Best thing IMO is to get a nice soundcard and record directly to your computer, cut the “middle man”. Focusrite Scarlett or the 2 channel SSL will do fine (good pre’s).
If you want something portable, Zoom or Tascam make good recorders, would depend on what you want to spend and what features you really need. You’ll have to get a nice SD card too.
I’m not an Apple user apart from an iPad occasionally so tell me to not be so stupid if you please but is there not an audio to usb-c convertor cable you can buy?
I’ve got a Riga A2D fono pre amp and when I’ve tried that the output signal is just too strong and it seems you can’t adjust it on a Mac. Unless I’m missing something? (highly likely)
The signal was loud because if you send a line signal out of your mixer to a phono preamp it’s gonna be way over the line. Phono is a much quieter signal than line. It will only work if you plug a turntable directly into that pre-amp but that is only good for ripping records, not so much recording sets.
RCA to USB-C is a simple way of doing it (from the “record out” of the xone into the computer) as long as the computer recognizes the USB-C audio, which I don’t know if it will. Usually these cables are for modern cell phones with no headphone jack, so you can plug them into a soundsystem. But in that case the audio is going from the USB connection, to the RCA cables. Not sure if it works both ways.
My recommendation stands - a good soundcard like a Focusrite Scarlett is the best way of doing it if you want to record straight to your computer HD. If you don’t mind the hassle of transferring files from SD card to computer then the Tascams and Zooms will do the job.
I have a 2 channel mixer with a record output on the back. I normally use on those little Behringer USB things to record to my laptop.
I’m doing a mates party soon and due to space and other issues, I can’t take my laptop to record the set.
Can those handheld Tascam/Zero devices record from the mixer via RCA cables?
My mate has one, but I’m thinking it would be too noisy to place near speakers, etc.