M-Audio Omni Studio Settings for Multitracking -ACID Product Family

Subject:M-Audio Omni Studio Settings for Multitracking Posted by: antonio Date:1/8/2003 9:33:55 AM Good morning listers. I've been beating my head with this particular dilemma for a couple of days now. How do I set up my Omni Studio(w/ Delta 66) to record audio from my keyboard and vocals from my mics simultaneously? The Omni Studio manuals are confusing the dogshit out of me!! I have my mics hooked up to the mic/instr jacks(on the front panel) and my keyboard's left and right outputs to the Omni's stereo aux ins 1 & 2 respectively! Is there a setting in the Delta control panel that i'm not setting correctly. What should those settings be in the "patchbay/router" window? Can anyone tell me what their settings are if you're using Sonar 2(where you at Billy?) or Cool Edit Pro(version 1)?? It would be greatly appreciated!! If i can figure this one out, I will be ready to start charging folks for studio time!!!! Money, money, money!!!!!!!! peace, Antonio
Subject:RE: M-Audio Omni Studio Settings for Multitracking Reply by: billybk Date:1/8/2003 10:25:50 AM Antonio, If you are using ACID, you won't be able to record simultaneous audio tracks. It is not a true digital audio multi-tracker, like Vegas or SONAR. But when using Vegas or SONAR, with the OMNI I/O, I normally have it setup as follows: OMNI Mixer Sound Sources Mic/Line Input 1 (left channel) Microphone Mic/Line Input 2 (right channel) Guitar Line Input 3 (left channel) Line feed from L Alt 3/4(Mackie 1402-VZL Pro) Line Input 4 (right channel) Line feed from R Alt 3/4(Mackie 1402-VZL Pro) S/PDIF I/O from 2nd PC with S/PDIF I/O Korg OASYS PCI In this configuration, I typically record a vocal & guitar from the front panel, while simultaneously recording anything else(add'l mics, guitars, synths, drums) off of my Mackie 1402 mixer, by switching the ALT 3/4 button on/off for the appropriate channel/s, that I want to record. In addition, I have my Korg OASYS available via S/PDIF also. I believe your problem is, using the OMNI's stereo AUX ins 1 & 2 for your keyboards. You need to use the 3 & 4 channel Line Inputs below those. When activating the AUX inputs from the back panel by pressing those two buttons above in, you coincidentally de-activate the two front panel inputs. I accidentally did that one day, and nearly went nuts when my front panel inputs no longer worked. I would check that first. HTH, Billy Buck
Subject:RE: M-Audio Omni Studio Settings for Multitracking Reply by: antonio Date:1/8/2003 10:40:37 AM Okay. Thanks Billy Buck. I will use the line inputs below. Should I run my left channel out the keyboard into Line input 3 and my right channel into Line input 4 or should i run both the left and right channels out the keyboard into a stereo adapter plug and use only one of the Line inputs(#3)? Also, how do you have your settings set in the Delta's Control Panel?? Antonio
Subject:RE: M-Audio Omni Studio Settings for Multitracking Reply by: billybk Date:1/8/2003 4:47:11 PM I would keep the left and right channels separate and record them in stereo. I would not sum them to mono, unless that is what you want to do Email me @ billybk1@bellsouth.net and I will send you snapshots of my Delta Patchbay/Router & Hardware settings tabs. It would be easier that way. Billy Buck

Subject:M-Audio Omni Studio Settings for Multitracking

Posted by: antonio

Date:1/8/2003 9:33:55 AM

Good morning listers. I've been beating my head with this particular dilemma for a couple of days now. How do I set up my Omni Studio(w/ Delta 66) to record audio from my keyboard and vocals from my mics simultaneously? The Omni Studio manuals are confusing the dogshit out of me!! I have my mics hooked up to the mic/instr jacks(on the front panel) and my keyboard's left and right outputs to the Omni's stereo aux ins 1 & 2 respectively! Is there a setting in the Delta control panel that i'm not setting correctly. What should those settings be in the "patchbay/router" window?
Can anyone tell me what their settings are if you're using Sonar 2(where you at Billy?) or Cool Edit Pro(version 1)?? It would be greatly appreciated!! If i can figure this one out, I will be ready to start charging folks for studio time!!!! Money, money, money!!!!!!!!

peace,
Antonio

Subject:RE: M-Audio Omni Studio Settings for Multitracking

Reply by: billybk

Date:1/8/2003 10:25:50 AM

Antonio,
If you are using ACID, you won't be able to record simultaneous audio tracks. It is not a true digital audio multi-tracker, like Vegas or SONAR. But when using Vegas or SONAR, with the OMNI I/O, I normally have it setup as follows:

OMNI Mixer Sound Sources
Mic/Line Input 1 (left channel) Microphone
Mic/Line Input 2 (right channel) Guitar
Line Input 3 (left channel) Line feed from L Alt 3/4(Mackie 1402-VZL Pro)
Line Input 4 (right channel) Line feed from R Alt 3/4(Mackie 1402-VZL Pro)
S/PDIF I/O from 2nd PC with S/PDIF I/O Korg OASYS PCI

In this configuration, I typically record a vocal & guitar from the front panel, while simultaneously recording anything else(add'l mics, guitars, synths, drums) off of my Mackie 1402 mixer, by switching the ALT 3/4 button on/off for the appropriate channel/s, that I want to record. In addition, I have my Korg OASYS available via S/PDIF also.

I believe your problem is, using the OMNI's stereo AUX ins 1 & 2 for your keyboards.
You need to use the 3 & 4 channel Line Inputs below those. When activating the AUX inputs from the back panel by pressing those two buttons above in, you coincidentally
de-activate the two front panel inputs. I accidentally did that one day, and nearly went nuts when my front panel inputs no longer worked. I would check that first.

HTH,

Billy Buck

Subject:RE: M-Audio Omni Studio Settings for Multitracking

Reply by: antonio

Date:1/8/2003 10:40:37 AM

Okay. Thanks Billy Buck. I will use the line inputs below. Should I run my left channel out the keyboard into Line input 3 and my right channel into Line input 4 or should i run both the left and right channels out the keyboard into a stereo adapter plug and use only one of the Line inputs(#3)? Also, how do you have your settings set in the Delta's Control Panel??

Antonio

Subject:RE: M-Audio Omni Studio Settings for Multitracking

Reply by: billybk

Date:1/8/2003 4:47:11 PM

I would keep the left and right channels separate and record them in stereo. I would not sum them to mono, unless that is what you want to do

Email me @ billybk1@bellsouth.net and I will send you snapshots of my Delta Patchbay/Router & Hardware settings tabs. It would be easier that way.

Billy Buck