Ok.... What am I doing wrong....

[NUVMUSIC]

...because this is totally beyond me - and I have searched the forums/threads here, to no avail.

Let me start by saying I am not a newbie (although there's nothing wrong with newbies), but this problem is getting the better of me;

I'm running Protools 9 and a MOTU 828mkIII hybrid and would like to use my outboard compressors as inserts.
As an example, in the I/O menu "inserts" option of PT9, I have inserts 3-4 running out of the MOTU and into the physical inputs of the compressor. I have then taken the outputs of the compressor and fed them back into inputs 3-4 of the MOTU 828. In the selected PT9 channel, I have select insert 3-4 under the "I/O" plug option. Now, the audio routes perfectly out to the compressor and back into the 828, because I get a visual on the compressor's meters and the 828's input/output meters. However, I get no meter reading nor sound from the input channel in PT! When I make the channel I/O insert inactive, the sound and meter readings reappear.

It makes absolutely no sense. Can someone advise, please.
Many thanks in advance.

[Draytone]

Can you link to a snapshot of your IO route matrix? I assume you have checked that?

[NUVMUSIC]

Originally Posted by Draytone

Can you link to a snapshot of your IO route matrix? I assume you have checked that?

Hi Draytone, thanks for the speedy reply!

I have attached both a snapshot of my example routing, and channel config!

Seriously, this is beyond me.
thanks

[NeoHippy]

i checked your routing...i dont see a problem though!!

sorry

but if it really does not want to work, just do it via a normal bus you route out of motu into comp and return it to an other track!!! might not be the best solutions but it will do its job

[NUVMUSIC]

Originally Posted by NeoHippy

i checked your routing...i dont see a problem though!!

....and that's my problem! Why won't it work, and are there any other users out there who use inserts in this way with an 828mk3?

Originally Posted by NeoHippy

.... just do it via a normal bus you route out of motu into comp and return it to an other track!!! might not be the best solutions but it will do its job

Thanks, Neo, but that's a bit of a messy affair especially when you're going back to old mixes with track automation etc.

Anyone else?

[NUVMUSIC]

Ok, I figured it out and want to share this with other 828mk3 hybrid users who may want to use outboard compressors etc. using the INSERT plug in Protools 9 or Logic.

The issue lies with the 828mk3 and the configuration of it's physical input/outputs, which are arranged in the following order:

Analogue Out 1----2----3---4---5---6---7---8...etc.
Analogue In. Mic1-Mic2--1---2---3---4---5---6--7--8

Example:
Set your inserts up as usual in the protools insert tab then route outputs 3 & 4 into your stereo compressor, and from the compressor into inputs 1&2 of the 828mk3. Using the I/O menu option from the the plug-in list of your chosen track, select "insert 3-4" and all should be good!

If MOTU had configured the front panel mic ins as inputs 9 & 10, I would have been spared the headache!!!