New guy with questions on Sonar with 828Mk3

KMiller · Post by **KMiller** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:52 pm

I run a small studio doing mostly spoken word recordings, but also live work with drama including sound effects. I'm looking to upgrade from a Korg HD recorder (which I've used for quite some time, so not new to this end of things) to an 828Mk3, but I have a couple of questions. Part of our requirements involve feeding a mix with the voice tracks and backing sound effects to the monitors during performance, but recording only the voice parts for editing and effects work in post. I'm new to Sonar, but is it possible to set it up with the 828 to do this? There are other solutions we're considering, but the additional capabilities make this an interesting option.

All help appreciated.

Ken.

Yogi1975 · Post by **Yogi1975** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:19 am

Hi,

The situation you described is possible!

Good luck with buying and using the mk3. I am a happy customer of the MOTU 828mk3.

KMiller · Post by **KMiller** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:27 am

Would it be possible for someone to give me a rough description of how this would be done? No great detail at this time, but just an overview.

Hard2Hear · Post by **Hard2Hear** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:26 am

Say you're rinning a Minidisc out stereo analog. You plug it into the MOTU 3-4. You use Cuemix to feed the input directly to the main outputs. Then you put the vocalist into the first Preamp. You also use Cuemix to feed this channel to the main outs, but you also set up your recording software to have a new channel with the mic input as your source.

The biggest issue will be if you need to sync these two sources. If it were ME, I'd dump the pre recorded audio and backgrounds into your sequencer/recording program of choice and do it all in the software.

KMiller · Post by **KMiller** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:32 am

Having it all in software was the plan. The backing tracks are wave files. Would I simply have an additional Sonar track with those imported, and set to playback? They would then have to be routed to the main outputs as well, correct?

Hard2Hear · Post by **Hard2Hear** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:06 am

Yes, or multiple tracks if you were using overlays. Sonar can route everything out to the main outs and you're good to go. You can record, or not record, any input you want to, having nothing to do with the output you're hearing.