Hi All!

I just purchased my 828 mkii after setting it up making the "noobie" mistake of not setting up my Mac pref. output to that of the 828 ... I was wondering, I'm using this wonderful piece of equip for basically remixing.

Please if someone can advise what software is best for my need in terms of trying to do the following: I would like to for example play an mp3 file or track from cd on the my Mac through itunes and have the ability to capture a snippet so I can loop it and lay it down on a audio track...in a program say like AudioDesk (which is what I have right now which came with my Motu 828 mkii) but am open to other packages if they suite me needs better... i cannot find out a way to do this in AudioDesk... the manual focuses alot on caputing sound from external instruments etcs... please forgive me in advance if my answer is already posted.. I tried searching.

When I play an audio mp3 in itunes or a cd the output is coming out my monitos connected to the Motu 828mkii ..what I wanna do is take what I'm hearing an be abled to loop some beats in audio packages... whenever I try to use the monitoring function of the applications the meters don't move... as if its silent.. I also dloaded peak 4.xx and it had an option of changing the input for hardware within the program.. when I do this and goto record... the meters light up ... etc.. but there is distortion..as if the sound is being "fed" back into the system in a loop.. I hope I'm kaing sense


Current setup for now is a PowerBook g4 1.33 w/ 512mb ram and external firewire 80gb 7200rpm 8meg cache HD.. since this particular PBook Mac im on has only 1 FW port... the 828 mkii is linked to extra firwire port on the external HD which connected to the FW port on the Mac.... I'm doing it this way currently as my internal drive is fried .. thank god for CCC!

Any help is greatly appreciated...

cheers!

-clearNET

I've also posted this on unicornation.... to no avail so far..

Sure. What you need is Audio Hijack or Audio Hijack Pro. Both available from rogueamoeba.com Easy to use and will record an AIFF file or an MP3 File of the output of iTunes, RealAudio and others. I use mine to record streaming audio Works great.

Dan10

Hi!

Thanks for getting back.

I'm still a bit confused.. see I already own AHpro, which I use to record radio..

My problem is, how can I play the clips back from either itunes or AHpro and have them record in AudioDesk2 or similiar program so I can loop them and modify them in there...

When I try and do it in Peak 4.xx for some reason it is playing back my audio BUT it is also recording the MIC from the PBOOK... if I change the input settings to that of the MOTU I heard nothing, as I am not connecting any external instuments or stuff to the MOTU which I wanna record but just audio from the Mac itself... if I change the input to the PowerBook I hear my Audio BUT it is also recording the MIC which is causing the feedback... crap ... I hope I make sense to you all!

cheers!

-clearNET

This post has been edited by clearNET: Mon 3 Jan 2005, 18:58

Why not use the import feature of AudioDesk? It will import a variaty of file types... It will also do looping.. It's all in that mamoth manual that came with it.

Hey thanks for the info!

Quick question... when I import a audio file into AudioDesk2, how do I then be able to edit it and loop it... the guys at Motu said goto the soundbites section and i'll see the file i importd in.. which i do and simply drag it in.. I try to drag it on to a track and it doesnt put it in... apologies if I'm doing something wrong...

thanks in advance guys!

-clearNET

Make sure that you are importing a stereo file to a stereo track in Audiodesk. Likewise a mono file to a mono track. Audiodesk will not "mix and match" and it won't tell you what you are doing wrong.