MercurySurfer Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Hi there, I'm fairly new to music production, & upon experimentation with my setup, I couldn't help but notice that *neither* my Microkorg XL *nor* my Korg Electribe Sampler are making noise when being routed through a Mackie mixer into Logic. I see a signal coming through into the mixer but no sound coming into the DAW itself. It begs me to ask the question: do I need an audio interface for these hardware devices to be registered by Logic or is there some other setting or function that I'm overlooking that needs tweaking?? Also note that my Yamaha MX-61 could be heard very clearly upon using the same inputs into the mixer. Thank you for your time. -MS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 How are you sending the audio output from those devices into the computer (and thus, into Logic)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercurySurfer Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 Standard audio cable ---> mixer ---> standard audio cable into my MacBook Pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzfilth Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 No MacBook Pro accepts a "standard audio cable", whatever that is. You might have plugged in a mini phone plug into the Mac's headphone socket, but that's an output, not an input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 No MacBook Pro accepts a "standard audio cable", whatever that is. You might have plugged in a mini phone plug into the Mac's headphone socket, but that's an output, not an input. To be fair, my MacBook Pro (and the two I had before this one), all have both a stereo headphone output and a stereo line input, so it's possible he is connected to the Mac's line input, if it has one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Standard audio cable ---> mixer ---> standard audio cable into my MacBook Pro. What year and model is your MBP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercurySurfer Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 MBP is 2.3GHz/mid-2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzfilth Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 This model has only a headphone socket which has four contacts Tip = HP left Ring = HP right Ring = common ground Ring = external microphone As I said, you will not get access to that single mono input through a standard audio cable. Also, it is mono. Also, it feeds into an onboard audio chip worth 2$ (if you're lucky). You'll have way better sound with an extra audio interface (decent stereo ones come in at about 150.-) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercurySurfer Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 Got it. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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