Goin mobile for a session. Need suggestions
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Goin mobile for a session. Need suggestions
Im takin my studio mobile to record a live session in a month or so and i need some help. Im running a 896 and 896 hd chained right now. Im gonna b pullin audio from the the main board but im obviously not gonna have the channles i need to cover the main board. So... i need to know what would best suit the situation. Needs to chain with the rest of my set up obviously, just not sure what motu to purchase and or rent. was thinkin the 24 but not sure. any help out there?
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Pappy725
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Re: Goin mobile for a session. Need suggestions
The 828 MkIII has ten analog ins, but only 2 are combo plugs, the 8 on the back are line in. The 8pre has 8 combo plugs and a volume knob for each of them. They hook up FW or lightpipe. My 828 and 8Pre are lightpiped together show up as the ADAT inputs on the 828 in CueMix.
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MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
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828mkII, 8Pre, Alesis M1 Active Mk2, Ext. FW drives, Yamaha fretless bass, Kay upright bass, Wechter acoustic/electric, trombone, baritone and a proclivity for polka music. (With sufficient quantities of beer) and I play country music.
2.4 GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, OS High Sierra 10.13.2, DP8.07, 256GB SSD
828mkII, 8Pre, Alesis M1 Active Mk2, Ext. FW drives, Yamaha fretless bass, Kay upright bass, Wechter acoustic/electric, trombone, baritone and a proclivity for polka music. (With sufficient quantities of beer) and I play country music.
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Dwetmaster
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Re: Goin mobile for a session. Need suggestions
Will you have a laptop or a desktop? A laptop will exclude any PCI interface (e.g. 24 I/O)
MacPro 8Core 2.8GHZ 16GB RAM OSX10.8.3
MacBook Pro 17" Unibody 2011 OSX10.8.3
896mk3, BLA Modded 896HD, BLA Microclock, MTP-AV, Yamaha KX-8, CME VX-7 Mackie Ctrl, megadrum, Presonus C-S,
DP8.04, Bidule, M5 3, Ethno 2, BPM 1.5 Kontakt4, BFD2, SD2, Omnisphere, Wave Arts P-S5, Altiverb7, PSP VW & OldTimer, VB3, Ivory 2 Grand, True Pianos, Ozone 5, Reason 4, AmpliTube3, Bla bla bla...
A few El & Ac basses & Guitars, Hammond A-100.
MacBook Pro 17" Unibody 2011 OSX10.8.3
896mk3, BLA Modded 896HD, BLA Microclock, MTP-AV, Yamaha KX-8, CME VX-7 Mackie Ctrl, megadrum, Presonus C-S,
DP8.04, Bidule, M5 3, Ethno 2, BPM 1.5 Kontakt4, BFD2, SD2, Omnisphere, Wave Arts P-S5, Altiverb7, PSP VW & OldTimer, VB3, Ivory 2 Grand, True Pianos, Ozone 5, Reason 4, AmpliTube3, Bla bla bla...
A few El & Ac basses & Guitars, Hammond A-100.
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mhschmieder
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Re: Goin mobile for a session. Need suggestions
When you say you have the two 896's chained, do you mean via ADAT?
And what do you mean by "pulling away from the main board"? Are you going to be using a console for all the inputs and then route those to the two 896's?
I'm a bit confused about what the specific challenge is that you face, if you have access to 16-20 channels currently. I'm guessing it is a protocol issue; that one of your connection protocols will become unavailable at this particular session? But which one(s)?
And what do you mean by "pulling away from the main board"? Are you going to be using a console for all the inputs and then route those to the two 896's?
I'm a bit confused about what the specific challenge is that you face, if you have access to 16-20 channels currently. I'm guessing it is a protocol issue; that one of your connection protocols will become unavailable at this particular session? But which one(s)?
Mac Studio 2025 14-Core Apple M4 Max (36 GB RAM), OSX 15.4.1, MOTU DP 11.34, SpectraLayers 11
RME Babyface Pro FS, Radial JDV Mk5, Hammond XK-4, Moog Voyager
Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35
Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, Johnny Marr Jaguar, 57 LP, Danelectro 12
Eastman T486RB, T64/V, Ibanez PM2, D'angelico Deluxe SS Bari, EXL1
Guild Bari, 1512 12-string, M20, Martin OM28VTS, Larivee 0040MH
RME Babyface Pro FS, Radial JDV Mk5, Hammond XK-4, Moog Voyager
Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35
Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, Johnny Marr Jaguar, 57 LP, Danelectro 12
Eastman T486RB, T64/V, Ibanez PM2, D'angelico Deluxe SS Bari, EXL1
Guild Bari, 1512 12-string, M20, Martin OM28VTS, Larivee 0040MH
Re: Goin mobile for a session. Need suggestions
Im taking my desk top system,a pain yes,but its a favor for the fam so im gonn deal. My 896 and 896 hd are chained via fw. I only have 16 accesable channels to record to. Need best possible unit to cover at least another 16 chs that i can also chain via fw. Im gonna b feeding my motus audio from the consol the venue already has. Does that explain a bit better.