Motu soundcard install
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Just a quick vid on my phone of the Install of Motu soundcards into my teaching studio, good value cards for 24 in and out if you already have D-subs in your setup.
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good video, thank you. We love our motu interfaces because of their flexibility. they are perfect for large setups!
Hi Ivan,
Love your videos man, been following you here for ages. I recently picked up a Ghost 24 (no midi) and I am on the hunt for a meter bridge for it. I don't suppose you could point me in the right direction? (I'm up in Donegal, but would be prepared to travel). No worries if not. Thanks again for the uploads, keep em coming!
Kevin McCloskey Hi Kevin. Glad you like the videos, hope to upload more if I can get time out of the studio. There is a second Ghost around that I own, would have to track it down and see it's condition, if it's not working the meter bridge would of course be up for grabs!
How do you connect the speakers?
Hi, it's best to think of the 24Ai and 24Ao as convertors not soundcards, they just have outputs and inputs, where as a soundcard will have speaker outputs. Basically you need a mixing desk or monitor controller inbetween the MOTU and your speakers.
parabéns amigo ,muito da hora
Did you used an avb switch to connect the 2 card?
Also did you connected them trough a pci or stand alone? Thanks
Hi do you think the new updated filmware has taken care of any older issues for you?
Don Buskirk I think so, I’ve had no issues with either of the new units so far!
Are the MOTU units still working properly? Thanks
They are
How are these working for you? I am seriously considering getting these to replace 2 unreliable m audio 1010lt interfaces. I got ahold of a mackie 24 ch 8 bus console with the 24ch expander which is the center of my studio so all I need are straight A/D and D/A interface.
Hi Craig, i would consider the antelope orion before these, at the time the price difference was much greater than it is now, i've had no trouble with these new units breaking down, but they can have jitter problems and need restarting plenty! software isn't great with them either.
Hey Ivan,
Idk if you know, but with your expertise you might.
I want to connect a Motu 24Ao to QLab on osx, do you perhaps know if that would be possible at all?
Thanks in advance.
I can’t say for sure as I’ve no experience using the two together. But it seems Qlab has support for AVB which the 24Ao uses, so it sounds most likely!
@@ivanjackman Hi, thanks for the reply. I will give it a go in the near future.
I want to understand basic configuration of the two units with an analogue console, as a total newb. Assuming... mics/lines into the console, direct outs from console into 24AI; 24AI into 24AO; 24AO into power amp and into computer. That correct? Do I actually NEED the 24AO? Assuming I do if I want to monitor the signal via speakers or a headphone amp. Also, how do I run the 24AO to power amp, being that it doesn't have stereo master out? That's where it feels like my configuration is probably wrong. Please advise! 🤞🏼
Hi Nick, in this setup the direct outputs of the mic/line channels, go to the 24ai which has 24 analog inputs. the 24ao has 24 analog outputs which connect to the 24 tape return inputs on the desk (line inputs of the monitor section of the desk). to listen to audio you are recording eg from a mic, you would route the channnel in question to the mix (stereo master fader) and in the master section you would choose to monitor the mix and so the audio would go to the monitor outputs, which will be patched to your speakers ( these could be active or passive which would need a power amp). to listen to audio (in stereo) from the computer you would route the audio out to 2 of the 24 outputs on the soundcard, these will appear on the tape return channels (output 1= tape return channel 1) and you would press the mix button on this channel to get the signal to the master section and then on to the monitors. Soloing a channel would also route the signal to your speakers. the point being the speakers are connected to the monitor outputs of the desk. The 24ai has no outputs and the 24ao has no inputs, so without a mixing desk to connect to, these are probably not suitable soundcards.
@@ivanjackman This is great, thanks so much. I have the units. My old analogue desk doesn't have 24 take return inputs. I was thinking about buying an Allen & Heath Zed 428. This has 24 channel "inserts" and a stereo "matrix out". Assuming that's essentially the same thing? It doesn't have monitor outs, though, just master outs.
@@ivanjackman Basically the Allen & Heath Zed 428 doesn't have monitor outs, just master outs and it doesn't have 24 channel send and returns, just channel outs, so could I use the "insert" inputs on the desk and run the master stereo outs to the speakers and rely on the usb to listen/mix in Protools? Sorry for singling you out as the font of all knowledge but there's scant information online.
@@nickmitchellmaiato6717 Hi Nick, if you haven’t already purchased the zed I would say don’t. It not having monitor outputs is a real negative, as it means the solos will only go to the headphones output and if your mixing on the desk not having the solo functionality seems like it would become an issue. Have you considered the SSL big six desk, it’s slightly more expensive but has a 16 channel soundcard built in. Much higher sound quality and easier to use over all. For same price as the zed plus the two Motu featured in my vid you could afford two of the ssl desks which can be setup to work as one desk, that would give you 32 in and out, eq compressors ssl mix buss etc.
@@ivanjackman I already have the MOTUs. Hmm. Will look at other desks, thanks.