Some examples of audio interfaces include: But they are a great way to connect audio signals to your computer. These interfaces can vary between $50-3,000, depending on quality. Related: Audio Mixer vs Audio Interface What’s Right For you? USB Audio InterfaceĪnother high-quality option is to connect your audio mixer to a USB Audio Interface.
The simplicity of this solution makes it a top choice.
Using a USB Audio Mixer opens up a whole new world for you in terms of being able to connect directly to your computer, iPad, or any other device without worrying about too many adapters or quality issues. It’s more expensive than the previous options, but we believe it provides you the most value. Our favourite option is to us a USB Audio Mixing Console like the Yamaha MG10XU.
X LR To USB Cable Pricing: USB Audio Mixing Consoles The output level of the audio console needs to be reduced to about 5% for this solution to work, but it is technically possible to get an audio signal into a computer as demonstrated in the video above. XLR to USB cables are generally expecting a mic level XLR input, since we’re connecting it to the line level XLR output of our audio mixing console this can cause some problems.
Although it’s technically possible to use a XLR to USB cable, we don’t recommend this as a good long term solution.
