So you need to read a lot more about a lot more stuff, more stuff, then more stuff, followed by more stuff. These are sophisticated little devices which are much more sophisticated than similar devices were just a couple of years ago.
Many of these manuals can be equally confusing to someone who was not familiar with what actually is going on. It makes no difference whether your friend has a Mac and you have a PC, it's operator error. If it was that easy, everybody would be doing it. Understanding signal flow and how all of this stuff works can be a frustrating and daunting task. You have no idea as a maintenance tech at NBC-TV, how many times I had to walk into a control room with someone who had 20+ years of experience who couldn't obtain what they wanted and all I had to do was press a button to fix it. You are simply experiencing operator error. If not, there is something very strange afoot. Then make gross adjustments to the mixer's EQ and add over-the-top effects via the mixer's effects unit. I would try a simple test of you speaking into a microphone attached to the mixer and recording the output via USB. Similarly, a drummer may say he can hardly hear the drums in what I judge to be a balanced recording just because he sits almost on top of the kit when performing so his live balance is skewed. For example, I've had to re-mix tracks brought in by performers who have recorded them while monitoring on phones but where the balance between voice and instruments has been wrong, even though the singer was adamant that it was right in his phones when he was singing. It's often difficult to relate what you hear in headphones while recording to the sounds reproduced when replaying the recording. Any EQ or effect that is added in the mix and can be heard when monitoring the main outputs will be present in the digitised data sent via USB. In the case of your Xenyx X1222USB, it's only the main stereo mix that is sent via USB to a computer. Hueseph has described how a mixer would work that had a multi-channel USB interface. Made myself sound like a chipmunk, then made myself sound like a devil, then just to make sure of things, i turned everything on the right side up for effects and pushed every button over there while recording. Just went into the living room, downloaded reaper, made a recording on it. If I want more bass in my voice, or to make an echo effect, I can't record the changes the mixer makes? The highs/mids/lows/effects are pointless to even have or touch in this scenario? That seems weird.Īlso. Then what's the point of having control of the voices? I'm doing a live podcast and the mixer has all these sound controls and effects. For the price though, Reaper is an incredible value and it's not crippled in any way. Right now Cakewalk also has a sale on Music Creator for only $19. That investment will help you tremendously if you take the time to learn the software.
That being said, a non commercial license is only $67. In other words, they will nag you to buy a license every time you load it. The demo does not expire but it is nagware.
In Audacity, this will be your bane but in any other DAW, it's a blessing.ĭo yourself a favor and download Reaper. You can do nothing to undo what you've done. Hueseph, post: 388945 wrote: MIxers generally don't send effects to "tape"(disc).