Therefore, older mixers have to be plugged in to an aggregate (like an audio interface) to then be able to talk to a computer while recording. In fact, a majority remain analog as opposed to digital (meaning a lot of sound mixers don’t even convert their output in a way that can be understand by a computer). Most standard industry mixers do not actually have a way of connecting directly to a computer through USB. This audio track is then sent back as a single stereo (not mono) output. The mixer is capable of, you guessed it, mixing multiple audio sources together, balancing them out, even adding some different effects, to create your ideal sounding audio track. A USB MIXER is a box (similar to that of an audio interface) that has one or more USB ports that allow you to play and record audio directly into your computer. The abbreviation USB stands for Universal Serial Bus.
Below I go into more detail about how USB mixers and audio interfaces differ, what components come with a USB mixer, and reasons why you might record with a USB mixer as opposed to an audio interface. A USB Mixer now provides you the opportunity to mix a recording or live performance without the need of an audio interface, because the USB mixer can now be plugged directly into the computer without the middleman of an audio interface. It sounds so much more complicated than it actually is. However, unlike your standard audio interface, the USB mixer still allows you the capability of mixing channels during the process of live performance or live recording (instead of doing the mixing in post on a DAW system.) So how does a USB Mixer Work? A USB Mixer works similarly to an ADA audio interface, in that it converts the analog mixing process into digital to be read by a computer and its recording software. If you know that an audio interface converts analog signals into digital ones, then what does that mean for a mixer with a USB (when mixers are typically analog?) If you are used to recording with analog mixers, the onset of products like the USB Mixers might seem a little baffling.
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