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hi - i am researching a home studio and i am wondering if this would
work - any comments appreciated

++ my daw will be cubase and i want to record everything at 96khz - i
am hoping to do all this without a mixer ( incedentally i dont have a
problem with a mixer but i have already investigated that idea and
nothing seemed to do what i wanted )
++ i want to record a drum kit and bass and then overdub guitars and
vocals
++ i want also to be able to have a couple of different headphone
monitor mixes ( stereo if possible but mono would be ok )
++ ideally i also want to be able to take a line out from the pc
through the traveler and into fx and then back into the unit and re
record it in the daw - ( however this is not really a priority )

my plan is to hook the 8pre into the pc via firewire and the use the
adat lightpipe on the traveler to get either 4 mikes or 4 lineins into
the 8pre at 96khz - so that would be 12 channels in all going into the
pc via the 8pre's firewire
( i am not sure but i wonder if daisy chaining the 2 devices via
firewire would achieve the same thing )

my understanding is that i can use the cuemix software ( which
seemlessly integrates the 2 devices together according to the motu
website ) to set up near zero latency monitoring of the mike ins (so ..
say if i am overdubbing 2 guitarists at the same time, i can set up 2
seperate monitor mixes and they can both hear one another ); and route
these monitor mixes to the outputs of the traveler and from there to
suitable headphone amp(s) etc

the problem i have is how to intgerate monitoring the output of cubase
into this monitoring of the mike ins - according to the motu site, the
main stereo output of the daw can be added to the 2 headphone mixes
which i have set up on the traveller ..... however what i am lost about
is this - as far as i know i set up 2 auxillary monitor mixes on
cubase, but can i route these out along with the regular control room
stereo out from cubase via firewire into the the motu devices and mix
these in with the 2 headphone mixes which i have set up in the
traveller ( and also how to get these mixes from the 8pre into the
traveller )

any help is vastly appreciated
thanks

[hank alrich]

kkelectronics wrote:

my plan is to hook the 8pre into the pc via firewire and the use the
adat lightpipe on the traveler to get either 4 mikes or 4 lineins into
the 8pre at 96khz - so that would be 12 channels in all going into the
pc via the 8pre's firewire
( i am not sure but i wonder if daisy chaining the 2 devices via
firewire would achieve the same thing )

Hook the Firewire output of the 8pre to the FW input of the Traveler. I
think that'll be the simplest way to get htose 12 tracks.

Once you've got it working, compare 96 KHz against 44.1 KHz and see if
you can tell any difference. If not, why use disc space to store what
you can't hear? If you can, go for the 96 Khz.

This'll also get you direct monitoring of all channels vias CueMix.

--
ha

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On Nov 10, 3:40 am, (hank alrich) wrote:
kkelectronics wrote:
my plan is to hook the 8pre into the pc via firewire and the use the
adat lightpipe on the traveler to get either 4 mikes or 4 lineins into
the 8pre at 96khz - so that would be 12 channels in all going into the
pc via the 8pre's firewire
( i am not sure but i wonder if daisy chaining the 2 devices via
firewire would achieve the same thing )Hook the Firewire output of the 8pre to the FW input of the Traveler. I
think that'll be the simplest way to get htose 12 tracks.

Once you've got it working, compare 96 KHz against 44.1 KHz and see if
you can tell any difference. If not, why use disc space to store what
you can't hear? If you can, go for the 96 Khz.

This'll also get you direct monitoring of all channels vias CueMix.

--
ha

thanks hank - have you used the 8pre yourself - i have found reviews on
the traveler but not the 8pre ??

[hank alrich]

kkelectronics wrote:

hank alrich wrote:
kkelectronics wrote:
my plan is to hook the 8pre into the pc via firewire and the use the
adat lightpipe on the traveler to get either 4 mikes or 4 lineins into
the 8pre at 96khz - so that would be 12 channels in all going into the
pc via the 8pre's firewire
( i am not sure but i wonder if daisy chaining the 2 devices via
firewire would achieve the same thing )

Hook the Firewire output of the 8pre to the FW input of the Traveler. I
think that'll be the simplest way to get htose 12 tracks.

Once you've got it working, compare 96 KHz against 44.1 KHz and see if
you can tell any difference. If not, why use disc space to store what
you can't hear? If you can, go for the 96 Khz.

This'll also get you direct monitoring of all channels vias CueMix.

thanks hank - have you used the 8pre yourself -

I have not; I was answering from a "basic routing via FW" point of view.
I use a Metric Halo MIO 2882+DSP.

i have found reviews on
the traveler but not the 8pre ??

Is it actually shipping yet?

--
ha

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it is; in europe anyway !! - thomann have it - and turnkey at least

On Nov 11, 5:35 pm, (hank alrich) wrote:
kkelectronics wrote:
hank alrich wrote:
kkelectronics wrote:
my plan is to hook the 8pre into the pc via firewire and the use the
adat lightpipe on the traveler to get either 4 mikes or 4 lineins into
the 8pre at 96khz - so that would be 12 channels in all going into the
pc via the 8pre's firewire
( i am not sure but i wonder if daisy chaining the 2 devices via
firewire would achieve the same thing )
Hook the Firewire output of the 8pre to the FW input of the Traveler. I
think that'll be the simplest way to get htose 12 tracks.
Once you've got it working, compare 96 KHz against 44.1 KHz and see if
you can tell any difference. If not, why use disc space to store what
you can't hear? If you can, go for the 96 Khz.

This'll also get you direct monitoring of all channels vias CueMix.
thanks hank - have you used the 8pre yourself -I have not; I was answering from a "basic routing via FW" point of view.
I use a Metric Halo MIO 2882+DSP.

i have found reviews on
the traveler but not the 8pre ??Is it actually shipping yet?

--
ha