Y Splitter Cable

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sounds like something in your mixer bro if your using the same cable for both
 
when i use headphones straight into my mixer i can hear the stereo output

but the second i go into the pod xt or the macbook i lose the sound

this sucks
 
is it still under warrenty? can you get your money back if you just need it for vocals to power your mic up you could get a presonus tube pre it would power your mic and give ya a nice warm tube sound http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/item--ALEMULTIMIX8USB if so check out this one its a decent mixer for the price i have the 16 firwire version and i get great sounds with it
 
i think its still under warranty

i should still have the receipt

i'll look into the links, thanks a ton for your help!!
 
anytime bro thats why we got the forums add me up anytime you need help ill do my best
 
Get a cable with a 1/8" stereo jack on one end and RCA plugs on the other. Connect the RCAs to your Xenyx's RCA tape outputs. Plug the other end (1/8" stereo jack) into the Line Input on the Macbook.

Set the Xenyx's main volume level to 0 db.

Plug your vocal mic into channel 1 on the Xenyx. Set your fader level (bottom knob) at 0 db. Bring up the gain knob until you're showing a signal that's peaking around 0 on the meters. Pan channel 1 all the way to the left.

Plug your guitar or POD or whatever into channel 2 on the Xenyx. Set your fader level (bottom knob) at 0 db. Bring up the gain knob until you're showing a signal that's peaking around 0 on the meters. Pan channel 2 all the way to the right.

When you play your guitar, only the right meter should be moving. When you sing into the mic, only the left should be moving.

Open Garageband on your computer. Create a new real instrument track. In the Track Info to the right (should show up when you create the track), set it to record from "Channel 1 (Mono)". Turn "Monitor" to "On" and move the volume slider all the way to the right.

Create another new real instrument track. In the track info for this, set it to record from "Channel 2 (Mono)". Turn "Monitor" to "On" and move the volume slider all the way to the right.

Arm both Garageband tracks to record, and hit record. Play your guitar and sing. The guitar should be on one track while the vocal is on the other.

You can continue to add tracks this way, where whatever is panned to the Left on your mixer will correspond with Channel 1 (Mono) in Garageband, and likewise for things panned Right corresponding with Channel 2 (Mono).

To monitor what you've already recorded while you're doing new tracks, use the speakers or headphone output on the Macbook. Alternately, you could get a second cable with a 1/8" Stereo plug on one end and RCA plugs on the other. You would plug this stereo plug into your headphone output on the Macbook, and connect the RCA plugs to the Tape In RCA jacks on the Xenyx. Connect your headphones or monitors to the Xenyx (headphones to headphone jack, monitors to CTR Out jacks). Press the "Tape/CD to CTR" button. DO NOT press the "Tape/CD to Main Mix" button or you will create a feedback loop. Use the "Headphone/CTR Room" volume knob to adjust the monitoring level. Leave the Main Mix volume level be.

If this doesn't work I don't know what to tell you.
 
thanks for the response adam but isn't that just giving me 2 separate mono tracks?


I mean i set my garageband to stereo input giving me 2 channels but the xenyx manual says if i plug into anything besides the stereo input i'll simply get a mono input or 2 separate mono channels if i plug into both left and right.


cuz when i record i do get 2 wavelengths which makes it LOOK like it's in stereo.


i just need to know if I should return the y splitter or not, cuz no need keeping it if i could simply use regular guitar cables
 
Yes, you are recording two mono tracks. Your voice is mono, and your guitar is mono. Once they're in Garageband as mono tracks you can use the program to pan them however you'd like.

You need to forget about trying to record in stereo. That's what's giving you trouble. Unless you're using a stereo mic technique (for something like drum overheads, or an acoustic guitar) or stereo outputs on a synth or something, you'll want to record your tracks mono.

If you do what I wrote, but set Garageband to record a stereo track, what you'll end up with is one track that plays guitar out of one speaker and vocals out of the other. If you set each of the Garageband tracks to record in mono (one from Channel 1 and the other from Channel 2), you'll end up with two separate mono tracks, one with guitar and one with vocals.

Separate mono channels is what you want.
 
ahhh gotcha

great post adam, that makes a lot of sense


so lets say i prefer to record everything seperately, would i still need the Y splitter? as i may as well just record one mono track at a time, no?

also, i'm recording mostly acoustic guitar, so maybe i would need stereo recording for that?
 
No, you probably would not need the Y-splitter (though you might want to hang on to it in case the need for it ever comes up). With what I wrote, you'll be able to record two mono tracks simultaneously, and overdub two tracks at a time, as many times as you'd like. So you could do a guitar track and a vocal track at the same time, and then go back and add a second guitar track and a bass track (assuming that you have someone else to play one of the parts, or are talented enough to play the guitar and bass at the same time). But yeah, two tracks at a time, as many as your computer can handle.
 
skew roxz and Adam P, I just wanna thank you guys for all your help and patience with me in this thread.

Thanks a ton guys :)
 
yw husker anytime bro music makes the world spin
 
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