Great video. Very helpful. One question. How do I continue to utilize my external monitors that have typically been plugged into the headphone jack on the computer. Is there a port on the Mackie to plug them into?
YackShack, if I were on a desktop, that would be fine. This is a laptop. I've tried an external sound card -- a pricey one -- but it just couldn't keep up, due (I'm sure) to the laptop's processing speeds. Also, I find any recording to the laptop produces the risk of problems from slowdowns on the hard drive, whereas recording to the Marantz digital recordeer is flawless. The mixer also gives me a lot of control, and I have the ability to add an effects processer and a limiter, enhacing output.
YackShack, if I were on a desktop, that would be fine. This is a laptop. I've tried an external sound card -- a pricey one -- but it just couldn't keep up, due (I'm sure) to the laptop's processing speeds. Also, I find any recording to the laptop produces the risk of problems from slowdowns on the hard drive, whereas recording to the Marantz digital recordeer is flawless. The mixer also gives me a lot of control, and I have the ability to add an effects processer and a limiter, enhacing output.
Skype really doesnt have latency anymore although some VOIP programs do. I do a non min=minus recording setup these days and don't have any issue at all as skype tends to sync up with itself after a minute.
I'm sorry, but that's completely wrong. I used to use a Mac, but it does not negate the need for the mix-minus in order to get rid of the Skype latency; we set this up, in fact, when I was using a Mac. If you watched the video, you'd know we were ALREADY using Skype. The Mac does nothing to address latency, which is the result of the delay in digitizing and then delivering the voice communication over Skype. You still need some kind of solution like a double-ender or a mix-minus.
heres what i meant. Download SoundFlower and set it so that you hear Soundflower (2ch). Go to skype, set input to mic and output to SoundFlower (2ch). Download LineIn ( i forgot to mention) and set input to mic, and output to SoundFlower(2ch) (it puts your mic on Soundflower (2ch))Then go to Garageband and set Audio Driver to Soundflower (2ch). You may hear yourself, but it works!
PS-Leo uses it because he has 10 computers and broadcasting audio on muliple things, while this only works on 1.
@shelholtz You can record on the same computer as skype. The only thing that will allow you to do that is a separate sound card. There is three things that you must do... If your computer is fast enough to record, play, and handle a skype call, then you must install two usb audio adapters which should include a headphone and a microphone jack. Set skype to output sound to the main sound card which will do audio send and 5/6 mix minus. Set music to adapter #1. Finally set the recording program to
@shelholtz use the third usb sound adapter. Although it will be a cabled mess, it should work..I will be trying this soon as I am going to buy new equipment.
kind of cool but seems to be a little more complicated than necessary -- there's some good skype recording software that'll recorded both voices as a separate track (in v. good quality, too) and if you really want your own track separate, use something like a zoom h2 to record on your end
finalrune, you're missing a couple points. I do use Callburner when all I need to do is record two tracks on a Skype call. With my podcast, though, there's a third input -- audio files. Also, I just don't trust these apps to work perfectly, while the computer is running other processes, for a full hour. There are problems with the double-ender concept, too -- you have to wait for the file to arrive (time I don't have), and synchronization is often not quite perfect.
mrice99, most laptops have just one audio input. Since the AUX input has everything BUT the caller's voice, and that line MUST go into the laptop, you can't record to the laptop. A bigger computer with multiple inputs, sure. On the other hand, why risk a hiccup in the recording (the computer is, after all, using resources to handle the Skype call) when an SD or compact Flash card in a digital recorder works flawlessly every time?
I've used this set-up, but with a firewire interface.
My question is why not just record into the computer? If both sides are panned, just have the aux (R) and main mix (L) feed into the computer? That's what I did, and it worked fine.
Great video. Very helpful. One question. How do I continue to utilize my external monitors that have typically been plugged into the headphone jack on the computer. Is there a port on the Mackie to plug them into?
lafotoboy 2 weeks ago
@lafotoboy Yep, there's a 1/4-inch jack for studio monitors on the Mackie.
shelholtz 2 weeks ago
YackShack, if I were on a desktop, that would be fine. This is a laptop. I've tried an external sound card -- a pricey one -- but it just couldn't keep up, due (I'm sure) to the laptop's processing speeds. Also, I find any recording to the laptop produces the risk of problems from slowdowns on the hard drive, whereas recording to the Marantz digital recordeer is flawless. The mixer also gives me a lot of control, and I have the ability to add an effects processer and a limiter, enhacing output.
shelholtz 1 month ago
YackShack, if I were on a desktop, that would be fine. This is a laptop. I've tried an external sound card -- a pricey one -- but it just couldn't keep up, due (I'm sure) to the laptop's processing speeds. Also, I find any recording to the laptop produces the risk of problems from slowdowns on the hard drive, whereas recording to the Marantz digital recordeer is flawless. The mixer also gives me a lot of control, and I have the ability to add an effects processer and a limiter, enhacing output.
shelholtz 1 month ago
its called an audio interface....
cks1001 8 months ago
Skype really doesnt have latency anymore although some VOIP programs do. I do a non min=minus recording setup these days and don't have any issue at all as skype tends to sync up with itself after a minute.
SonicOrbStudios 1 year ago
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neuespieleps3 2 years ago
For the mac, you can do it with Garageband, Soundflower, and Skype, Its free and easier
drewdude10507 2 years ago
I'm sorry, but that's completely wrong. I used to use a Mac, but it does not negate the need for the mix-minus in order to get rid of the Skype latency; we set this up, in fact, when I was using a Mac. If you watched the video, you'd know we were ALREADY using Skype. The Mac does nothing to address latency, which is the result of the delay in digitizing and then delivering the voice communication over Skype. You still need some kind of solution like a double-ender or a mix-minus.
shelholtz 2 years ago
heres what i meant. Download SoundFlower and set it so that you hear Soundflower (2ch). Go to skype, set input to mic and output to SoundFlower (2ch). Download LineIn ( i forgot to mention) and set input to mic, and output to SoundFlower(2ch) (it puts your mic on Soundflower (2ch))Then go to Garageband and set Audio Driver to Soundflower (2ch). You may hear yourself, but it works!
PS-Leo uses it because he has 10 computers and broadcasting audio on muliple things, while this only works on 1.
drewdude10507 2 years ago
@shelholtz You can record on the same computer as skype. The only thing that will allow you to do that is a separate sound card. There is three things that you must do... If your computer is fast enough to record, play, and handle a skype call, then you must install two usb audio adapters which should include a headphone and a microphone jack. Set skype to output sound to the main sound card which will do audio send and 5/6 mix minus. Set music to adapter #1. Finally set the recording program to
MendotaTech 1 year ago
@shelholtz use the third usb sound adapter. Although it will be a cabled mess, it should work..I will be trying this soon as I am going to buy new equipment.
MendotaTech 1 year ago
What podcast ?
Codyman1071 2 years ago
kind of cool but seems to be a little more complicated than necessary -- there's some good skype recording software that'll recorded both voices as a separate track (in v. good quality, too) and if you really want your own track separate, use something like a zoom h2 to record on your end
finalrune 3 years ago
finalrune, you're missing a couple points. I do use Callburner when all I need to do is record two tracks on a Skype call. With my podcast, though, there's a third input -- audio files. Also, I just don't trust these apps to work perfectly, while the computer is running other processes, for a full hour. There are problems with the double-ender concept, too -- you have to wait for the file to arrive (time I don't have), and synchronization is often not quite perfect.
shelholtz 3 years ago
mrice99, most laptops have just one audio input. Since the AUX input has everything BUT the caller's voice, and that line MUST go into the laptop, you can't record to the laptop. A bigger computer with multiple inputs, sure. On the other hand, why risk a hiccup in the recording (the computer is, after all, using resources to handle the Skype call) when an SD or compact Flash card in a digital recorder works flawlessly every time?
shelholtz 4 years ago
I've used this set-up, but with a firewire interface.
My question is why not just record into the computer? If both sides are panned, just have the aux (R) and main mix (L) feed into the computer? That's what I did, and it worked fine.
mrice99 4 years ago
Great tutorial, Shel.
Thanks!
CloudyDayArt 4 years ago