Presonus Firepod: assign 8 tracks to 8 preamps?

snicholshms wrote on 2/15/2005, 9:02 PM

Just got the Presonus Firepod with 8 mic pre amps. Wondered how to assign a separate track in Vegas to each of the eight pres? Need torecord a big band (18 musicians) and need to have all 8 mics live at once.
Selecting Options> Preferences>Audio Device>Presonus Firepod appears to only allow two tracks to be assigned. Is this correct?
Isn't it possible to have all eight mics live at once...as in multi track recording?
Is it necessary to use a mixer, too?

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farss wrote on 2/16/2005, 12:37 AM

I think all you need to do is insert the tracks in Vegas then assign the tracks to the inputs on the Firpod, arm each one for record and when you;re reay to roll hit the master record button.
Bob.

snicholshms wrote on 2/16/2005, 8:53 AM

Right, Bob. The Firepod is a rack mounted card and it wasn't always connected to my laptop when I was trying to figure this out! So naturally I couldn't select more than two channels.
But I catch on real quick...after a dozen or so tries....

Thanks for your help-Steve