Re: Presonus firebox and Mobius help

["L.Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

Hey per,
I had no problems routing this with my RME fireface,i set all inputs to 
outputs 1 and 2 on the matrix then  went to the track setup in mobius and 
assigned all ports to 1 for each track.That way i could have different 
instruments plugged in on any of the inputs of the soundcard ready to go.
I recently got the presonus to try with my macbook thinking i could route 
the same way but apparently is not possible.I have my the following setup: 
microphone plugged to input 1,
percussion on 2 
guitar stereo outs to inputs 3,4

the problem here is that i am forced to loop my voice only in track 1
precussion only on track 2
and guitar only in track 3
which can be dangerous if i start a guitar loop and i am in track one for 
ex.
As for not being able to mute  channels grab faders etc. and avoiding 
grabbing the mouse solution,if is not possible and have to get a mixer 
then i ask myself if is really convenient and faster to setup going this 
route.There is a mixer,a soundcard and a fragile laptop which have to be 
sitted somehow on a flat table because i havent seen a way to mount them 
all together conveniently, the less time connecting cables the better.With 
my hardware setup there would be a looperlative or EDP,rackmount mixer and 
perhaps an efx proccesor all connected in a rack ready to go.offcourse i 
am not counting setting up the floor efx midi pedal etc.
I am sure  as far as weight and transport nothing beats a laptop flying 
overseas but right now i am thinking of setting up fast "pub proof" 
reliable and efficiently on a frequent gigging situation.Perhaps laptop 
will be for overseas and hardware for home, right now i am experimenting 
with both,see what comes out of this.
It also occurs to me that at Y2K8 there were probably 2 people only with 
laptops i thought i was probably going to be one of the few with hardware 
but was surprised that the majority had hardware!
Luis


www.myspace.com/luisangulocom


--- On Sat, 11/1/08, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Presonus firebox and Mobius help
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 7:58 AM
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 3:15 PM, L.Angulo
> <labaloops@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi gang,
> > Is it possible to assign all inputs to specific ports
> on mobius for ex. all presonus 6 inputs into port 1 in
> mobius?Or do most fo you use an external mixer and then go
> stereo into your soundcard when looping different
> instruments?In testing i suppose the disadvantage of using
> the software mixer compared to a hardware is not being able
> to mute the unused channels quickly,i want to avoid at all
> cost having to grab that damn mouse!
> > cheers
> > Luis
> 
> 
> Hi Luis,
> 
> I have the same priorities as you, and I did that routing
> in Bidule by
> dragging virtual cables from the soundgard's differnt
> input to the
> Mobius input that equals the Selected Track in Mobius. I
> also use
> Bidule for muting physical inputs not in use.
> 
> However, that was on Windows with the Mobius VST, but now
> after moving
> over to use the Mobius Mac beta I have been thinking about
> this
> related to the standalone Mobius version and I'm afraid
> can't see a
> way to do it. I will probably keep on using Mobius
> standalone on Mac,
> because that way my "effect rig" of choice
> MainStage is reliably slave
> syncing to Mobius, so I too need to find a way to to lead
> four analog
> inputs into each one of Mobius track inputs.
> 
> Maybe Mobius can be upgraded with an option in the Track
> Setup
> Configuration window to have each track fetch inputs from
> many
> physical inputs? (Are you reading, Jeff?)
> 
> -- 
> Greetings from Sweden
> 
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> www.looproom.com (international)
> www.myspace.com/perboysen
> www.stockholm-athens.com