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Originally Posted by DanRock101  So, my question is; has anyone else had experience patching / inserting OUTBOARD gear (compressors in this case) using the Metric Halo 2882's???? Can it be done with MH's routing? |
Yes I have, and yes it can.
Our interfaces work on a bidirectional system: you have DAW channels to send audio from the computer to the mixer inside the interface, and FW channels to return audio from the mixer to the computer. The MIO Mixer sits in between, allowing you to route, mix and process within our dsp environment.
For example:
To insert a compressor you would drop an I/O plug in your Logic track and send via DAW 3 (for example, assuming DAW 1-2 are your main outs) which is Output 3 in Logic. In the MIO Console you would route DAW 3 to analog output 3 which is the send to your compressor. The compressor returns on analog input 3, which is then assigned to FW3 and returned to Logic's I/O plug on Input 3.
It's no different than using a patchbay once you grok it. There are a ton of possibilities because you're accessing the mixer within the interface, so you can do other things like submix within the box or run dsp processes. Let's say you wanted to use your favorite outboard reverb, but need to eq it a little. You could use the MIOStrip plug in the interface (which is our ChannelStrip plug poured into hardware) to tweak the reverb before it goes into Logic.
Two 2882s would get you 36 channels in and out of your Logic session that you can use for analog or digital interfacing as well as virtual processing inside the MIO Console.
HTH,
Allen