Blair Fisher
Logician
Hi MH Mavens:
On the advice of several people here on this list I have finally purchased a ULN-2 and 2882. The main reason was to have a great solution for location recording (some of you may remember the thread on the LUG)
I was using a Mackie Onyx mixer, which was very bulky, and the preamps wouldn't drive the Royer SF-12 ribbon mike for quiet classical recording. For location recording I think most things will now be pretty straight ahead:
The ULN-2 should do a very nice job of driving the Royer for a main stereo pair. The 8 mike pres on the 2882 will give me a total of 10 preamps in a nice compact rack. (Albeit the 2882 preamps are said to be somewhat low output "utility" pres) For bigger/more demanding recordings I can attach some external pres through ADAT inputs on both units. Backup will be to a Tascam X-48 making for what should be a bullet proof and great sounding system.
So, now I have the 2 boxes and am wondering how others use theirs with Logic. I have read the other thread here and checked out a number of the tutorials on the MH site, but I figure a few words of advice from those of you who have more experience will help me get going faster.
So far I have set up an aggregate device (I assume that is what I need to do) - since my studio setup is a MOTU PCI system which connects all the various boxes automatically I have never had to use the aggregate device before...
I have also set up a big MH mixer and selected appropriate hardware channels for the various strips. I have managed to get some sounds showing up in Logic as well, although I am a bit sketchy on the exact signal flow...I'll need to spend a bit of time and check out some more videos I guess.
Some specific questions:
- I remember reading on GearSlutz that these boxes had to be physically hooked together (I guess like an analog submixer) - so I have started by taking the AES output of the 2882 and plugged it into the ULN-2. I assume that is the only way I can get everything to arrive at one place for monitoring/output? If anybody can shed a bit more light on this I would appreciate it....how do you hook your boxes together, and am I understanding this correctly?
- I haven't bought the DSP license yet, but am considering it. Is this something that you find useful (considering all the plug-ins that Logic has?) I guess one reason for these is to use them without having to deal with Logic's software monitoring/latency (for cue sends etc.)?
-Do you use the MH stuff for mixing, other than as an audio interface for the stereo mix?
-What other cool stuff does it do????
OK - I know this is a long-winded and open ended question...SORRY. However I do find the learning curve a might steep, and I hope to flatten it out just a bit with the help of the good folks here. TIA for any nuggets you can throw my way.
Blair
On the advice of several people here on this list I have finally purchased a ULN-2 and 2882. The main reason was to have a great solution for location recording (some of you may remember the thread on the LUG)
I was using a Mackie Onyx mixer, which was very bulky, and the preamps wouldn't drive the Royer SF-12 ribbon mike for quiet classical recording. For location recording I think most things will now be pretty straight ahead:
The ULN-2 should do a very nice job of driving the Royer for a main stereo pair. The 8 mike pres on the 2882 will give me a total of 10 preamps in a nice compact rack. (Albeit the 2882 preamps are said to be somewhat low output "utility" pres) For bigger/more demanding recordings I can attach some external pres through ADAT inputs on both units. Backup will be to a Tascam X-48 making for what should be a bullet proof and great sounding system.
So, now I have the 2 boxes and am wondering how others use theirs with Logic. I have read the other thread here and checked out a number of the tutorials on the MH site, but I figure a few words of advice from those of you who have more experience will help me get going faster.
So far I have set up an aggregate device (I assume that is what I need to do) - since my studio setup is a MOTU PCI system which connects all the various boxes automatically I have never had to use the aggregate device before...
I have also set up a big MH mixer and selected appropriate hardware channels for the various strips. I have managed to get some sounds showing up in Logic as well, although I am a bit sketchy on the exact signal flow...I'll need to spend a bit of time and check out some more videos I guess.
Some specific questions:
- I remember reading on GearSlutz that these boxes had to be physically hooked together (I guess like an analog submixer) - so I have started by taking the AES output of the 2882 and plugged it into the ULN-2. I assume that is the only way I can get everything to arrive at one place for monitoring/output? If anybody can shed a bit more light on this I would appreciate it....how do you hook your boxes together, and am I understanding this correctly?
- I haven't bought the DSP license yet, but am considering it. Is this something that you find useful (considering all the plug-ins that Logic has?) I guess one reason for these is to use them without having to deal with Logic's software monitoring/latency (for cue sends etc.)?
-Do you use the MH stuff for mixing, other than as an audio interface for the stereo mix?
-What other cool stuff does it do????
OK - I know this is a long-winded and open ended question...SORRY. However I do find the learning curve a might steep, and I hope to flatten it out just a bit with the help of the good folks here. TIA for any nuggets you can throw my way.
Blair