1 Topic by Radic (edited by Radic 2012-07-14 09:31:03)

  • Radic
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Topic: need help setting up ufx with 2 channels dedicated for hardware

I'm running ableton with the ufx interface. maybe i'm the most stupid person in the world but i'm totally confused with total mix and i can't set up my interface after a few months of use. What i want to do is send outputs 1 and 2 to a hardware compressor for some external processing and re-record the track in through inputs 1 and 2 into a program called Reaper. I have set up outputs 7 and 8 for my monitors.

With ableton and master track selected i have selected outputs 1 and 2. There is a signal coming out of 1 and 2 because i can see the VU meters moving on my hardware compressor. The problem is when i make changes on my hardware compressor i cannot hear any changes. Yes the bypass button is deactivated. All i am hearing is a direct out signal from Ableton that seems to be going straight out of channels 7 and 8. I don't understand this as i have selected outputs 1 and 2 from Ableton so the only signal i hear should be coming through the compressor? In total mix i have selected the main out to channels 7 and 8 (directly out to my monitors).

Please help. Or if there is a link to track routing that would be more than appreciated i cannot find anything on youtube or google.
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sash

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Re: need help setting up ufx with 2 channels dedicated for hardware

Try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCH3qVaL … ata_player Rob Masters from Synthax UK has made a few tutorials

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Re: need help setting up ufx with 2 channels dedicated for hardware

See the Rob Masters tutorials. Then take another look at the manual. What you want is, in fact, in the manual but in typical Germanic fashion it's obscure. What RME should have done is included a subsection titled "Routing" and explained that when you click on an output to highlight it, then you can use the sliders of any (or any set of) inputs to send a signal to that output. Note, if you make an adjustment and then click on another output to highlight it, the sliders on the inputs go back to zero.

I think RME has made a big mistake in not explaining this properly. It's easy and very powerful. But to many users it may seem daunting and too complex. In my case I'm a novice (with six years experience with pro products) and I couldn't figure it out on my own. Even the pro salesman at Guitar Center (where I bought my UCX), a very savvy, very nice guy, who has a lot of experience with live recording, couldn't figure it out. I've worked with him for many years and I know he knows what he's doing. The bottom line is, the RME interface is easy to use but not so intuitive and very poorly explained.