connecting behringer xenyx q802usb to garageband

Typically, if only Cali and I are doing the show in the studio we’ll only take up ports 1 and 2.

The microphones are hooked into the XLR inputs.

Now that the hardware is out of the way, lets talk connections: Finally, each person in the studio has a set of headphones so they can hear themselves and each other, and the headphones are connected to a Rolls HA43 Pro Headphone Amplifier which splits the one headphone output from the Xenyx 1202FX mixer into 4 outputs that are independently volume controlled.

Each of the mics is suspended from a ProBoom Elite Microphone Arm and Riser System which allows speakers to adjust their mic to the position that is most comfortable.

In addition to the mixer, we have ElectroVoice RE20 microphones for the in-studio hosts and guests which are mounted in Electro-Voice 309A Suspension Shockmounts. Sounds like a real mouthful huh? But the great news is that it’s only a $99 piece of hardware! Amazing. Luckily, these things are cheap! Our producer, Dave Moyer, had me purchase a Behringer 1202FX Xenyx Premium 12-Input 2-Bus Mixer with Xenyx Mic Preamps, British Eqs And 24-Bit Multi-Fx Processor. To meet the first requirement, it is essential to have a professional audio mixer.

The entire thing needs to be portable for times we might take the show on the road.

Audio recording will be done with GarageBand or Audacity.

We are going to do the entire show on a single 17″ MacBook Pro notebook PC.

Skype guests need to hear everyone in studio.

Everyone in studio needs to hear everyone else in studio.

We need the ability to allow Skype callers to dial in so that we can do interviews or take questions live.

We need the ability to have 3-4 studio microphones to accommodate hosts and guests all in the room here.

If you have any different requirements, your desired setup could be very different. There were a specific set of goals we had which caused us to set things up the way we did. Let me start off by stating our requirements. However, if you care to do exactly what we have done, you will hopefully have the same experience but without the steep learning curve it took me. Keep in mind that I am NOT an expert at this type of thing, so don’t bother asking me questions about variations of different setups. Although we’re constantly improving and updating the method of recording Wealth Nation, I spent the day going through and setting up a new configuration of our recording studio for the podcast, and I figured I would document explicit instructions on exactly how you can duplicate the setup we use.

Connecting behringer xenyx q802usb to garageband