can I use interface and usb
Hey guys I have a 10 i/o interface called maya1010. my question is I wanting to record 9 tracks all at one time and the maya will do 8 of them. can I use a usb mic with this at the same time to get my 9th track?
anybody?
Bryan,
The device settings tab will allow you to select multiple input devices so I’m guessing yes but, that said, I’ve never tried this and I’m not too sure how you’d go about routing the various channels. The only thing I can really suggest is to try it out and see. If you don’t currently have a USB Mic perhaps you could borrow one from someone just for the test.
I’m sorry I can’t be of more help but thought I’d chime in with my $ .02 as no one else seemed to be responding to your question.
Bill.
Eh… musta missed this one…
Another problem you’ll have is keeping things in synch. Think about it for a second. The Maya is going to have latency to deal with right? No way around it. All sound cards have latency. It’s the nature of the beast. Now throw the USB mic in the mix with DIFFERENT latency AND a different clock source. It may work OK but you won’t know until you try!
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Hey thanks guys. The latency is what I was concerned about. For some reason I was thinking you could make them use the same clock source though. I have been thinking of buying a couple of delta 1010s as I read on a review of it that you could use two of them on the same computer to get 20 inputs. I dont think I would ever need that many at the same time but better to have to many than one to few.
The 1010’s CAN be daisy-chained together to use a common clock. I haven’t used one myself but they have a very good reputation.
D
Yeah, go for the Deltas if you can.
Using two differently clocked sources (like the USB and the Maya) may work as D has said but I think syncronisation (rather than latency - which should be fixed) will be the main problem… the tracks will gradually get out of sync over time.
Nil’s FAQ entry on transferring from a 4-track tape gives a useful technique for lining up tracks that drift apart over time. You could do that for one or two takes but it’s a right PITA to do over and over.
great, thanks for the info. I think I will go for the delta. have any of you ever heard of the maya1010? It has done a great job.
I have never used an usb mic, but the one from Samson and MXL has had good reviews. Which one do you use?
I have Maya1010. Lucky you.
I have Maya 404. Sadly the Maya1010 is no longer available and is replaced by the ESI MAudio versions.
Actually, in response to the original problem of recording 9 tracks at once, the Maya will do that - it has 8 analogue inputs and a digital/SPDIF input - 9 in total.
Ok, I’m assuming the Maya lets you record from digital and analogue at the same time but I see not reason why not - I do this all the time on my card.
Sure, you need something that you can connect to the SPDIF input but that might be a better way to go than trying to use a USB mic.
Alternatively, if one of your sources is a keyboard or MIDI device you could record MIDI instead of analogue. At the end of the session you can send the MIDI to a VSTi or play it back out to the keyboard and record the analogue back in on the now free channels.
£0.02
Quote: (Mark A @ Apr. 04 2008, 7:12 AM)
...if one of your sources is a keyboard or MIDI device you could record MIDI instead of analogue.
At the end of the session you can send the MIDI to a VSTi or play it back out to the keyboard and record the analogue back in on the now free channels...
That strikes me as a VERY creative and useful work-around. Feeding the MIDI track back to the keyboard that originally played it and recording the .wav that way would even preserve the original sound.
Good on `ya, Mark - well spotted.