Audio Interface Can Have More Than Two Inputs

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[LeParkourTeen]

just want you to know that i have been searching for hours and felt defeated trying to figure it out without any prior knowledge and you helped me with the device config within 5 min thank you so much

[boocross]

Hi Matt! Thank You much for this incredibly easy to comprehend explanation!!! This is exactly what I needed to make my choice to connect BOSS VE-500 + Roland Juno DS-88 + Guitar into a Focusrite Scarlett 4i4. Cheers from DOWN UNDER!!!

[OnlineMD]

A HUGE difference between mixers and USB interfaces, is the ability to handle STEREO inputs via 1/8" or 1/4" TRS cables. A few months ago I bought a MOTU M4, only to be severely disappointed that the two 1/4" inputs in the back, can ONLY ACCEPT LINE LEVEL signals, and NOT signals from Cell Phones or Tablets. The Audio Out from a mixer is an example of a Line Level out.
If someone has a mixer and wants to record the output on a DAW in a computer, they need a USB interface, UNLESS the mixer, like my Mackie ProFX6V3, has USB out. But it is only a 2 channel USB. So I could record Microphone and Guitar, BUT NOT a microphone and a stereo audio backing track. Need 4 USB channels for that.

It is March 2021, and the Audient EVO 8 comes to the rescue in such a situation; 4 Combo inputs. I just got this device a couple of weeks ago, and vouch that it is excellent. However, the Mic signals are weak. With reverb and Echo on in my DAW (Cakewalk) though, the sound is grand! Strange! You can plug in a cellphone signal real nice using a split 1/8" TRS to twin 1/4" TS cables.

[MH-xydz]

Thanks for the good video Matthew, here is Muhammet from IC. Wish you all the best :)

[OZTutoh]

That's awesome. I really wanted to know what the Scarlett 2i2 looked like in the Ableton Live. With that in mind, I think I will get the Scarlett Solo because it will be connected to a mixer via an XLR.

[anstef]

That was a fantastic demonstration! Thank you Matthew!

[joshuawilsonanderson]

You are an excellent teacher! Thank you so much man.

[anthonyIkem-kj]

I so appreciate how you did multi-channel recording and did split the instrumental into 5 different instruments with each having a recognized channel.

QUESTION IS: Where does the MPC gets its sounds from? Is it a device just containing demos?

Hey Matthew! Just discovered your channel! truly helpful and well made content 😁

[bigjoshallen]

What a great video. How can i get my mix from AL to obs for live streaming church services

[rajbanssinghkaroo]

Great video, , excellent explanation and very helpful. Thank you Mr. Matthew.

[TL-fczw]

Matthew this video was right on time. I'm trying to setup my MPC Live so I can screenrecord. I think I may need to connect my interface so the sound will show up in OBS. I've been using the MPC Live as my interface but now I want to screenrecord and share.

[arsant]

I am connecting my audio mixerto my I Mac using USB output to. USB input of imac. I see sound waves on imac but no sound. What should I do?

[RoosterStone]

Layman with a Tascam DP02 here who's on the verge of buying either an interface or a small usb mixer... :

When you're in your software naming 'inputs' do you mean 'virtual tracks' or at some time do you intend to have 6 different instruments plugged in all at the same time?
I think of inputs as physically plugging something in, or virtually assigning inputs so it's pointing to the correct port.

When I see you creating 'inputs' and naming them, it seems the term 'input' is being used instead of the term 'track'? Not sure about this, so I have to ask for clarification: Are those things you're creating & naming in the software, 'tracks'? Like, in Protools, Track 1 (gtr 1), Track 2 (gtr 2), Track 3 (Bass), Track 4 (lead)... hope this makes sense.

Everything seems to be termed input. I imagine the input as the 'signal' (be it bass, guitar, drum machine, etc) plugged in & being sent into the software (thus being inputted), and the 'created track' is what you capture & record the inputted signal on.

I'm sure all this will make more sense over time but the flood of terms seems overwhelming.

Sigh. I hope this chaotic mess of a question makes sense.
~ Thank you

[drum-keithtv]

Very informative video. Can I use the inputs on the back of 18i8 and put drum microphones on it?

[claudioagmfilho]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻, Amazing video, thanks for sharing!

[ernestmartina]

Great!!! I would have a doubt!, I am undecided between buying a 2i2 4th, a 4i4 4th or an 18i8 3th. Which one would you recommend for a home studio, with the possibility of zooming in?

[placidelulinda]

You are an fantastic teacher I do love your an explaination. I have one question please. How can I use multiple mics input using mixer and interface to record them separetly TRACK simultaneously?

My Englush is poor try to understand please.

[OnlineMD]

The Audio Line-In jacks on the BACK of the the 4 input Audio Interfaces, like an MOTU M4 or a Scarlett 4i4: well, they CAN NOT take a signal from a cell phone's headphone audio out or a tablet/iPad's headphone audio out. It is to be a LINE LEVEL VOLTAGE. Like from a mixer or a synth or some such device. To summarize, a headphone out and line level out are entirely different animals! :) I welcome corrections to this, but I did experiment. I plugged in a 1/8 inch to a split 1/4" cable and plugged it into the back of a Motu M4. The input signal was barely audible and unusable. Line level - Wikipedia

[bullet]

Great video..would like to see the Tascam model 12 with ableton..