PRO LOGIC 8 USERS

[Dale B]

I'll talk about what I know about Console Connect and the 2D card.

Console Connect lets you use the MIO mixer as a plug-in inside your DAW. I use Logic 8, I just add the plug-in inside Logic and BAM! Then, you just route all of your channels via Firewire. I'm basically using the Metric Halo mixer in zero latency the box is doing all of the work, which isn't the case with the Logic mixer because the program is doing all of the work.

The 2D card with the +DSP license is really cool. There are about 16 different input characters that you can place all over the place to smooth out or dirty up the signal. It looks real good on the sound curves. I absolutely love the transformer character. There are other character models like a tube mics, soft saturation, FETs and a lot of other stuff. You can run all of this straight into Logic.

I haven't used any of the older versions of the Metric Halo stuff, but this thing is great for what it does and the cost.

oh ok..... you know, I don't use the MIO interface..... I mean....it's kind of hard for me to understand all that..........how do you use it? I only use the ULN-2 as my mic preamp/interface.....but I KNOW it does much more than that....help me out pls.


and btw, I haven't gotten any e-mail

PM me your e-mail address and I will forward it to you. Also, there are a bunch of tutorial videos on the MH website detailing the new mixer and all sorts of other stuff.

If I'm using Garageband, I just route straight into it from the MIO mixer. If I'm using Logic, I just use Console Connect and use the Metric Halo mixer instead of the Logic mixer. I do use some of the Logic plug-ins at the end of the signal, but that is mainly to get rid of this and that at the end.

I mainly like using the MIO mixer because of the input character modeling, but there is reverb, EQ, compression and just about anything else you can think of within the mixer with the 2D card and +DSP license. The amp simulations blow, but I think the vast majority of all of the software based amp simulations suck. The great thing about it, which I mentioned earlier, is that the MIO mixer is in zero latency.

I have a Mackie Onyx 800R that I run every now and then via ADAT, but I need to sync it via the Wordclock.

As far as routing... It can get complicated. You just have to figure out how to route everything via Firewire, which is easy after it's all said and done. I say that, but I'm still trying to figure out certain things. The ULN-2 and the 2882 are complicated beasts.

Anyway, PM me.

 

[Anonymous]

How do I do that? LOL! What application do I use?

There's a button on the bottom of your master fader in the mixer view that says "bnce", or File menu -> Bounce...

Great! I will definitely check that out!

I'm a total newbie!

Sorry... I thought you were kidding or I would have answered... Make sure you route only the track you want converted to the master fader...

Steve

 

[Dale B]

Sorry... I thought you were kidding or I would have answered... Make sure you route only the track you want converted to the master fader...

Steve

Thanks, Steve. No, I wasn't kidding. I have a very light working knowledge of how to do certain things, but I'm still a TOTAL NEWB compared to a lot of you guys around here. I have that much more respect for those of you who actually have taken the time to dive off into recording. I have yet to get some of the results a lot of you have gotten.

I think I'm fixing to pick up a Cascade ribbon mic here pretty soon. It's cheaper and I don't want to dish out the $BLING$ for a Royer at the moment. I just want to have it around to blend with a SM57. I like the way my Sennheiser 421 blends with the SM57 as well. I was just using a straight, bare bones signal with no EQ.

The hurricanes jacked me up pretty bad around here because I haven't had much time to invest in all of this. I've also just started playing gigs with a local band, so that eats up time as well. I guess I'm just learning on the side.

To put it all into perspective for you, I just figured out how to run the Console Connect plug-in inside Logic the other day. LOL! I know! It's sad, but I'm learning. I appreciate you giving me the tips.



Dale