#MIXER TO AUDIO INTERFACE TO COMPUTER FULL#

Many people (including me) are quite happy to work with that arrangement, being content to get the material into the machine, then using the mouse to manipulate the music. Once in the computer, you have the capacity to deal with each in much the same way as you can with a physical mixer applying effects, changing EQ, adjusting levels. Once in there, you lose that type of control, and the mixer ceases to have a useful function.ДЄ multi-input interface allows you to feed a number of unmixed but discrete tracks at once into the computer, that number being determined by the interface. This means that the 'hands on control over the mixing' applies only to the sound before it gets into the computer. The computer's sound card is a bottleneck that you need to deal with, as most usually provide only a single stereo (i.e. The interface does this processing for you. The mixer provides an analog signal to the computer, which you need to process through the computer's sound card.

#MIXER TO AUDIO INTERFACE TO COMPUTER FULL#

But this is not the full story, nor is it 'the significant difference'. In this context, the OP is correct in saying that a 'difference is that with the mixer you have hands on control over the mixing with a piece of hardware, whereas with the interface you do all the mixing on your computers'. Interface is a relatively new term that most commonly (though not exclusively) describes sound cards that connect via firewire or USB, and have a range of functions designed to assist the recording process (such as monitoring, supplying phantom power for condenser mikes, providing some gain control and so on).ДЄ 'mixer' is a device that combines a number of inputs, allowing level controls (and other functions such as EQ) on these inputs, and delivers usually (but again, not exclusively) a combined two channel output. We need to be clear what is meant by 'mixer' and 'interface' in the context of the OP's original question.ДЄn 'interface' is a fancy word for a sound card that is designed specifically for recording (as opposed to one that is supplied to do general purpose audio, or audio for games). then do all the tone shaping on your DAW.

Unless you have a mixer with a built in audio interface you will still need to interface with the computer and you dont want to be running into the mic or line in - these components are not high end enough and more importantly do not handle discrete channels of audio to send to discrete tracks.ДЄs you want to record multiple inputs ( and I am guessing send them to discrete tracks in your DAW ).then your best bet is to get a USB 2.0 or firewire interface and record your signals flat. Most current audio interfaces also offer phantom power but no EQ and definitely no effects sends.

Additionally, they have EQ ( tone shaping ) options, effect sends and sometimes built in effects. The mixer will raise the levels of any input and most provide phantom power for condenser microphones. Input ( guitar/mic) > ( pre-amp > audio interface ) > computer You have a pretty good understanding of the differences already.

Mixer to audio interface to computer