2 motu 1224's and a mackie 1604 vlz.....

[plasmafunk]

Hi-

I am greatful and appreciative for any input/advice/feedback.

Here is my situation....
I have a motu 1224 8 in/out, which I multitrack through a mackie 1604 vlz. 1-8 out to 1224....9-16 from 1224 back out for playback monitoring! simple......
I have a oppertunity to aquire another 1224, thus doubling my in/out to 16.
My rookie question is this..... what do I use the 1604 for now?
just for playback monitoring? i'e all 16 out from the 1224 into the mackie, and all synth/ sampler/ vocs, etc straight into the 1224 (I thought I wanted to have "preamp" which the mackie Supplies?.....
can I send all 16 channels from the mackie into the inputs on the 1224?

sincerely

Josh

 

[eclips1]

I have the 1604 and you can only send 1-8 out to the sound card. I assume you will still need to go into your soundcard through the mackie for the preamps. So you can:

A) switch back and forth when your recording in and when your mixing out.

B) Get a patchbay.