Hello,
I am having a few problems and I was wondering if anyone could help.
I have brought a Behringer UB802 Mixer and have connected my Guitar (Rickenbacker 360) to the Line In 1 Port. I have then taken another cable from thge Main Out (Left) socket on the Mixer and run this through directly to the line in on my soundcard on my laptop. I am using Audacity on the laptop.
The problem I get is an inordinate amount of crackle when trying to record. In fact when not even touching the guitar the recording will be crackling away.
If I ditch the Mixer and go stright from Guitar to Laptop all seems ok (albeit quiet). Am I doing something heinously wrong here? The (few) recordings I have mucked about with seem a lot worse for going through a mixer!
I brought the mixer because I thought it would improve the sound and the way I controlled it. I also thought the recording would be slightly louder because I needed a pre-amp and that the mixer would come with one..but to be honest I'm not sure what a pre-amp is or does, and I can't see anything on the mixer (apart from on the microphone slot) that indicates there is a pre-amp with this anyway.
I have read the manual but am still none the wiser. Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers
Mat