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Thanks for the detailed response, Jesse! From what you say, it sounds like the 828MkII can do the job for me. Most likely, I would be looping just my two Nord synths (the Micromodular acting as a processor for my viola). The third synth (Emu XL-7) has its own MIDI looping capability, among other things, so I probably won't be looping its audio as much. How many Mixes can I set up to toggle? Even just the hypothetical 3 you mention may be enough for me. Lack of MIDI for toggling between Mixes and muting is not a concern for me. Andreas Tillander did fine using an Akai MPC 1000 for sequencing and a DL4 to loop his melodica and assorted gizmos without any notion of syncing the looper to the MPC - I'd be doing something similar with my viola/Micromodular. Greetings, Paolo --- Jesse Ray Lucas <jlucas@neoprimitive.net> wrote: > The 828mkII has four busses. You can route the four > busses independently to > any of the outputs on the back of the thing: ten > balanced 1/4" analog outs > and digital out. For each bus you can set the > levels of each of the input > channels: eight balanced 1/4" analog ins, two > pre-amped ins on the front, > and digital in (?). > > All four busses can be active at the same time, or > muted individually. > Although the muting process involves a knob twiddle > and push. > > So, you could set up two different busses to say, > outputs 3-4 where your > looper is attached, and have certain input channels > muted for different > busses. So, Mix 2 sends all inputs to outputs 3-4; > where Mix 3 sends only > analog inputs 1-2 and 5-6 to outputs 3-4 and > everything else is muted. Mix > 1 is pointed at outputs 1-2 which is sending > everything to the house PA or > DAW, so the "audience" hears everything all the time > even if your looper > only hears what you're sending it on Mix (bus) 3, or > 4. > > You could toggle between these mixes by muting them > on the faceplate of the > 828mkII. There's no MIDI implementation for > manipulating mix presets at all > yet, unfortunately. Although it seems like > something that wouldn't be that > hard for them to add in as a software update. Buy > one and bug MOTU. > > Good luck. > > -J > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paolo Valladolid" <paolovalladolid@yahoo.com> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 7:14 PM > Subject: MOTU 828MkII as a Poor Man's Switchblade? > > > I have a a couple of synths plus a viola that I > would > like to run through audio looper pedals. Right now > the only looper pedal I have is my DL4. I have an > EH16 Reissue on preorder, which would add a 2nd > looper. > > Here's the thing - I'd like to be able to loop my 2 > synths and viola through these 2 pedals, plus a Nord > Micromodular which I will be using primarily for > audio > processing. Sometimes I want to have one synth > running on a sequencer and not loop the audio and > loop > the viola. Sometimes I want to not loop the viola > and loop the synth. Sometimes I want to loop all of > them at once. > > The Switchblade looks like a nice solution except > there's no Mac editor and besides looks like it > might > be overkill. Does the MOTU 828MkII have the > functionality I'm looking for? > > Thanks, > Paolo > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for > 25� > http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash