Usb Audio Mixer For Mac
High resolution mixer with Multichannel USB 2.0 audio interface. The Alesis MultiMix 8 USB 2.0 mixer provides USB 2.0 technology for ultra–fast, low–latency, 24–bit/44.1–96kHz (with high–end A/D and D/A conversion) multi–channel audio recording straight to your computer. Question: Q: USB Mixer with Garageband I'm thinking of getting a 10 channel USB Mixer and using it to record multiple tracks at once in Garageband. I'll probably have a few mics, guitar, bass, drums, etc.
By • 11:00 am, January 18, 2018 • • Mackie's Blackjack works equally well with iOS and Mac. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac If you want to listen to music on your Mac, you either suffer its built-in speakers, or you plug a speaker into the headphone jack. But what if you want to get sound into you Mac? Or you have some fancy speakers hooked up to a fancy mixer, and the little headphone output doesn’t cut it, quality-wise? Then you should switch to USB. And don’t worry — you won’t have to install drivers, or any of the other crap that makes PC use so painful. In fact, using a USB audio interface is as easy as plugging in a pair of headphones, only better.
Why use USB audio? If you’ve got a perfectly good headphone jack on your Mac, why bother with anything else? Two reasons — quality, and flexibility. Now, Apple doesn’t cheap out on things that other manufacturers do, thinks like internal speakers, or the DA (digital-analog) converters that turn MP3s into analog headphone signals. But neither does a Mac or iPhone have DA converters anywhere near the quality of a standalone audio device.
Adding a USB audio box moves the D-A conversion into a purpose-built unit, with (usually) better sound as a result. A USB audio interface, will also come with a bunch of its own ports. These may be designed to send audio to a pair of powered speakers, or to accept an input from a microphone,. And, importantly, there may be more than one input and output: What kinds of USB audio devices are out there? The simplest USB audio device is a USB microphone, which can be plugged direct into your computer and used to record. These are popular with podcasters, for example.
At the other end of the list is something like a mixing console, which will have many inputs, allowing your to hook up, say, 16 different inputs and have them all piped into your GarageBand app. In between there’s a huge range of options, from USB headphone amps costing many thousands of dollars, and meant for just one pair of headphones, to budget mixers that let musicians record great quality audio at home on modest budgets. Plugging in and finding your new USB audio interface The familar volume menu item lets you select an output device for audio. Photo: Cult of Mac To get started with your USB audio interface, just plug it into a USB port. For best results, hook it direct to a USB port on your Mac. USB hubs can cause complications, and even malfunctions.
Many USB audio devices are powered by the USB connection itself. If not, then plug the port adapter in too. And that’s it. Using your new interface is even easier. Just mouse up to the menubar and click the little volume icon. In the dropdown menu you’ll see a list of options. This will include your new USB audio interface. Free audio/ video playback software for mac.