Garageband2 + Motu 828 Audio Recording ?, How to assign inputs to tracks in GB2 ?? Options

[Culchie STV]

Hello,

I have a MOTU 828 (not the MkII) on an iBook via firewire, and I want to record a live band to eight tracks.

I can't figure out how/where to tell GB which input signal (instrument) from the 828 goes to which track. There should also be some way to assign the GB2 tracks' outputs to go back out thru the 828...

I have the Mary Plummer book on GB2, but she doesn't say anything about this. Or I can't find it... <G>

Many thanks,

stv

[deaconblue]

stv,

No problem. It is my pleasure to help out.

If you already have your 8 tracks set up, then doubleclick on any one of them (make sure that when you single click on them they show a blue highlight for a real instrument) and you will open a track info window. You should see the channel assigment in hte lower portion of the window as a pull down and also have a "Monitor" set to off by default.





Also, it is a good idea to make sure your GB preferences are set to use the MOTU (sorry I didn't mention that before, kind of take it for granted after a while). In the GB preferences, go to the Audio/MIDI pref pane and make sure it is set to Audio Input: MOTU 828, Audio Output: MOTU 828 (GB2 should prompt you if you start up the 828 after you open GB2 that a new Audio device has been detected). Also, use hte small buffer size for live performances to cut down on the offset you will have for the delay if you intend to monitor the performance via GB.





If you single click on any one of your 8 tracks and they show up as a green highlight, then you have a software track (for the MIDI loops or MIDI instruments) and you won't have channel assignments for those. You will need to start over with those specific tracks.

Color coding in GB works like this:

Blue: live instrument, live audio loop
Green: Software or MIDI instrument track
Purple: Master Track (you'll only see this if you go to Track menu and select "Show Master Track". This will allow you to add "type specific" reverb, compression, etc. to the overall sound of your song.

Have fun!

peace,
deacon