Apogee Ensemble + M-Audio ProjectMix I/O - Control Surface

Hi all, this is my first time posting here. I want to open my own home studio and was looking at getting 2 apogee ensembles and a ProjectMix I/O. Logic 8 is my main DAW and i was wondering if it was possible for logic to see all the i/o's and what would be the best way to connect everything to avoid any latency issuses or unforseen problems. thx .

Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Jul 7, 2008 8:57 PM

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Jul 11, 2008 12:18 PM in response to forynee

There is a feature on the Mac called aggregate device, that will allow you to connect multiple audio interfaces and have it show up as one interface in Logic. However, we don't support this as we have seen varying results with it.
You can connect two Ensembles together. One would be connected via FireWire and the other would be connected through the lightpipe connections found on the back of the Ensemble. This will give you access to all 16 channels of analog I/O and all 8 mic pre's of the two Ensembles, but there is not really a way to connect the ProjectMix I/O in this scenario. You may be able to connect it and just use it's control functions, but not the I/O.

Our tech support guys will be more than happy to help you with connecting the two Ensembles should you have any issues at all after purchasing them.

If you do need more than 16 I/O you may want to look at something like our Symphony system. It is a PCIe card that will allow you to connect up to 32 I/O on it. It works with our AD-16X, DA-16X and Rosetta series convertors.

Hope that helps. Please let me know if you have further questions.
Or you can contact our sales department by phone (310)584-9394 with any questions you may have.

Chris Lawson
Apogee Electronics

Jul 13, 2008 3:07 AM in response to forynee

Apogee Ensemble doesn't support aggregate device with other audio cards.
you can use only 2 apogee ensemble...

in any case... my suggestion is avoid to use Aggregate device features for professional recording..

it can be used with iTunes or for a limited time...

Aggregate device add Latency in almost cases.

G

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