Small Studio Setup w/Audio Interface & USB MPK 88 Controller

We have Logic Pro 9. We have an MPK88 Controller. We want to get an Audio Interface for live mic recording (and whatever other ideas may come along). A Presonus Fire studio Mobile has been recommended. So, before we buy anything else, I would like to know if when all were here, would we plug the controller into the USB of the Mac or into the MIDI of the Presonus? Which would be best? Also we want to replace very old huge speakers. M-Audio Bx5 product has been recommended. I am thinking that these would be run via the interface - yes? As you can see, this is new territory for me and once it's setup then the composer in the family can take over and be a very happy fella. Thanks for your ideas about connecting these things together.

I use the RME Babyface. It is superb for all my home studio needs.
CLICK TO VIEW MORE INFO ON RME BABYFACE >
There is of course the new Apogee Duet 2 also. I had the Duet 1, which was great. Although I think the RME Babyface has the edge on the Duet 2.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON THE APOGEE DUET 2 >
I run my Novation 49SL MKII via USB straight to my iMAC, no need to go the midi route through the audio interface.
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I have the KRK RP6 monitors, which again are superb, they connect to the outs on the audio interface via the balanced outputs.
CLICK TO VIEW MORE INFO ON SPEAKERS >
I also use a RODE NT2A condensore mic connected to the babyface via one of its inputs with phantom v48 selected.
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I also use a real guitar that i also connect to the babyface and have the Inst mode turned on for that.
Everything works perfectly with Logic Studio.
I would highly recomend the RME Babyface for home studio and mobile studios although it only hase a few inputs as standard, it can be expanded on...In combination with an ADAT converter, like RME ADI-8 QS or OctaMic II, the Babyface provides an incredible amount of 10 analog input and 12 output channels. But!, if you need more inputs straight out of the box, then the Presonus Fire studio Mobile might be the correct choice for you, although I can not vouch for its quality on build or sound.
Hope that helps a little.

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Anonymous UUID:                    E6B9E578-0CB1-AAE5-DDF9-9C7DAB71171F
Sat Aug 3 12:47:50 2013
panic(cpu 12 caller 0xffffff8013eb8655): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f95f6aaf7, type 13=general protection, registers:
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RAX: 0x9718d2aeda090018, RBX: 0xffffff803831b608, RCX: 0x7fffffffffffffff, RDX: 0x0000000000000040
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R8: 0x0000000000000402, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff81753fbd20, R11: 0xffffff80141ede50
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0xffffff81753fbc40 : 0xffffff8013e1d626
0xffffff81753fbcb0 : 0xffffff8013eb8655
0xffffff81753fbe80 : 0xffffff8013ece17d
0xffffff81753fbea0 : 0xffffff7f95f6aaf7
0xffffff81753fbfb0 : 0xffffff8013eb3137
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Memory Module: DIMM 6, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31384A53463235363732415A2D3147314631
Memory Module: DIMM 7, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31384A53463235363732415A2D3147314631
Bluetooth: Version 4.1.4f2 12041, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 2, Ethernet, en1
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
PCI Card: pci104c,8235, sppci_ieee1394openhci, Slot-2@7,0,0
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N
Serial ATA Device: M4-CT256M4SSD2, 256,06 GB
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDE721064SLA360, 640,14 GB
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDE721064SLA360, 640,14 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD1001FALS-41K1B0, 1 TB
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0409 (NEC Corporation), 0x0050, 0xfa200000 / 2
USB Device: iLok, 0x088e, 0x5036, 0xfa250000 / 8
USB Device: iLok, 0x088e, 0x5036, 0xfa260000 / 7
USB Device: iLok, 0x088e, 0x5036, 0xfa210000 / 6
USB Device: iLok, 0x088e, 0x5036, 0xfa230000 / 5
USB Device: iLok, 0x088e, 0x5036, 0xfa240000 / 4
USB Device: iLok, 0x088e, 0x5036, 0xfa220000 / 3
USB Device: hub_device, apple_vendor_id, 0x9130, 0xfd300000 / 3
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, apple_vendor_id, 0x1006, 0xfd310000 / 7
USB Device: USB Mouse, 0x046d (Logitech Inc.), 0xc00c, 0xfd313000 / 9
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, apple_vendor_id, 0x0221, 0xfd312000 / 8
USB Device: SoundSticks, 0x05fc (Harman International), 0x7849, 0xfd330000 / 6
USB Device: Apple Cinema Display, apple_vendor_id, 0x9222, 0xfd320000 / 5
USB Device: hub_device, 0x050d (Belkin Corporation), 0x0233, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: EPSON Scanner, 0x04b8 (Seiko Epson Corp.), 0x011e, 0xfd130000 / 4
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x5a100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8215, 0x5a110000 / 3
FireWire Device: Duende Mini board, Solid State Logic, 400mbit_speed
FireWire Device: LaCie d2 Extreme LUN 0, LaCie Group SA, 800mbit_speed
FireWire Device: Liquid Mix, Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd (design by Sintefex Audio Lda), 400mbit_speed
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, 800mbit_speed
FireWire Device: Mbox 2 Pro, DIGIDESIGN, 400mbit_speed
But this was no surprise at all! After rebooting and repairing disk permissions I gave ProTools 9 a try and… in all its glory there it was. Now, encouraged by this success, I firmly double-clicked the LX icon and lo and behold, without a hitch! After that Logic 9 also without any complaints. This has made my day after all!
May I draw your attention to the fact that I didn't took any action to mend anything (except permission repair). So what has happened, I ask myself? Has the ML OS the power to heal itself? I'm truly puzzled.
Until further notice: on this MacPro, this Mbox 2 Pro is supported by ML and LX!
BTW, if you care to choose MOTU hardware to work on, you will not regret it I'm sure. They have never ever left me standing in the cold, driver-wise or support-wise! Two things I can not say about Apogee, Avid/Digi and some more starting with the letter A ……
Good luck!

Can't hear playback with USB audio interface plugged in

I start Logic Pro 8 and then plug in Lexicon Lambda for a USB interface between guitar and macbook pro. With the Lambda plugged in I hear nothing from mac or headphone input on Lambda. If I unplug Lambda I can hear playback from mac just fine thru speakers or headphones.
Very appreciative of any advice on how to solve this.
Thanks.

berkleyrob wrote:
I start Logic Pro 8 and then plug in Lexicon Lambda for a USB interface between guitar and macbook pro. With the Lambda plugged in I hear nothing from mac or headphone input on Lambda.
Unplug your audio interface, reboot the Mac, plug the USB interface in, let it be recognized. Open Audio/MIDI Setup (in utilities) see if the Lambda shows up as an input and output device.
Yes/No?
If yes, you don't have to select if for any of the Input/Outputs, Logic's audio interface selection operates independently from the system.
Open Logic go to "Preferences/Audio) select the Lexicon or Lambda interface as the default unit, set audio buffers to 256.
Anything yet.
All audio I/O will be coming from the lexicon the Mac's audio system is now out of the equation.
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