Using outboard gear in Pro Tools, Ball State Music Technology

[This video was filmed by Sean Obringer, I'm the one speaking]: A quick but complete demonstration on an easy way to utilize the outboard equipment in studio 1. This is how I've been mixing my projects this semester and is very easy to set up. This process also applies to interfacing most outboard gear to any PT interface.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• pro
• tools
• ball
• state
• music
• technology
• outboard
• gear
• routing
• signal
• flow
• setup
• compressors

[mhbmusic]

Quick question. Using PT9 and a digi002 can I hook up the same way? Also, should I be using balanced or unbalanced going out and in of the digi002? I have a neutrik patchbay and my out board gear right now is only a UA-LA610MKII and two FMR RNC compressors. Thanks for any help you can provide.

[buttersfrom7eleven]

@mhbmusic I believe the 002 has 8 analog inputs, 8 ADAT inputs, 2 SPDIF inputs, and the same numbers for outputs. I'm not sure how you have your patchbay hooked up, but I'm presuming you just have the 8 analog inputs and 8 analog outputs on the Neutrik patchbay. (These should be balanced).

Now,

1. Hook up your outboard compressors to your desired spots on your patchbay.

2. In PT, set up your IOs like I describe around 3:20 (more specifically @3:48) in this video so the paths match your gear

[mhbmusic]

@buttersfrom7eleven

Thanks. What Mac OS are you running PT9 on and having success? I heard 10.6.5 is the most stable.

[buttersfrom7eleven]

@mhbmusic In this studio it is actually PT8 that is running and I think the computer is only at OSX 10.5.x (Leopard). I do know that PT9 won't run on 10.5 and requires at least 10.6, though I don't know which release of 10.6 is supposed to be the most stable.

[SveinKB3]

Thanks for this video :) It's hard sometimes, to understand the routing when it's not all physical wiring.

[d00kieman]

This is kick ass info! Thanks so much for sharing.

[mariooseguera90]

wawawawawawawawawawawa no way THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH .