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Chaining MOTU 8pre's together

Hey everyone,

I read on the MOTU site that I can chain 2 8pre's together to get 16 channels of recording by using the optical connections. Has anyone done something similar to this and can offer some insight as to how easy/difficult it is? I am not finding anything very descriptive on "how" to do it, and would like to order the right cables/etc the first time around.

Syncing a midi track to Pro Tools grid

I have a very technically proficient metal band coming to the studio soon (think the Faceless meets opeth), anyway I just switched from Audition to Pro Tools recently and this band has written all their music into Guitar Pro and can export their songs as midi information from the program, therein lies the question:

Laptop Audio - MIDI (playback) support

Hey,

This specific question is very loosely about "recording", I guess. I need to know what to look for in a laptop audio-wise to play with Reason. My current (general-use) laptop won't even play back MIDI sound to install Reason. I just want to be able to fool around with ideas on the laptop, then bring the projects to my desktop. Controller input isn't even necessary.

Which Audio Interface should I buy on a budget?

Hi,
My budget is about $500 for an Audio Interface. I've been looking through tons of audio interfaces and I'm not sure which one I should get. Which one produces the highest sound quality?

Here are the one's that stand out to me
1. Native instruments kontrol 1
2. M-Audio Fast Track Ultra
3. Focusrite Saffire 6 USB Interface

Calculating and Metering Total Impedance (Guitar related)

I am trying to calculate/meter the total load I am showing the pickups, but I'm a bit confused. I have a few mods in there to alter the sound of the pickup. The pot is 500k and wired with hot lead to lug 1, lug 2 is output and lug 3 is bent back and soldered to the base. I have 333k resistor and 1000pF cap between lug 1 and lug 2. I also have a 1M resistor between lug 1 and lug 3.