Will surround sound run on core audio+ Digi 002 rack ?

I have used logic express on my set up but want to buy Logic studio for the surround sound capabilities. I heard from a friend that Logic 8 needs a pro-tools HD TDM to run the surround stuff. The 002 rack (firewire) i use in logic goes through core audio but will this be ok or do i need the HD???
Macbookpro - logic - 002 rack (core audio) - 6 outs??.

There is quite a bit of documentation with compatibility issues with the MBox2 and 002 systems and the G4, especially for some reason the aluminum case G4s. I've not read from those with these configurations which are working, but I have had no luck with this and many posts on the net say the same thing. Seems the USB ports are not sufficiently powered to handle the load, mostly with many tracks and specifically with using phantom power for condenser mics. Go online and type in MBox2 + G4 and you'll get some info on Google hits. As I understand it, the two are basically the same save 2 vs 4 mics imputs and the like.

Similar Messages

Stopping the buzz on my audio tracks for my digi 002 rack

So i've got a digi 002 rack and i've got logic pro 7. I've hooked up my rack to logic and it picks up all the audio tracks. However, as soon as i set it up every track has a crazy buzz that peaks the gain. Can anyone give me any tips of advice?

sounds like there some kinda loop going on... Logic can be a bit touchy... seems I learn something new about it everyday. i still think it's the best one out there. I can't wait to upgrade to vs. 8
I ran Logic 7 on my MBox - there's "something" about that digi and core audio. just guessing - I guess

Using Digi 002 rack with FCP

Does anyone have experience with using a Pro Tools Digi 002 rack with Final Cut? I'm having some trouble making it work. I just want to be able to use during editing for audio output. The 002 shows up as viable device in audio/video setup, however, FCP claims it only has one output, instead of the 8 it has. Really, at this point in time I'd be happy with 2 channels recognized, but I certainly would like to stay away from mono. Any ideas?
--Justin S.
I'm running FCPHD 4.5

I think your best bet is to contact DigiDesign. I have run several searches on the FCP forums and SoundTrackPro forums for you. Nothing came up that indicates the device you are using works with FCP but I didn't read 'em all.
bogiesan

Creating 5.1 surround sound out of stereo audio

Hi,
I'm new to surround sound editing, so for the past few weeks I've been searching through internet how to create suround sound for my movie. I have a whole movie already done in Premiere Pro 5 (every scene in it's own squence). In these sequences I have stereo audio clips that create a complete stereo sound, but since this movie is going to go on film festivals I have to create surround sound.
Through my reasearch I came across many explanations of how to create it, but the more I read the more it confused me so I decidet to ask for help on this forum.
1. Is it posible to create surroundsound directly out of stereo audio (I know that the sequences that you are working in has to be set to surround sound) that I have in first, second and third chanel, that have surround sound controls above them in Audio mixer?
2. I know that in 5.1 chanels you can only inport 5.1 surround sound tracks. My question is, do I have to take each stereo clip, transform it in mono clip and then create a stereo clip out of that mono clip?
3. Did I completly miss the whole concept of creating surround sound and that I would have to do it diferently?
Thanks for helping out, Jaggarjack

To output to DD 5.1 SS, you will need an Encoder, like the Minnetonka Audio SurCode DD5.1 SS plug-in.
You can also use Audition (do not know about SB) to create 6-channel files (usually WMA w/ either 5, or 6 discrete channels, depending on how you handle the LFE). Still, to use such a set of files with Audio-Visual material, you will need an Encoder. Minnetonka Audio has others, like the SurCode DD 5.1 SS stand-alone and the DTS stand-alone.
If you have disassembled the original audio streams into mono sources, you can create faux 5.1 SS, and with a little work, it can be quite convincing. The 5.1 controls in a 5.1 Master Project, can be very useful for "creating" your sound stage. You can also use those to feed certain frequencies from other sources to the LFE, and to the Center channel. With good stereo in the Front speakers, you should already have a decent phantom Center, and can punch that up even more.
I would recommend starting with the Help File for "Surrond Sound," to get the basics down, plus the mechanics in PrPro. HERE is a little sample. You might also want to see the links in this PrPro-Wiki Search for more material.
The Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers' Recommendations for Surround Sound Production is useful paper.
I recommend three books:
Surround Sound, Second Edition: Up and Running, Tomlinson Holman (cannot find my copy for ISBN)
Instant Surround Sound, Jeffery Fisher, CMP Books ISBN 1-57820-246-9
Basics of Video Sound, Des Lyver, Focal Press ISBN 0-240-51561-7
That would be a good start.
Happy reading, and up-mixing,
Hunt

I can't get 5.1 Surround Sound running Windows 7, Mid-2010 Mac Pro

Hello,
So I'm running bootcamp on my Mid-2010 Mac Pro and I can't get Dolby Surround Sound to run from the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Is there a way to produce true Dolby 5.1? I understand this may be more bootcamp related than to the actual hardware itself but I figured this is the best place to start troubleshooting this.
Thanks

I can try-dunno how much help I'll be, though
go here for Realtek drivers for surround sound
http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=37&Level=5&Co nn=4&ProdID=144
try this: go to Windows Sound, then playback devices, then click on speakers icon (should have realtek as default). Click on that, and click configure
if realtek has a sound manager, try clicking on that, and a config dialog might appear
sorry can't be much more help than that
JB

Digi 002 Rack or Mackie 1220 FW for use with LP7

Anyone got opinions on which would be a better solution for use with LP7? Sound wise, reliability, converters, etc. It's a little off topic, I know, but couldn't think of anywhere else to ask. Or if anyone else has better solutions in that price range, please chime in.

don't get the digi 002. unless you like unreliable drivers, flakey performance particularly when it comes to trying to run with low latency. not to mention mic pres that are on the bad side of average and pretty ordinary sounding converters.
I don't know anything about the mackie, but I could suggest looking at what RME and metric halo have to offer. very high quality sound and much better stability with core audio.

Digi 002 rack doesn't work anymore with Logic Pro 7

Any help much appreciated: Like an idiot, I "upgraded" to Pro Tools 7 software from 6.9.2. Logic 7.0.1 had been running fine with the 002 as my audio interface when I had Pro Tools 6.9.2 installed.
But under Pro Tools 7, suddenly everything sounded terrible. Anytime I played my keyboard, either triggering Sculpture, the EXS24, playing audio, any instrument, it sound like ugly static.
So I uninstalled Pro Tools 7, and reinstalled 6.9.2. That didn't help, which surprised me, because I thought I "went back" to my previous setup. But something must have changed. I did go through some of the forum's troubleshooting tip. I repaired permissions, I trashed Logic and Pro Tools preferences, I verified my hard disk, checked ram, etc.
So now I'm stumped. Anyone have anything I should try?
Thanks much,
Jim

Maybe you need to go to Digidesign.com and find the latest core audio driver and install it ?

Help! Digi 002 Rack not recognized by Garage Band

Hooked up Digidesign 002 Rack to computer, installed Pro Tools 6 LE, in Garage Band preferences>Audio/Midi> Digidesign will not appear in "input".
Firewire Bus indicates connection to the unit.
Help- books are no help.

Have you tried updating the core audio?
http://www.digidesign.com/download/coreaudio/
Kurt

Will this setup run okay and audio interface advice please!

Okay, please forgive me any stupid comments. I am merely a humble musician been thrown into the deep end by some friends looking for a sound tech for their show.
Will all this play nice with each other in this setup?
2 x radio mics > 2 channel receiver > audio interface > macbook (mainstage)
1 x radio mic > receiver > (line-in) macbook (mainstage)
then....
macbook > audio interface > pa
I don't yet have an audio interface. Any reccomendations and suggestions welcome. USB preferred, nothing flashy just something that does the job.
Thank you!

mouseduckalien wrote:
2 x radio mics > 2 channel receiver > audio interface > macbook (mainstage)
1 x radio mic > receiver > (line-in) macbook (mainstage)
Hi
For this to work, you would need to set up an Aggregate device using Audio MIDI Setup, and then to set Mainstage audio preferences to use this aggregate as the audio input device.
You might do better to get an audio interface with more than 2 inputs?
CCT

My ipod's music quality is inferior. It doesnt have the surround sound/ left and right audio channel unlike my brothers ipod? is there a problem with the chip?

I have an ipod touch 4g (8GB), I got this about 2.5 months ago, the same time my brother get his. My problem is that I noticed that audio quality is better on his device than mine. I have been listening to music and had different music devices before (non-Apple product and mobile phone) and the quality of music is better when I used to listen to those devices as well as my brother's ipod touch. Im referring to the left and right audio channels. Im not so good about the technical stuff but the best explanation I can give you is in a music or a movie, there's an effect wherein you can here a sound only at the left ear phone/speaker that you cant hear at the right earphone/speaker. I mean for example in a song, a guitar intro can be heared only at the left
ear while the background music plays on the other ear. Or when theres and echo effect on the song that alternates sound on the left and right ear. I hope youre getting what Im trying to say. Im bothered that my ipod is fake or has an internal problem on the chips or something because I didnt bought this at an Apple Center/Mac Center. I bought it on a retailer. I am not able to visit any store or Genius Bar or contact an apple specialist through phone because of my work schedule and work load. I have contacted the retailer before when I tried to return it for replacement or repair but he told me that it is under Apple's warranty, not theirs. I do hope that I can get a help from you because I want to really enjoy my device. Thank you and Im looking forward for the responce/assistance form you.

I suggest you don't apply pressure to the screen - it's a Touch - you touch the screen not push it.
Phil

Optical audio and surround sound speakers for my Mac Pro

In the back of my Mac Pro there's an in and out for Optical Audio. What is this and are there any surround sound speaker systems out there that will plug into it? Most surround sound speakers seem to require a PC-style triple-input, with three jacks (Green to front, Orange to centre and Black to rear channels). Very few surround sound systems have the additional option for a single headphone socket-style jack, and I'm not sure if they will work terribly well with this single connection.
Can anyone recommend some speaker choices, particularly in the UK, that will give me good surround sound from the optical audio or single headphone jacks? Many thanks.

You might want to look at a device called the Griffin FireWave: [http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/firewave]
It connects to your MacPro via firewire, and has the green/orange/black jacks out to a standard 5.1 speaker system.
It comes with a software application that lets you customize the sound, and also synthesize surround from mono, stereo, etc., sources.
It would definitely open up your choices for speaker systems. I'm using one with a Klipsch 5.1 Promedia set of speakers. Works and sounds great.

HT1454 i connect my iPad to my tv with hdmi cable but the surround sound from the receiver is not working why is this?

i want to play my ipad on through my tv and receiver to get surround sound (not using the tv speakers) I connect the htmi cable to my tv and ipad do i need more cable to get my surround sound to play the audio? i thought hdmi did it all.

if you have a 6th or 7th gen classic, you'll have a have the video out cable from apple. only the 5th gen will play with a generic 3 connector video out cable.

Surround Sound giving me aggravating problems HELP!

I have a Creative X-fi Titanium Champion
NOTE: Not working = plays in stereo instead of surround sound like it's supposed to.
Here are a couple great testers for my problem:
This surround sound only works if dolby digital is on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H6a-...eature=related
This surround sound only works if dolby digital is off and SPDIF out is selected as the default playback device: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA4PlwSKj8A ORhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwmuD...eature=related
With Dolby Digital off, and using the SPDIF out as my default playback device, I get surround sound, with Dolby Digital on, or X-fi Speakers as my default playback device I get stereo audio.
So In order to get surround sound, I have to turn dolby digital off. Unfortunately to get surround sound in games and movies, I have to have dolby digital on.
There must be a way to get normal surround sound without losing dolby digital or vise versa. Someone please help!
I think the problem is that for surround sound to work, the audio must come from the SPDIF out, but dolby digital only outputs to Speakers out. So while dolby digital in itself is surround sound, only dolby digital surround sound will work over Speakers out. Unfortunately I need to use SPDIF out, so does anyone know how to get dolby digital to use SPDIF out instead of speakers out so I can have surround sound + dolby digital acti've?

The Send as SMS has nothing to do with that. Send as SMS is only done if an iMessage has a send failure message. No settings need to be changed to send an SMS to someone who doesn't have iMessage.
Just tap on this icon to start a new message and enter a number or a contact name. The iPhone will automatically check to see if they are registered with iMessage. If they aren't, then you should see this:
And messages should appear in green when sent.

Core Audio Overload....

Rather than include this one in my earlier post, I'm hoping someone might be able to explain why I get a Core Audio Overload if I'm using a Digi 002 Rack connected by Firewire?
Am I right to believe that the audio should be handled completely by the 002 rack? If so, why would Core Audio overload.
I'm using Vienna Instruments, and this usually occurs when I have between 7 and 10 instances playing, but particularly when the instrumentation in the score increases suddenly.
Has anyone else had this problem? Any ideas gratefully received.
Thanks
Nick
G5 Dual 2.5 with 7 Gig RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8)

You could also do a couple more things:
1. if you are using vienna inst's in exs 24 then you could reduce the number of voices in each instance of exs24 open. I normally leave a voice or two over the number that i need just to be sure. That should help the cpu out a bit.
2. Also might be good to carry out some weekly maintenance if you don't do so already. Something like repairing permissions after and before installing new software....making sure you have lots of disk space free on your internal and project drive(s).
3. Another option (but one of my least favourite - but others love this one) is to freeze tracks as you're going. Much better than bouncing and preserves your plugins etc and you can unfreeze during the project without having to re set up an instance of vienna instruments say.
If i think of anything else I'll let you know. But really it seems strange that with 7 GB of ram your computer is struggling. How many tracks, voices and effects are you running? Have you monitored what's happening with Logic's "system performance" thing?
Hope that helps. <edited by host - see new [url=http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa#terms]Terms of Use[/url]>
Rounik

4 speaker surround sound

Is there a 3rd party app or something for taking the microphone in on the MacBook Pro and converting it to an audio out for 4 speaker surround sound?
My windows machine (ya, I know...I am a mac convert but I haven't gotten to the part where I buy my first Mac...yet) I have a pretty cool audio card that supports up to 5.1 surround sound by using the audio out, microphone in, and line in for the 6 channels of audio out for the 5.1 surround sound capabilities, and the driver for the card lets me choose between 2 speakers, 4 speakers, or 6 speaker out channels. And I was wondering if I could use the microphone in on the MacBook Pro as a 3rd and 4th channel out without buyinga firewire audio card or buying optical in speakers.
Hope someone knows.

actually, mine has been the only one that I have ever seen that does that. but I can't remember the model of the card.
my setup for speakers is one set of normal 2 speaker computer speakers that have a subwoofer built in but not on a separate channel, I also have a stereo system in my room that is in the right place for the back speakers of the surround sound setup with I use the aux in for them. When I plug the normal computer speakers into the line out on my audio card and the stereo system into the microphone in on the card I can go into the driver that comes with the card and set it up for 4 speaker surround sound, which then I can play games like halo or watch DVDs with surround sound in surround sound.

Will surround sound run on core audio+ Digi 002 rack ?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for