Mixer USB feedback question

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Mixer USB feedback question

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I just got a mixer with USB: Yamaha MG10XU.</p> <p>I plugged 3 synths and a drum machine into it and connected it to my amp (using stereo out) and that works great.</p> <p>Then I plugged in my laptop to the mixer using USB and played a YouTube video and the sound routed through the mixer and came out the amp. So that was good.</p> <p>Then I opened my DAW (Tracktion Waveform) and set the input and outputs to the mixer. I then played a riff on my synth and the DAW picked it up, so I recorded a little song to Waveform. So far so good.</p> <p>But, when I played the song back, it was very glitchy and kept cutting in and out. At first I thought I had a bad USB cable or a bad USB component in the mixer.</p> <p>After trying a lot of things including clicking every combination of buttons on the mixer I finally found that the solution was to:</p> <p>A) turn off the DAW output when recording </p> <p>And </p> <p>B) turn off the DAW input during playback</p> <p>This works great and solves the problem, but is super annoying as I have to go into settings constantly to switch the inputs and outputs back and forth.</p> <p>Is this normal with mixers and DAWs? Is there a better solution?</p> <p>I am thinking of routing the laptop headphone jack directly to the amp (bypassing the mixer) so I can set the DAW to input = mixer and output = headphone jack.</p> <p>What’s the best solution?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Ambitious_Clue_3201"> /u/Ambitious_Clue_3201 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/qjsjtb/mixer_usb_feedback_question/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/qjsjtb/mixer_usb_feedback_question/">[comments]</a></span>