Re: Using 2 of the same interfaces with a DAW to record
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 6:08 pm
Okay, so this is pretty much becoming just a captain's log of my little Apple/Akai/Logic endeavor.
I got the Logic Studio sw in last night and installed it, which is not a fast project installing the entire thing, and apparently this iMac only has a cd drive (?). Luckily I already had a separate dvd drive for my other laptop that I used. After It was installed, the program would not work, the icon had the "anti" circle with a line, and it said it wouldn't work with my OS (El Capitan), even though I checked the requirements and it's got more than Logic 9 needs.
So I got in tonight and looked up the updates for that, and I found update 9.1.8 - there are 2 or 3 available, but that's the newest one. I ran the update and it worked. I had already downloaded the Mac drivers for the EIE Pro, and I made sure that the firmware was updated on both devices, so everything was the same and ready to go.
I used the link above from Larry to follow the instructions, but since I'm doing this, I'll leave a kind of detailed step by step of what I did.
I went into to Finder and in the menu chose Go, Utilities and Midi Audio Devices Setup, to set up both interfaces as an aggregate device. There's a + (plus sign) in the bottom right menu for add, and I chose Create Aggregate Device, and then named the new aggregate device. It matters which device you choose first when checking the boxes, because the first one you check becomes the main device. So I turned one off the 2nd one to be sure I knew which one was the main one, since they're the same product, and after I checked the first one, I turned the 2nd one back on and checked it to add in. I also checked the drift correction box on the 2nd device, to sync its clock to the main device's clock. Seemed like the most logical way, since I don't have the ability to connect the internal clocks of the devices.
Then I went into Logic and in the Preferences menu/Audio, for input I chose the aggregate device that I had renamed, and clicked Apply Changes. It's ready to go, but tonight I don't feel like setting up new tracks for each input in Logic, pulling out the other mics and re-routing the xlr cables to the inputs of the devices and all that this will involve, to see if all 8 inputs are working correctly. And it will end up being too late to play & record by that point anyway. It will be a weekend thing now. I'll post a much shorter post later if it works just to see if all of this crap was worth it - the setting up and the typing.
This is probably as mind-numbing to read as it was to type, but maybe it will help someone one day. (And I really need to learn the apple keyboard shortcuts badly, this was a real pain in the ass typing up)
I got the Logic Studio sw in last night and installed it, which is not a fast project installing the entire thing, and apparently this iMac only has a cd drive (?). Luckily I already had a separate dvd drive for my other laptop that I used. After It was installed, the program would not work, the icon had the "anti" circle with a line, and it said it wouldn't work with my OS (El Capitan), even though I checked the requirements and it's got more than Logic 9 needs.
So I got in tonight and looked up the updates for that, and I found update 9.1.8 - there are 2 or 3 available, but that's the newest one. I ran the update and it worked. I had already downloaded the Mac drivers for the EIE Pro, and I made sure that the firmware was updated on both devices, so everything was the same and ready to go.
I used the link above from Larry to follow the instructions, but since I'm doing this, I'll leave a kind of detailed step by step of what I did.
I went into to Finder and in the menu chose Go, Utilities and Midi Audio Devices Setup, to set up both interfaces as an aggregate device. There's a + (plus sign) in the bottom right menu for add, and I chose Create Aggregate Device, and then named the new aggregate device. It matters which device you choose first when checking the boxes, because the first one you check becomes the main device. So I turned one off the 2nd one to be sure I knew which one was the main one, since they're the same product, and after I checked the first one, I turned the 2nd one back on and checked it to add in. I also checked the drift correction box on the 2nd device, to sync its clock to the main device's clock. Seemed like the most logical way, since I don't have the ability to connect the internal clocks of the devices.
Then I went into Logic and in the Preferences menu/Audio, for input I chose the aggregate device that I had renamed, and clicked Apply Changes. It's ready to go, but tonight I don't feel like setting up new tracks for each input in Logic, pulling out the other mics and re-routing the xlr cables to the inputs of the devices and all that this will involve, to see if all 8 inputs are working correctly. And it will end up being too late to play & record by that point anyway. It will be a weekend thing now. I'll post a much shorter post later if it works just to see if all of this crap was worth it - the setting up and the typing.
This is probably as mind-numbing to read as it was to type, but maybe it will help someone one day. (And I really need to learn the apple keyboard shortcuts badly, this was a real pain in the ass typing up)