I plug the cable from the snake to the first click, and the sound still comes through, and if I plug it in all the way it still sends the signal but it cuts out of the sound from the speakers. The back of this board says INSERTS, so obviously they are not direct outs but they are working like them. Anyways, would this be the case possibly? I know Hosa sells those little cables that turn inserts into direct outs (and no I'm not skilled enough to make my own unfortunately), but, AH, help!