Hi, I'm new here, so hope this is the right place. I've had no response so far with this question on a couple of other forums (including Alesis's own).
I got these cute little things to replace an ancient amp/spkr system, attracted by the extra functionality of the USB interface, and three sets of stereo inputs.
I record with either Audacity or Transcribe, btw, depending on task.
Problem 1:
With the monitors installed via USB, I can't record any internal sound, such as streaming audio (spotify, youtube, etc). Both my programs show no signal, even though the monitors are shown as the selected device: (USB audio codec, shown as 'microphone' in the recording section).
Switching to Stereo Mix (or anything else) has no effect.
Problem 2:
Recording from external sources (plugged into the Alesis inputs) does work, but only in mono. At least, Audacity only shows a mono (left) option for that input device. I'm guessing this is because it's registered as a 'microphone', which one would expect to be mono?
Transcribe lets me select stereo, and records on both channels, but I've a feeling it's just one channel mixed to both (I haven't checked, as I'm more bothered by problem 1 at the moment).
Problem 1 is easily sidestepped, of course, by connecting the monitors the old-fashioned (passive) way, via the line out jacks on my PC (windows vista, btw - yes, I know.. ). But that ruins the whole point of the audio interface option - the attractive one-route-for-everything.
Is there any way round this? Is this a normal thing with USB interfaces?
I didn't have the same problem when I used a guitar effects unit as a USB audio interface (recording - er - guitar); in that case I'm sure I was able to switch devices (to Stereo Mix) to record from an internal source when I wanted, without unplugging the interface.
Any help/advice appreciated (apart from 'get a new computer' of course, I'll take that as read.. ).
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