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I'd really like to make 8 mono mixes instead of 4 stereo with the 828mk3 and Cuemix. I thought I'd just assign each output pair twice and pan but you can only assign once.
I'm talking about the line outs (1-8). Yes the mains and phones are busy already.
Anyone?

That's probably your best bet

Dwetmaster wrote:That's probably your best bet

What is?

If your talking about cuemix FX Firewire, then you have 8 separate mixes

Mix 1 is assigned to the first stereo pair and all its channels are panned hard left and this is your "mono 1"

Mix 2 is assigned to the first stereo pair and all its channels are panned hard Right and this is your "mono 2"


Mix 3 is assigned to the Second stereo pair and all its channels are panned hard left and this is your "mono 3"

Mix 4 is assigned to the Second stereo pair and all its channels are panned hard Right and this is your "mono 4"

Etc...

Dwetmaster wrote:If your talking about cuemix FX Firewire, then you have 8 separate mixes

Mix 1 is assigned to the first stereo pair and all its channels are panned hard left and this is your "mono 1"

Mix 2 is assigned to the first stereo pair and all its channels are panned hard Right and this is your "mono 2"


Mix 3 is assigned to the Second stereo pair and all its channels are panned hard left and this is your "mono 3"

Mix 4 is assigned to the Second stereo pair and all its channels are panned hard Right and this is your "mono 4"

Etc...

This does not work! When you select the same output pair a second time, the first selection is erased (ie. the second selection of the same output pair replaces the first selection). In other words, you can only select one output pair at a time. You can't select one twice and work the pans. As I said, that's the first thing I tried.
In your example you would end up with:
mix1 assigned to nothing
mix2 assigned to 1,2
mix3 assigned to nothing
mix4 assigned to 3,4
etc
switch mix1 back to 1,2 for example and mix2 would then be blank

I'm sorry if I didn't read your post properly. If you use DP, you could do your routing from DP and use direct hardware playthrough.

Dwetmaster wrote:I'm sorry if I didn't read your post properly. If you use DP, you could do your routing from DP and use direct hardware playthrough.

Something tells me that running a 2nd DAW in direct mode while I'm running a full mix with plugins in Reaper isn't going to fly. We'll see.

I think he meant for you to set up 8 aux sends (or bus to 8 auxes) and route their output to the 8 analog outputs you have on uh, whatever hardware you are using. Or if you use CueMix and want the same stuff in each mix leave the pan in the middle. Of course, this probably only works if your mixing mono tracks.

Putting your setup in a signature is a good thing, people can help more if they know the specific gear you are using. My bad, couldn't see the sig in the posting window.

HTH,

Pappy

Certainly I could use the main mix DAW for monitors too. I want to keep the monitors on Cuemix though. This really looks like a big oversight - the hardware is right there but you just can't get your hands on it completely. I'm running with 6ms total latency on the main mix right now and I don't want to introduce that into the monitors. That would be pushing it being right in your ear or with a speaker right on you. I submitted this as a suggestion but I'm not going to hold my breath with MOTU.