Live Recording With Monitor Mixing; Stage I/O; Studio Input Expander - MOTU 8M User Manual

LIVE RECORDING WITH MONITOR MIXING

Choose the Live recording with monitor mixing
preset when you are tracking in the studio. The
setup is pretty much the same as for the "Interface
+ mixer" preset discussed in the previous section,
shown in Figure 5-3 on page 54. All physical inputs
on the interface are routed to both the computer
(for recording) and the Main Mix and Monitor
busses in the mixer (for near-zero latency
monitoring).

STAGE I/O

Use the Stage I/O preset when you want to route
audio inputs from musicians and instruments on
stage to another location over Ethernet cabling.
This preset routes all inputs and outputs on the
MOTU AVB interface to 8-channel AVB network
streams in the routing grid, which are then
broadcast to any/all other devices on the same AVB
Ethernet network.
Single AVB Ethernet "snake"
For example, you could have a single Ethernet cable
running from the unit on stage to a 2nd unit at the
Front of House (FOH) mixer.
Audio inputs from musicians on stage
Ethernet cable
Figure 5-4: Use the Stage I/O preset to connect audio inputs and
outputs to other AVB devices on the rest of the network.
P R E S E T S
Stage I/O to network
As another example, you could run an Ethernet
cable from the stage unit to a MOTU AVB Switch,
with a host of other MOTU AVB interfaces and
computers on a multi-device network.
Audio inputs from musicians on stage
Figure 5-5: Use the Stage I/O preset to connect audio inputs and
outputs to other AVB devices on the rest of the network.
Stage area

STUDIO INPUT EXPANDER

Use the Studio Input Expander preset when you
already have a main system set up, but you want to
add additional inputs. This preset routes all
physical inputs on the expansion MOTU AVB
interface to AVB network streams. You can connect
to these expansion streams in AVB Stream
FOH mix position
Connections section of the Device tab of the main
Laptop (optional)
MOTU AVB interface.
Stage area
Switch A
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