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garbagelarge
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so i ordered a mackie onyx 1620 with the firewire expansion card. I also have have an otari mx5050 mkIII eight track. I want to use both at the same time. (record to the otari and then drop it to the computer for mixing) i am trying to figure out how to wire it. i can run the direct outs for the first eight channels on the mackie to the otari. but when i run the playback cables back to the mackie line ins on the mackie, i will not have a place to plug in other line-level devices. the only thing that seems to make sense is to use the inserts on the mackie to run back and forth to the otari. but when i do that, when i want to just record straight to computer, my signal will run through the otari unnecesarilly. any suggestions?