How to get good audio levels when recording?

Posted by Syl_ai on August - 20 - 2011

Travis Burke Asked: How to get good audio levels when recording?

Im new to recording and am trying to figure it all out. I want to record my songs but cant seem to get a loud enough siginal when recording. The volume is very weak and when my speaker volume is up full for editing the track it is still pretty quiet compared to a professional bands song or even other garage bands just starting out that I know of who have their recordings up on myspace or whatever. What am i missing?Any gear advice to buy that would help would be great. Right now my home studio contains….
– marshall jcm 2000 dsl 100/peavey 400 series bass amp/pearl drums/vocals
Into..
-a shure sm57/mxl 4000/various drum mics(i do have my phantom power hooked up for my mxl mic)
Into
-a art pro mpa 2 mic preamp
Into
-a art pro vla 2 compressor
Into
-a Tapco mix260fx mixer
Into
-a behringer u-control uca222 audio interface
Into
-my computers usb port where i am receiving the audio and using adobe audition 3.0 to mix

I know im a noob and just starting out so no rude comments please, any constructive criticism is more than welcome tho, anything at all lol this is driving me nuts, i cant figure it out :/

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