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DL1608 Aux out to PC sound card

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dpdan:
great idea,
excellent fix!
I am disappointed that I didn't think of that :)

He can buy ONE of these cables and connect to his PC.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hosa-Technology-1-8-3-5mm-to-1-4-TRS-Male-Stereo-Adapter-Cable-3-CMS-103-/181738944054?hash=item2a507c3636:g:pa0AAOSwEeFVTM4z

Of course if he does buy a recorder like the Tascam, he will need TWO of these...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rockville-RCTR103B-3-1-4-TRS-to-1-4-TRS-Balanced-Cable-Black-100-Copper-/390908764582?hash=item5b03fa61a6:g:4o4AAOSwLVZViuB-

KingOfF00LS:
Thanks to both of you for your help.  I need to chew on this information for a bit here and then make a decision on which way to go.  Whichever way, I will come back and let you know what happened.

WK154:
So while you're thinking let me tell you about the next hurdle you will find (discussed here many times) is the potential noise problem going the cable route and aux's. There are many solutions to this problem with equally as many price-tags to solve it.
https://proaudio.com/catalog/level-matching.asp
What you need of course is a balanced to unbalanced converter, not the other way round. This is of course is assuming the Audigy Line input is a consumer level input device. I haven't checked the Audigy out (helps to know what you really have  :) ) but most are consumer level mono inputs. Don't use the Mic input the DL will overdrive it.. If you're technically inclined here is an excellent explanation (AN- 0003) from Bill Whitlock  of Jensen Transformers on the subject. You'll need to establish an account.
http://www.jensen-transformers.com/pro-audio/interface-splitters/
The mono to stereo is a PC setup for whatever recording program you are using.
It would however help to find out why your docked iPad recording process is flaky. There may be other issues with your setup.
It would also help to list specifics such as which iPad and version # on programs, hardware etc. Saves a lot of time for all.   ;)

chrisdski:

It's the dreaded static recording bug some of us have experienced.  http://cacophony.aspinock.com/index.php?topic=1220.msg16094#msg16094


I'd be interested if you have a 30 pin or a lightning pin DL1608.  Mine was a 30 pin- maybe older models are affected more with the bug.  It seems to be a MF4 issue.

KingOfF00LS:
First off in response to the last post it is a 30 pin connector.  We have two iPads (I believe they are 3rd gen, the first one with retina which seems to make MF4 laggy) that otherwise work fine so I'd rather not replace if I didn't have to.

I still wish there was some way to know if all my settings would be lost if I went back to MF3.  I would be willing to do it, but as a novice I hate the thought of trying to set everything back up again.


--- Quote from: dpdan on February 01, 2017, 02:28:29 AM ---welcome to the forum!

your request is not unusual but does require the correct cable.
I am assuming that you don't want or need a stereo recording but just clean mono audio.
You need a cable with one 1/4 inch TRS (tip-ring-sleeve) male plug on one end, and it would connect to one of the 6 Aux outputs on the DL1608.
The other end of the cable would have one 3.5 mm (tip-ring-sleeve) male plug, and it would connect to the 3.5 mm input on your computer.

There are no cables like this that can be purchased for what you want to do because you are connecting a balanced line level signal from the Aux output to an unbalanced stereo input on your computer. Without knowing more about your computer's connection, I can not make any suggestions for you apart from sending me a picture of your computer's connector, and then I would make the cable for you and mail it to you which I will be happy to do.

In order to get any consistant "reliable" results, I highly recommend not recording using your computer unless you purchase an inexpensive "audio interface" for it. An audio interface will connect to a USB port on the computer and then the interface will allow a number of different sources to be recorded ie: XLR mic inputs, line level 1/4" inputs etc.

Another thing to consider is to not use the computer at all and purchase an inexpensive portable recorder like a Tascam or Zoom. With one of these recorders you could then import the audio after you are finished recording and then edit the material with your computer and the DAW program of yourn choice.
If you need help deciding on which one to get come back here and we will help you.

Are you in the USA?     

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Forgive me, but I'm looking at the dlseries manual, and page 22 talks about Aux Sends.  It appears to indicate that you can send balanced or unbalanced output.  My brief reading seems to agree with you that the line in jack on my computer would be unbalanced stereo input.

So my question is am I reading the manual wrong?  Why can't I go unbalanced output from an Aux Send to an unbalanced input in my line in connector?  Is it because the output is mono and the line in is stereo?  I'm just trying to understand as much as possible to make sure I can make the best decision possible.

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