I am new to recording and have recently purchased a Behringer PMP518m 5 channel mixer, a m-audio fast track usb, and have a mac-air with garage band. I must be missing something really obvious but I do not see how to connect the Behringer mixer to the M-audio fast track? There is an imput for a guitar or a mic, but I have tried connecting the Behringer to the fast track with a speaker output cable, tried the standard red and black audio in and out connectors, and I just don't see any other obvious options.
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The channels are setup according to the model. If you have stereo (2 channel L/R) then you cannot get 5 channels out of it. To do this you need a card that is 5.1. If your card IS 5.1, then i would enable the channels in the audio mixer for the card.
i suggest you contact Behringer Customer Service for advixce. Without the setup in front of me, it's hard to figure out the wire routeing, switch positions, ect. that may be leading to this problem. As they would be the people most familiar with the gear, they'sd be the people to ask. http://www.music-group.com/support/behringer/askquestion
Try taking direct feeds from your 8 mic channels by connecting leads from the insert jacks to the inputs of the recorder. In order to not interrupt the signal path on the mixer channel push the jack all the way in and then pull out gently until you feel it click. Then you should get a direct signal going to the Tascam and still have control over the level via the fader.
Sounds like the output cable from the 802 is not correctly pinned to your input on the computer. Fred is on the right track but you may need to take it a bit further.
It may also be helpful to use a Pro USB audio interface such as the Digigram UAX220v2 (line level version).
If you wish to use the computer's on board sound card consider an IHF/Pro interface that converts balanced audio to unbalanced , and the proper cables. Two 3-wire balanced 1/4-inch from the 802 to the left and right inputs of the interface (XLR Male), then RCA (Red and White) to a 1/8-inch TRS Plug cable onto the the computers audio input.
Henry Engineering's Matchbox HD comes to mind.
Good Luck.
I suppose that you connect the behringer mixer master out (just one of the two channels in case of two) to the guitar input of the Fast Track. Have you tried to hear your mic from the phones output at the front panel of the Fast Track? Try changing the guitar gain and the output level at the top of the Fast track.
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All you have to do is to connect with 2 cables your behringer mixer's output to
the two 1/4” TS plus in the front side of the Fast Track Pro and a usb
cable from the rear panel of the Fast Track Pro to your pc's usb port.
I suppose that you have installed the drivers for Fast Track Pro at
your pc. Anyway in case of a problem or clarification, don't hesitate to post.
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As the Fastrack can only receive one audio signal at a time you would have to record each track seperatly into Pro Tools.
I'm guessing your mixer is a multitrack recorder.
Solo track 1 on the multitracker and playback from there into the Fastrack, with track 1 on Pro Tools set to record. Repeat this for each or your tracks on the multitracker.
When you've finished you'll need to align all the tracks in Pro Tools so they all playback in time with each other.
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