You can use a quarter-inch cable, RCA cable, or XLR cable to make the connection. How do you connect a sound mixer to an audio interface? Plug the audio output from the sound mixer into the audio input on the audio interface. Audio interfaces translate the analog sound from the mixer into digital computer signals. Sound mixers (also called soundboards or audio mixers) let you control the volume and effects of each microphone or instrument input separately. If you are interested in high-quality home music recording, chances are you have looked into a sound mixer and an audio interface to take your digital recording to the next level.