Hi all,
Could anybody please shed any light on my problem?
I'm trying to connect a small MRS-8 mixer to my computer, through a Creative Audigy sound card.
The sound card is connected to a 5.1 speaker system, but there are two inputs still free - a blue 'Line In' socket and a red one for Microphone.
The mixer sends out a signal that normally requires powered 'studio monitor' type speakers, or to be connected to something like the amp of a home stereo system. It usually runs through a pair of Rokit 5 powered speakers.
If I disconnect the Rokits and connect it to the sound card using a stereo jack plug it seems to work fine. No nasty burning smells, expensive 'snap, crackle and pop' noises or telltale drifts of white smoke.... The sound comes out of all 6 speakers that are connected to the soundcard at what seems like an appropriate volume. Either of the two inputs seems to work.
The snag is that when I try to record the sound, using the Windows sound recorder or Audacity, nothing arrives. Not so much as a flicker on the meters, and nothing recorded.
Is this some kind of evil Creative plot? Do I need to use their sound software? Is it perhaps a Windows detection routine not yet run, or a setting not made? Senility at work...again....??
I did manage to get a result by running a routine that detected microphones for voice work, but this seemed like the wrong approach?? I feel as if it should be using 'line in'.
Any tips or suggestions please?
BTW. Normally you save all the results to a memory card in the mixer and then dump them to computer via a card reader in a USB port, and adjust the format, etc. But I'm hoping to skip some of that, as it's a bit cumbersome for quick-n-dirty record-and-post situations. The condenser mike in the mixer works pretty well too.
This is the Mixer (if it throw up a Language install box, just close it - the page is all in English)
Zoom MRS-8
Cheers,
Chris
