Mackie 1604 VLZ Pro, Motu 2408 and DP?

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First off I have lost all my instruction manuals :(
Second I have never done this before. Geez Im in bad shape.

I have a Mac Power G4. I purchased both a Mackie 1604 and a Motu 2408. I installed Digital Performer on my Mac. Then I installed the Motu audio card. I ran the Free Midi program which came with DP (which I was told to do). In DP I confiqured the hardware driver as "MOTU PCI -324". So its obvious that DP notices that the MOTU is connected.

I have taken one mic which I want to use to record my drums. I have 8 mics but will just learn how to set this one mic up first. I put the one mic in the "mic 3 slot". I then pushed down the "L-R" grey button next to the #3 fader. I then pushed down the "main mix" button which is part of the CTL ROOM SOURCE. I then put my headphones in the phones input and proceeded to turn the "main mix" fader up aswell as the CTL ROOM PHONES volume knob up. This is what I did to get a sound out of the mic when I tapped it. Remember I am a total begginer and dont really know what the f*** im doing.....which is why im here.

What made sense to me was to run a cable from the mackie "direct out slot 3" and run it into the MOTU "analog in slot 3". From the MOTU I just run the "audio wire" into the back of the motu card in my Mac.

I then open a new project but under the level column I am getting no level at all.

I am very very confused. I bet I hooked it up completely wrong. Please tell me where I should hook cables up to. I just want to be able to record from one mic at the moment. Its very hard with out a instruction manual and I don't understand the terms.

I would greatly appreciate it.

Cheers.
 
this is just a guess ,so if i'm wrong don't shoot me.maybe pushing in l/r button is bypassing the direct outs and sending your signal to your mains or busses.try not pushing anything in and just using the direct outs.how to monitor?use the cuemix console of the 2408 or input monitoring in dp if it has that feature.good luck,keith
 
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