Hooking up my mixer??????

what would be the best way to hook up a mixer with normal av connections to my G5 IMAC. What is the product and where do i buy it????? If you have the answers call 914-850-0882.

Get cables to plug the output of the mixer into the line-in on your iMac.

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    i'm sorry if this question seems a bit obtuse; however, i'm new to trying to set something like this up. Here goes: I've had 2 Technics turntables, a Pioneer DJM-707 mixer and a Crown amp running to two Peavey Pro-15 speakers for some time. I decided that I wanted to be able to record my mixes, so I bought the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro sound card to facilitate this wish. To capture sound coming out from my mixer's "session out" rca output, I just connect from the mixer's "out" to the Platinum Pro's hub Line In 3 rca connections on the rear side, right? I think this is right; however, the more perplexing issue is that i'm also trying to get the Peavey speakers to play the music I have on my computer now through the mixer, amp, and out of the speakers using the "session in" rca inputs on the mixer. How should I connect the rca cables to the hub? I see a digital out, but really no other output for what the mixer's input looks like it needs. If that explanation was completely incomprehensible, then here's the link to to the Pioneer djm-707 mixer where you can see what the i/o stuff on my mixer looks like: http://www.djdeals.co.uk/prod-downlo...7%20Manual.pdf
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    I have traveled the same road as you. I wish I had seen Randall's response a month ago. After months of correspondence with Tascam, they finally suggested I exchange my unit for one of their new FW units. The sad part is, their website specifically states that the US-144 works with FCP. It does not. They were very nice about it, here is part of their reply;
    "I am sorry for any inconvenience, the US-144's drivers are conflicting in Final Cut Pro at the moment, which is something we are working on. A couple of products to consider that I tested personally and work are the Fireone, a new brand new product of ours that was designed by frontier that is a control surface, computer interface with 2 ins and stereo line out and 2 headphone outputs for only $299.99. You can see more of this product at: http://www.tascam.com/Products/fireone.html Another product to consider is the FW-1082 which is also a control surface with 8 motorized faders and 10 ins and 4 outs with SPDIF I/O for only $599.99. You can view that product here: http://www.tascam.com/Products/fw1082.html Again sorry for any inconvenience and I hope this helps."
    After showing my vendor this email, they agreed to exchange my unit for one of the above. Wish I had seen your stuff earlier.
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    plug the console into the Line-in on the mac and:
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    If you think you're going to use a lot of software instruments, a lot of Audio tracks, or a lot of Effects, than the PowerBook might indeed be the better choice.
    I would mention, though that, I use an iBook as my mobile recording machine and get decent results. I can usually get a couple dozen+ tracks recorded, however I move on to a more powerful machine for doing my mixing and effects.
    I'm not entirely sure on the Memory, perhaps a PowerBook user will pop by. I know some machine work better with matched pairs of memory sticks, but I'm not sure about the PowerBook (The iBook, for instance, has only a single memory slot, so any memory pre-installed must be removed to install more. The PowerBook might come with two slots, I just don't know)
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    Tascam has been making mixing consoles since 1971, IIRC, and only made A/D interfaces for the past twelve years or so.
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