HD Omni - analogue insert setup

[agrizzlybear]

Hi,

Just got my Pro Tools HDX with Omni system (I'm a complete newbie to the HD world) and primarily want to use the 4x analogue inserts to record with my Neve 1073 DPD pre's / Distressor etc. However I only seem to be able to get sound (input) from channel 1x - channel 2 doesn't seem to be receiving anything. I've triple checked connectors etc and all as they should be. Have I set up something incorrectly in the monitoring stage perhaps (currently using db25 analogue outputs 1-2 for monitors)?
Can't seem to find anything on this in the Omni manual...

Thanks for your help!

[nst7]

Could you give a little more info about what is hooked up where? How your monitor path is set up should have no bearing on what's going on with the inputs. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by the term "4x inserts". There are only 2 insert paths, for channels 1 and 2.

[TOM@METRO]

I'm equally confused about the question here. A few more details would help.

[agrizzlybear]

Hi there - my apologies for not making it clearer, I hope this helps a bit more - still not got my head around the tech side of things yet...

Basically - I've hooked up my Neve 1073 DPD and Distressor and connected them using the analogue 'line-in' inputs (not inserts as stated earlier). There are 4x of these on the back of the unit next to the Omni mic pre section. I thought it would be best to bypass the Omni mic pre section/channels if I'm hooking up the Neve pre and using that instead. Line inputs 1, 3 & 4 are all working beautifully with this setup but for some reason line input 2 isn't.

In regard to the monitoring - I have the MAIN stereo monitor path assigned to the default 1-2 output channels.

Could it be a hardware issue with the Omni possibly?

Thanks ever so much for your help again.

[nst7]

This could be an obvious question, but on the front of the unit, on input 2, is the switch that says "mic, inst, line" selected for line?

[agrizzlybear]

Hi - yes it most certainly is... Line inputs 1, 3 & 4 all work perfectly - I can record / listen back to them etc - just not line input 2 for some strange reason. I have used exactly the same lead, mic etc as the other inputs but just not getting any signal into protools as far as i can tell...

[BobbyDazzler]

Did you push on the left-most front panel rotary encoder so you can access the controls for input 2?

[agrizzlybear]

Thank you BobbyD - that was the problem and is sorted now!! Was going on the assumption that 1-2 were both activated by selecting 'line' once. The manual doesn't make it clear you need to push the rotary switch in to access 'line input 2'.

Thanks ever so much!

[agrizzlybear]

And apologies to nst7 - it most certainly wasn't activated! Lol

[Carl Lie]

How do you like the OMNI now that it's setup?

C