Nice place !!
Have fun ! ;)

pcrecord, post: 465897, member: 46460 wrote: Nice place !!
Have fun ! ;)

fun fact moving stuff all afternoon and having to stoop over for hours equals a very sore back. I’m hoping to get some more done today though. Pain killers and a good night sleep later lol.

Makzimia, post: 465898, member: 48344 wrote: fun fact moving stuff all afternoon and having to stoop over for hours equals a very sore back. I’m hoping to get some more done today though. Pain killers and a good night sleep later lol.

I feel for you... When doing something with passion we often forget our age and body limitations.
I'm only 50 and need to be careful already.. 35 years of drumming and a lot them using bad posture will do that to you... ;)

I finally got wiring and power to both studio A and B setups today. The main PC has all its SSDs installed too. I’ve got 4.5TB now after putting the other 2 MX500 Crucials in. Now I need a couple of female XLR to TRS cables for the Presonus Studio Live Series 3 monitor feeds.

The carpet is in. Room being filled fast. Drums = one third of room full almost. Guitars are in their nook too.

Nice Carpet !

pcrecord, post: 465952, member: 46460 wrote: Nice Carpet !

Thanks Marco :).

And now the studio B rack/desk. I’m using the Apollo as a preamp basically into the Motu 828es via both ADAT out pipes from Apollo. I then go AVB to studio A and the Presonus Studio Live Series 3.

Bad news, the command hook strips came off one of the sound frames... going to have to screw to wall after all. What a pain in the rear :(.

Tony

Makzimia, post: 465958, member: 48344 wrote: And now the studio B rack/desk.

Wow that's neat.. but the keyboard and mouse like that, you don't have space for your legs to go under de desk ??
I'm sure your not finished ;)

pcrecord I can actually get my feet under the rack units, but it’s not meant to be sat down at for hours. Originally it was meant to be just an interface turn on and leave.

edit : almost forgot the female XLR to TRS cables turned up today. I now have audio out of the Presonus Studio Live.

The main setup, working all bar AVB. That’s for another day :).

Nice !!
How do you like your Presonus mixer so far ? Did you do some automation with it yet ?

pcrecord, post: 465972, member: 46460 wrote: Nice !!
How do you like your Presonus mixer so far ? Did you do some automation with it yet ?

I only just worked on getting audio out :). Just got the new XLR cables this afternoon. I’ll let you know as I go :).

Makzimia, post: 465958, member: 48344 wrote:

Thanks Marco :).

And now the studio B rack/desk. I’m using the Apollo as a preamp basically into the Motu 828es via both ADAT out pipes from Apollo. I then go AVB to studio A and the Presonus Studio Live Series 3.

Bad news, the command hook strips came off one of the sound frames... going to have to screw to wall after all. What a pain in the rear :(.

Tony

Can you use the Apollo as a signal processor too? Like route a bus to/from it with some UA plugs on it.

kmetal, post: 465981, member: 37533 wrote: Can you use the Apollo as a signal processor too? Like route a bus to/from it with some UA plugs on it.

Hi Kyle, yes!. It’s why I’m using it like that. Both interfaces are on thunderbolt to the MacBook Pro. I just look at the control panel and tell it what to use then send out ADAT to the Motu.

Makzimia, post: 465988, member: 48344 wrote: Hi Kyle, yes!. It’s why I’m using it like that. Both interfaces are on thunderbolt to the MacBook Pro. I just look at the control panel and tell it what to use then send out ADAT to the Motu.

Perfect!

Yesterday I discovered my new Motu has a dead thunderbolt port for sure.. I had the Motu 828es working perfectly on USB, but not what I want!.

I videoed the moment I got the MacBook Pro playing audio from the Apollo over ADAt into Motu then over AVB to the Presonus Studio Live in main studio room. I was ecstatic.

Motu is now on way back to Thomann for repair (doubtful) or replacement (much more likely). 3-4 weeks... arghhh.

Nice that the apollo is playing nice! Thunderbolt is a connection ive heard more problems about than any other. Usually its a compatibility thing.

Either way at least the seller is standing by the product, i think motu makes a solid gear and have spent many many hours using their 2408's.

kmetal I’ve had no complaints with thunderbolt until now. Both my MacBook Pro and my PC are made with Thunderbolt 3 ports. The issue is literally a dead port. Sadly DOA issues can happen. I’ve been pretty lucky with lack of DOA considering my gear changes over the years lol.

Thomann are a funny company, support is great, but communication is clearly not their strong suite :). Last night my Motu 828es turned back up. No email before hand explaining what was done, if anything, it works though. Happy about that :). They clearly were able to fix whatever was wrong as it's the one I sent back to them.

On a separate issue, I had a issue with the Studio Live 16 Series 3 too. An upgrade to the Universal Control and the firmware made ASIO support disappear. I finally got that update to work yesterday, my initial reaction was to roll back both older version that worked. The joys of modern computers....

A joyful occasion did occur yesterday morning, I setup the M/S mic setup I use to record Vocal and Acoustic and recorded a song roughly. Thanks to using Studio One remote on my iPad I now have a good starting point with well balanced mic levels. Next step make videos for the upcoming HPE Xmas concert. I'm going to do two of our originals one of them being our Yule song.

Tony

Nice. I would have requested an exhange for a new unit. Whenever something comes deffective from the factory i never trust it. The point of paying full price (to me) is not to get a floor model or refurbished unit. Even if the unit is fine, it bothers me on principle.

Glad the setup is coming together.

kmetal Kyle, if I was relying on my setup to make money I agree.. however. Thomann give a three year warranty on all the stuff they sell. Trust me, even a hint of another issue and I’ll demand a replacement:).