I'm wondering what the best choice is in configuring the audio out of a base Studio Ultra M2. Should I be using the headphone jack or a USN to 3.5 converter? Do I need to buy an audio interface other than my mixer? I've been reading all I can find which is not so much. Curious what answers may come. Thanks.
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Headed to a mixer then to headphones and speakers/monitors. On the input side I've got the mixer as well as a Rode AI-1 input device that has a nice pre-amp that I might like to access. The mixer has dedicated software that I'm not positive I want to use. It's a Mackie FX6v3. I will occasionally use it for recording voice overs. Will likely use either Audition or Resolve for recording.
The headphone jack DAC is perfectly fine I wouldn't overcomplicate things.
The Mackie will connect via USB. I think that's the way I'd go.
Wouldn’t the USB out require a DAC? The quality depends on that. Anything external should probably be better
This is not a post about "audio out" but the opposite.... "audio in". Last night we needed to record some voice overs for an animatic we're working on. We had lots of issues and it's gotten me to rethink how I'm approaching the entire audio question when using a studio.
Some details.... the mic we used is a Rode NT1 that is plugged into the Al-1 audio interface. The interface is connected by USBC which we plugged into a simple USB3 dock, which in turn is plugged into the USB port on the studio. With this arrangement in audition, after being sure all the system and audition settings were correctly made, we could not see a signal in the software. A yellow symbol of a mic in the control bar was blinking.
We disconnected our wired keyboard put that into the dock and connected the Al-1 directly the the studio and everything worked great.
Which leads me to think that the audio, both in and out, might possibly be a weak link on the studio. As you can see I'm not certain of this. One thing I am certain of is I don't know, just that I've had lots of different issues with audio that seem to be centered around the USB connection.
I'd love the hear any thoughts from an audio person that would educate me a bit. Thanks.
Some details.... the mic we used is a Rode NT1 that is plugged into the Al-1 audio interface. The interface is connected by USBC which we plugged into a simple USB3 dock, which in turn is plugged into the USB port on the studio. With this arrangement in audition, after being sure all the system and audition settings were correctly made, we could not see a signal in the software. A yellow symbol of a mic in the control bar was blinking.
We disconnected our wired keyboard put that into the dock and connected the Al-1 directly the the studio and everything worked great.
Which leads me to think that the audio, both in and out, might possibly be a weak link on the studio. As you can see I'm not certain of this. One thing I am certain of is I don't know, just that I've had lots of different issues with audio that seem to be centered around the USB connection.
I'd love the hear any thoughts from an audio person that would educate me a bit. Thanks.
I suspect that the "interface plugged into the dock" was the core of the problem.
It needs to be plugged DIRECTLY INTO the Mac.
It needs to be plugged DIRECTLY INTO the Mac.
So with the limited number of connections possible what are you all doing to get around this? I use 7-8 connections before adding drive enclosures and monitors.