Hi Pancenter,
thank you so much for chiming in. This is my first encounter with a DAW! As a classical and acoustic guitarist and composer recording my own projects, I used to record on a dedicated hard disk recorder (Fostex D2424) due to its tape recorder-like interface and approach (always using external converters). I have however mixed and mastered my musical projects in a commercial studio which used Pro Tools, so I do know what a computer has to offer to those who make music:)
Having to start a new project after a long hiatus, I have recently bought a Mac from a friend (I am a Windows user for non musical things) and have installedLogic Pro X. As an old fart, as I mentioned, all this is new to me, and I am finding the learning curve rather steep- fortunately I am at ease with audio part of the job, analog and digital recording chain.
I bought the MOTU 8D because I will never handle more than 4 tracks for simultaneous recording, and I understood that its digital patching capabilities would allow me to patch and route effectively my Quantec and TC reverbs, and possibly other effects through an D/A/D loop, when mixing or monitoring.
Since you asked: Mac Book Pro (Retina, 2012) (2.6 GHz Intel Core i7). Mac OS Catalina ver. 10.15.2. Logic Pro X ver. 10.4.8
Do you also use MOTU 8D with Logic Pro X?
I have done some homework, so once I connect the Mac with the MOTU, the two see each other. I can open an empty project. I can record from my recording chain from my Acousence converter, though I seem to get one stereo track instead of two separate tracks (I record my guitar with two mics). I have seen a tutorial showing how to open an I/O plug-in in a channel of Logic and I am able to patch the Quantec with the other AES/EBU connections of the 8D, so I have another fader for the reverb return. But the results are erratic: I tried all routing combination on the MOTU (its Discovery application) but it seems to me that when the reverb is engaged (I can see on the leds of the MOTU the inputs and outputs of the dry signal and of the reverb send/return) the output becomes perfectly mono! Also, if on that same stereo guitar channel I want to open another I/O plug-in for another digital processor, the MOTU sees it (I now have three channel pairs active) but I do not have a separate fader for the return of the processed signal: I either monitor the Quantec, with the return adjustable via the fader, or I strangely hear only the TC Electronic all the way up, no fader. It is not quite as when I work in rehearsal mode in my studio where I have four aux ins in my analog mixer and I can mix and match different effects to my liking.
I do not want to necessarily print the reverbs. Having the luxury of many tracks for mixing, I wanted the stereo returns of my processors on different channels/tracks for monitoring and eventually mixing (with my rehearsal setup and analog mixer I am fine with the aux send pots in individual channels).
Sorry, too many words, plus perhaps a language barrier. Ideally I would need a step by step tutorial on how to make use of my external processors in my very simple recording/monitoring setup.
Best
Grazie
