Enabling 8-track Recording With Motu 896 Options

[Schack]

Hey there!

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I'd like to know how I can enable 8-track rec in Logic 5.5 with the MOTU 896. You cannot enable all 8 in the MOTU console only AES/EBU 1-2 or analog 1-2, 3-4 etc.

Thanks,
Schack

[gogo]

I'm not entirely sure how Logic does it, but in Digital Performer, when it says you're using Audio 1-2 or 3-4, it means you're utilizing 2 channels/inputs as stereo inputs, one as a left & one as a right channel. I'm not sure how one would do it in Logic (never had the chance to play with it at all, stuck with DP here at Berklee), but in DP you just create new MONO audio bundles instead of a stereo audio bundle, & enable those as the recording channels/inputs. hope this helps!

[formatj]

in logic, open your track mixer to your "track" page.

If you want 8 mono tracks make sure that you have your tracks set to mono for the ones you want to record to.
Set the inputs of these objects so that they are input 1 for your first track, input 2 for your second, input 3 for your third, etc......
The input is selected in the box above the track output (below the sends).
For stereo tracks you select input 1-2, input 3-4 etc...

Click on the "REC" enable button for each of the tracks.

Now when you hit record on the transport window you should be recording 8 tracks.

[Schack]

Thanks for the replies, they helped a lot!

Schack