drained Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Hi Guys... As a live sound engineer ( if I can call myself like this :])I've been thinking for a while about fixing the problem of bringing around a quite big outboard and replacing it with a Mbp and an audio interface. My goal would be using more or less 8 inputs and outputs, and use them like a real outboard (2x 31 band eqs, a pair of compressors, effects... etc) working only with a mixer, a sound card and the mbp. I could save various projects correspinding to different bands/venues, not talking about the room of analog racks Now my question is: What would your choice be between Mainstage and Logic? Is there the possibility in Mainstage to use mono outputs? (if I'm using it for an insert compressor, for example, I don't need the output to be stereo, I'm only wasting a channel out) thanks in advance, M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organsymphony Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 i'd go for mainstage. have you looked at the mixer templates in mainstage (i don't know if they were new templates for mainstage 2 or not, can't remember seeing them when i was using mainstage 1) as far as i know i don't think mainstage can handle mono outputs (which is ridiculous i know) there's always the hard panning of stereo tracks to split them L + R which you could use in conjunction with busses I suppose which will get you there but i really don't see why mono outputs aren't available in mainstage! and if you went with a firewire interface that could be daisy chained to another you could end up with 16 channels which would do you nicely for most small-medium sized gigs. one more thing: if you've not got cases for this allready and if you're gonna be wandering to gigs with a laptop+a couple of rackmount pieces check out the SKB studio flyer. http://www.sonicftp.com/news/images/skb_studioflyer4u.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drained Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 Thanks for the advice! So with stereo outputs I could use, for example, ch.1 for a compressor and pan it hard left, ch.2 for a reverb and pan it hard right so I can create different "mono" outputs for channel 1 and 2 using "output 1-2"? I just hope latency is not too high using 8 in/outs simoultaneosly in real time... but using a firewire there shouldn't be problems, right? I'll check the SKB, it seems a really nice solution for me M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organsymphony Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Thanks for the advice! So with stereo outputs I could use, for example, ch.1 for a compressor and pan it hard left, ch.2 for a reverb and pan it hard right so I can create different "mono" outputs for channel 1 and 2 using "output 1-2"? Theoretically yes. I don't know if there will be any bleed within mainstage, shouldn't be. Its the way I force the stereo groups on the desk for live bands to become mono groups. e.g send drums to group 1 panned hard left, and guitars to group 2 panned hard right. the L channel slider for group 1 now controls the drum group and the R slider for group 1 controls guitars. essentially 2 whole groups. Same concept with bussing to stereo outputs in mainstage! so should work! I just hope latency is not too high using 8 in/outs simoultaneosly in real time...but using a firewire there shouldn't be problems, right? i can't see it being a problem if you do all the old cpu/ram freeing up tricky type thingamajiggybobs. have a look around the mainstage forum a bit theres some really good tips lying around. I'll check the SKB, it seems a really nice solution for me M i'm definitely gonna get one when my band finally gets a gig or two. i just think its a no brainer if you're wandering around with a laptop and couple of rackmount things glad to be of help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drained Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 thanks again, by the way what do you mean with this "cpu/ram freeing up tricky type thingamajiggybobs"? thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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