I guess I have something to celebrate for 2012, I have finally gotten to the point where I can record stereo through my mixer. That is a big thing for me as I have been battling this since summer when I got the mixer. I have to admit this really got me down, probably more down then I was expecting. I think for most of the fall, I was in a real funk about this. Working in computers, I somewhat pride myself in being able to figure out a lot of things, but this mixer had me. I guess another part of my frustration was that I could not just easily buy another mixer, as I don’t have as much available cash as I did a few years ago, thanks to my company not recognizing that the cost of living has increased (That is a complaint for another time).
It came down to I had the wrong driver selected in the recording program, and that I am limited to using this Mixer with a recording program that supports an ASIO driver. I am sort of up in the air about what I am going to do with the mixer. I don’t really like using the Cubase software that has come with the mixer, it is much more then I really need, as there is so many settings to configure. I might play around with it a bit over the next few months, record a few podcasts, and see how I feel. I sent the tech support a question as well if there is some other recording programs that would work with this mixer that I could try. I might just sell it as well , and use the money towards a different, less advanced mixer.
At least this is off my mind now, and I am grateful for that. It has been a bit of a journey of frustration and doubt. So I am hoping now I can get my collecting podcast back on track, even if I have to use software I would not normally use. Hopefully this is the start of some good things coming for 2012.
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