Help understanding my Delta 1010LT

[tzer]

Hey all,

I have a very sketchy grasp of my new Delta 1010LT and could really use a nice overview of it.

It's installed and I have successfully connected outs 1 & 2 to a power amp's channels A & B and gotten a project in Sonar to play through my reference monitors - and it sounded GREAT!

I will be recording my band soon and the most important part of this project is capturing the rhythm tracks. I will be recording bass, drums keys, guitar and vocals simultaneously. I will be routing all instruments in directly (via pre-amps and POD's) to the Delta and OUT to a headphone mixer.

I am pretty sure I want to monitor using hardware to avoid any latency issues that can come from monitoring using software (Echo) - I think... So I think that means I need to indicate my IN/OUT routing using the M-Audio control panel to tell the card to route the 8 incoming channels out to a few of the output channels on the Delta.

What I am having a hard time getting my head around is how to use the M-Audio control panel - the Monitor Mixer and Patch Bay, specifically. Can someone give me some insight into the relationship between these two panels and how they related to my IN/OUT situation?

I am new at this end of the game, so my apologies for not properly describing any aspect of what I need. Any help or suggestions are very welcome!

Thanks!
--tz

 

[Roland Saul]

I too am having a hard time with routing to/from/thru/anywhere simultaneously.
Can't offer you any advice, but just know that there are other n00bs here, who also spend half the time staring at the screen dumbfounded.

 

[superspit]

a small 10-12 channel mixing desk would solve these issues....it certainly solved mine.
I know what you mean with that software mixer for the Delta's, I never really warmed to it.
But I'm no help to you other than 'bumping' this topic, and suggesting that a small desk for inputs/routing and monitoring may suit you...or maybe not!
Cheers,
Spit.

 

[tzer]

Thanks for the bumps.

I may be able to get away with software monitoring since the ASIO drivers are providing very low latency. Hopefully this means I will be able to send each track (or group of tracks in the case of the drummer) to their own buss and route the buses as needed to the Delta outs.

Tonight with be the test. I'll post back with results.