Hah...moto... I guess the telephone commercials warped my mind. *MOTU. * Sorry.
-gt On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:56 AM, George Toledo <gtole...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Steve J <sdjos...@umich.edu> wrote: > >> I'm trying to get the audio input object in QC to recognize my MOTU 896. >> I'd like to have audio peaks control different parameters, but the only >> input that seems to work is the built-in mic and input. This seems like a >> bug or a major oversight at the very least on Apple's part.... any help >> would be appreciated. >> > > I believe there should be *some way* to get the MOTO 896 to deliver some > sort of audio input into QC using the standard audio object, though you may > have some sort of two channel limit. You may have to adjust system settings > to make the MOTO the default input device (I don't remember the steps... > anytime I've done this, it's a a kind of 3~4 minute mess around, and I can't > remember the exact order of steps... it may also require restarts of QC.) > > >> QC does actually *see* the 896 but never really receives audio from it. >> Also, it does not populate the second drop down menu with any additional >> options. >> > > It should give a structure output of at least two channels audio peak (I > believe), and then a structure output of multiple frequency bands, using the > stock object. I'm not sure if this will come off of the first two channels > from the motu, or what would be your monitor mix, or ? I don't think there > is *any* stock way to receive all of the channels. > > However... > > If you wish to get robust multichannel support, with an audio peak for each > channel, I would look into Kineme Audio Tools plugin/patch ( > http://kineme.net). I've used this with firewire devices and had 8 or more > channels in; this is probably the most robust and user friendly way (in my > opinion.) This patch has multiple subpatches - one for giving you unique > device id's, which you can then use to control the actual audio channel > receiver patches. You will need to use structure index patches to sort your > channels, and then you may wish to use smooth patches, or javascript to > write yourself a compression/peak limiting process. > > > -- > George Toledo > gtole...@gmail.com > www.georgetoledo.com > > The information contained in this E-mail and any attachments may be > confidential. > If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify us immediately by > telephone or return E-mail. > You should not use or disclose the contents of this E-mail or any of the > attachments for any purpose or to any persons. > > -- George Toledo gtole...@gmail.com www.georgetoledo.com The information contained in this E-mail and any attachments may be confidential. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return E-mail. You should not use or disclose the contents of this E-mail or any of the attachments for any purpose or to any persons.
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