HD OMNI isn't truly 8 output ...

[agershon]

I recently built an 8-channel passive summing mixer and I'm just now trying it out. But I'm having some routing issues. It appears that output 1-2 (i.e. the main stereo out) doesn't work like the other outputs. So basically I thought I had 8 channels to sum with, but I guess I only really have 6.

So is the OMNI truly an 8 output device?

When I route an aux channel to output 1-2 it is significantly quieter than the other channels. And there is no way to send mono channel out to outputs 1 and 2. They are linked.

Anyway ... anyone have any input here or something that I'm missing in the I/O setup that would allow me to utilize all 8 channels as independent outputs??



I'm bumming b/c I was hoping to do mono 1 & 2, and then 3 stereo pairs. 8 channels feels like the bare minimum for analog summing. I'd love to go up to 16 and perhaps sometime soon I'll grab a Rosetta 800. But then I guess I'd only really have 14

[TVPostSound]

Why do people not read manuals???
Then bad mouth what they dont know?

Read this:
http://akmedia.digidesign.com/suppor..._v81_67825.pdf

Page 38

Then go back and start reading from page 23 all the way to 38.

[agershon]

Originally Posted by TVPostSound

Read this:
http://akmedia.digidesign.com/suppor..._v81_67825.pdf

Page 38

You, sir, are a pimp.

I swear I RTFM but i got stuck at the I/O section not the monitoring one.

THANK YOU DUC!

[agershon]

Will do thanks.

[nst7]

One other thing to consider:

Are you recording the summed output into a separate DAW? Or coming back into the HD Native system? Because then you have to figure out how you will monitor that summed signal after it comes back into the HD Native system. You will need another pair of outputs as monitor outs. But if you're using all 8 for the summing, then you won't have any left.

[roberts]

it's funny that my Omni has 8 outs that all work perfect.

[agershon]

Originally Posted by nst7

One other thing to consider:

Are you recording the summed output into a separate DAW? Or coming back into the HD Native system? Because then you have to figure out how you will monitor that summed signal after it comes back into the HD Native system. You will need another pair of outputs as monitor outs. But if you're using all 8 for the summing, then you won't have any left.

Yep, I soon realized this last night. I could use the CUE mix and monitor with headphones, but that's not a permanent solution.

Guess I'm in the market for a Rosetta/Lynx ...

[nst7]

There is a clumsy method using the cue mix through the headphone out, and that is to get a Y-adapter - stereo 1/4 to 2 mono TRS, then cables that hook up to that. Doing this, you would turn up the headphone volume to full, to acheive line level output. Then those cables would hook up wherever you need.

But it's not the most elegant solution.

[agershon]

Originally Posted by nst7

There is a clumsy method using the cue mix through the headphone out, and that is to get a Y-adapter - stereo 1/4 to 2 mono TRS, then cables that hook up to that. Doing this, you would turn up the headphone volume to full, to acheive line level output. Then those cables would hook up wherever you need.

But it's not the most elegant solution.

Bingo. Workaround for the moment ...

[Heck]

HD Omni is a great sounding interface with the worst flexibility I have ever seen. Don't buy it if you intend to do analog summing, Dangerous Music does not recommend it for it's bonehead crippling.

002's had more flexibility then the Omni.