Windows 10: USB interface (audio mixer) can't hear desktop audio, only mic

I have other audio interfaces, but this one is new, and it doesn't work right!

What am I doing wrong? It's basically Mixer, to USB, and I plug my headphones and mic into the mixer.

I can hear my voice, but for instance, if I watch a video/listen to a song, I can't hear anything. I got this to do a youtube channel/podcast, so this is essential. Can anyone think of anything I'm doing wrong?

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USB audio CODEC

I have a 5 year old Mackie ProFx8 mixer that uses a USB port for data transfer. When you configure your system, the USB CODEC driver will be used. Anything that hangs off the mixer will be detected like your speakers and mics. Everything goes through the
USB port on the mixer. It acts like an analog to digital USB hub.

You need to disable audio drivers of devices not attached to the mixer to avoid any feedback and potential driver bugs. Many computer motherboards have onboard audio chipsets like VIA or Realtek. You may be using Nvidia
or ATI Radeon graphics cards too. They will install their own HD audio and virtual drivers.

You do not need to use those and should disable them. You want to avoid having anything influencing your audio pipeline.

I started receiving "pops" whenever I left clicked with my mouse on various user interface elements in applications that I was running. It was extremely annoying. You may not have had these before but they start showing up after adding more gear to your
USB mixer and USB ports. After hours of troubleshooting, I disabled all the devices mentioned above. You would think that would work, but it didn't.

To eliminate the problems entirely, uninstall all unused audio drivers.

Go to Device Manager

Click on Audio inputs and outputs

Right click the audio components you do not need

Disable first, then uninstall

Click on Sound, video and game controllers

Right click the audio components you do not need

Disable first, then uninstall

Reboot your computer.

Right click on the speaker icon in the tray

Look at the Playback list and Recording list

You should see devices attached to the USB Audio CODEC listed

Do the same with Device Manager and check that the system did not reinstall the drivers you eliminated

 

WASAPI can't see audio input of generic USB audio device


I have a very old Roland audio interface (UA1-EX) which I have to use in its generic USB audio mode because it is no longer supported by Roland. I have been able to get it working using ASIO4ALL and record from its audio input, albeit very poorly. So I decided to try using it with WASAPI. However in my DAW's audio device controls, the mic input of the interface is not listed, even though its ouput is. Why would the input of a generic USB audio device not be available in WASAPI?

 

Unable to record audio using usb audio interface Focusrite Scarlett 6i6.

Hi, I am trying to record all outgoing audio but I can't get it to work.

Set-up; I have a Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 (usb audio interface) connected via usb.

In the windows-mixer this Focusrite has been selected as the ''standard'' output-device. The audio-scale visible on the right show reaction to the audio-signals produced (f.i. winamp or youtube).

In the recording-tab of the windows-mixer this device is also selected as ''standard'' device. Unfortunately the audio-scales show no sign of life here.

Probably this prevents me from recording all audio, I presume.

* all audio played is clearly hearable via headphones and connected amplifier

* The volume-level in the properties of this recording-device are on 100%

* There are three devices available in the recording-tab with a scale on the right-side. None of them show any signal to the audio produced.

Any tips on solving this issue will be very appreciated

thanks in advance

Johan Smits

***Modified Title from: Issue trying to record all audio in Windows 10***