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MacMoney wrote on 7/14/2002, 12:02 PM
>Is this a good combination ?
I use the 1296,24i and 2408

>Will it work with the WDM drivers or only MME ?
Classic Wavedrivers only

>Will I see the 8 in and 8 out in vegas ?
I do

Im running P3-800/4-1.7
Win98se/Win2k sp2
I have no problems with MOTU and Echo cards

George Ware
ibliss wrote on 7/15/2002, 9:08 AM
I'm not going to repeat myself to much here - I've already posted about my views on the MOTU firewire interfaces (I own the 828). Do a search and you should find it. It will either work or you'll never get it to work (with Windows in gerneral, not Vegas specifically).

Mike K
Nat wrote on 7/15/2002, 11:21 AM
they upgrade their drivers so I don't think there will be a problem.
My question wasn't windows-wise but vegas.
ibliss wrote on 7/15/2002, 7:17 PM
Well, still try-before-you-buy if possible!

Vegas will make use of all the ins & outs, but there is an option you have to change in the audio preferences box (I'm not on my PC with vegas on it at the moment, but it's something like changing from 'Microsoft Sound Mapper' to 'WMD drivers'....have a look in the preferences and you'll see it).

You can then record all of the individual inputs onto seperate tracks, and set up multiple busses for the outs. The digital i/o (s/pdif or ADAT) will also show up in vegas.

Good luck!
Mike K
Nat wrote on 7/15/2002, 8:40 PM
Thanks a lot, that's what I wanted to know !

Also, do you know if the MOTU gear is "multi client"
I mean, could I use at the same time some soft synths and vegas ?

Thanks,

Nat
ibliss wrote on 7/16/2002, 4:33 AM
I *think* they are... most sound cards seem to support this these days. But the problem is this: to get your softsynths running at low latencys, (ie playable) you'll probably need to use the ASIO driver with them (I'm thinking of NI stuff), but Vegas doesn't support/use ASIO drivers - I don't think you can access the MOTU using ASIO and (for example) MME at the same time. PLEASE someone correct me if this is wrong (it's not something I've tried to do).

I'm fairly certain that you can't use two ASIO apps and one soundcard at the same time (but then this currently isn't an issue...). If you are happy with you softsynths using something like DirectX drivers, you shouldn't have any probs. Might need a quick PC for things to run smoothly.

Anyone else help me out here!?
Mike K
Nat wrote on 7/16/2002, 11:06 AM
That could be a problem, I currently use a Soundblaster Audigy and I often use 2 or more Ni soft synth using asio drivers and record them in vegas directly.
gjn wrote on 7/16/2002, 2:05 PM
me i work vegas3 sound forge6 and acid3 pro.
i've swissonic AD8.
i'ts very exellent..
Nat wrote on 7/16/2002, 3:54 PM
How much does it cost and where do you connect it ?