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I just got a TASCAM US-16x08 to have a few more inputs than the Presonus Studio 24c I had previously, and so I far I absolutely love it but I have one issue.
The presonus had a super simple little "mixer" knob on it with one side that said "inputs" and one side that said "playback." So regardless of the volume coming through playback OR my gain setting on the mic going into my DAW, I could blend it however I wanted in my headphones for monitoring while I was actively recording Mic or line inputs. I can't figure out how to do this with the tascam either on-unit or in the included mixer software.
Two examples from todays work :
Recording vocals for a song: I set the gain for the Mic XLR channel to where it needs to be to record cleanly how I want it be, but in order to hear both my live vocal track being recorded and the song playback, I need to turn the master track volume in the daw WAY down otherwise it'll be super loud. Which is a fine enough workaround, if not a little silly. But isn't an option when...
Recording one half of a remote podcast: Once again, Mic XLR channel gain is set to a good level as to not peak and be clean recording into my DAW, but the audio coming from the computer (via a Zoom meeting with the other participant) is DEAFENINGLY loud. The only way to lower it is to lower the "Line Out 1-2" knob on the unit (or my headphones themselves) which of course removes my ability to monitor myself - so I must crank the gain of my Mic channel, which ruins my recording levels. In this instance, I had no choice but to opt for the former and just turned it way down as a whole and essentially went without a monitor for myself.
I feel like I'm missing something SUPER obvious. But I'm also not the best at this stuff, so any help would be appreciated!
Using Mac Pro running Sequoia 15..6.1. Sound output in my system is set to the Tascam (which disables my ability to increase or decrease volume via my keyboard.)
Have Tascam software "output settings" with Line 1 to Master L and Line 2 to Master R.
I have the Line Out 1 and 2 from the back of the Tascam going into the L&R in of a little 4-out headphone preamp I'm using to monitor.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
I just got a TASCAM US-16x08 to have a few more inputs than the Presonus Studio 24c I had previously, and so I far I absolutely love it but I have one issue.
The presonus had a super simple little "mixer" knob on it with one side that said "inputs" and one side that said "playback." So regardless of the volume coming through playback OR my gain setting on the mic going into my DAW, I could blend it however I wanted in my headphones for monitoring while I was actively recording Mic or line inputs. I can't figure out how to do this with the tascam either on-unit or in the included mixer software.
Two examples from todays work :
Recording vocals for a song: I set the gain for the Mic XLR channel to where it needs to be to record cleanly how I want it be, but in order to hear both my live vocal track being recorded and the song playback, I need to turn the master track volume in the daw WAY down otherwise it'll be super loud. Which is a fine enough workaround, if not a little silly. But isn't an option when...
Recording one half of a remote podcast: Once again, Mic XLR channel gain is set to a good level as to not peak and be clean recording into my DAW, but the audio coming from the computer (via a Zoom meeting with the other participant) is DEAFENINGLY loud. The only way to lower it is to lower the "Line Out 1-2" knob on the unit (or my headphones themselves) which of course removes my ability to monitor myself - so I must crank the gain of my Mic channel, which ruins my recording levels. In this instance, I had no choice but to opt for the former and just turned it way down as a whole and essentially went without a monitor for myself.
I feel like I'm missing something SUPER obvious. But I'm also not the best at this stuff, so any help would be appreciated!
Using Mac Pro running Sequoia 15..6.1. Sound output in my system is set to the Tascam (which disables my ability to increase or decrease volume via my keyboard.)
Have Tascam software "output settings" with Line 1 to Master L and Line 2 to Master R.
I have the Line Out 1 and 2 from the back of the Tascam going into the L&R in of a little 4-out headphone preamp I'm using to monitor.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
