TI's USB and Analog outs simultaneously

[jim_justice]

Yo wazup! just bought me a TI desktop and im lovin it, however
I hoped that i could use the three USB outs simultaneously with the 3 analog outs.
(which I send to my analogue ins on my soundcard, EMU 1820MM)
This way I can have 6 separate TI channels in my mixer in the sequencer which enables
me to give them all diffrent fx such as sidechaining and compression.
However this does not seem to work!
the analog outs do not seem to generate a sound.
I do not use the TI as a soundcard. WHat do I do wrong, or is this simply not possible?
pleez help me out!
I use cubase SX3.

[drakeblood]

you can do it without problems, actually is what i do.
just set for each patch (in common) the output and for the analog output just drive them in 6 of your inputs of your audio card.
then in cubase (or reaper, i use reaper) just make the 3 new tracks and make them grab audio from those channels (remember to enable monitoring of the signal so you can hear the sound!)
that's pretty much all... ofc now you have to handle syncronizations and that's depends from host to host. (on reaper there is a JS called time_adjustment that does the job for me)

[jim_justice]

Yes but that is standard, my question was if you can use the USB and the analog outs at the same time. In your example your just using the analog outs.

so this is what i would want to achieve in the common page:

patch 1 USB1 L\R
patch 2 USB2 L\R
patch 3 USB3 L\R
patch 4 Main out L\R
patch 5 Main out L\R
patch 6 Main out L\R

[Craig Bradley]

i too was wondering the same? also is it possible not to bounce down to audio? ive been told you can just render as normal with the usb plugged in like a normal vst but you only have to bounce when you use to audio analog outputs?

[drakeblood]

Originally Posted by jim_justice

Yes but that is standard, my question was if you can use the USB and the analog outs at the same time. In your example your just using the analog outs.

so this is what i would want to achieve in the common page:

patch 1 USB1 L\R
patch 2 USB2 L\R
patch 3 USB3 L\R
patch 4 Main out L\R
patch 5 Main out L\R
patch 6 Main out L\R

My reply explained it quite well... i was meaning to add the 3 tracks ALONGSIDE the (on reaper are autocreated) "USB" tracks...
the part about "time adjustement" was exactly about sync then the 3 USBs with the 3 Audio tracks...
On reaper you basically make up the 3 new audio tracks (alongside the 3 usb tracks + the main VST track, total of 7 tracks), put patch 1 to 6 to same sound and play them all together (init sound does the job well).
arm them all, record and play... then check the timeshift between them and adjust the offsets accordly (same as template and you have it ready everytime)

[jim_justice]

okay m8 tnx! Actually little people know this, this is not the first forum I opened on this subject! Tell me, do you use the TI as a soundcard to achive this? probably not right?

[drakeblood]

No because then how to grab the signal of your 6 analog out? :P
I'm actually using a MOTU24I/O as audio card so basically 6 IN are dedicated to the Virus Analog ports (and two motu outs dedicated to the two virus IN)

[timtico]

Drakebloods method works, but If you don't have a soundcard with so many inputs then bouncing to audio would be the best option.

[drakeblood]

Originally Posted by timtico

Drakebloods method works, but If you don't have a soundcard with so many inputs then bouncing to audio would be the best option.

Well, pretty most soundcard have usually at least 6-IN so they are enough (used in the past same method with a cheap Delta1010LT)
even a 2-IN is good (any soundcard have it!), is still a 33% boost increase of channels number from your virus!