MOTU mk3: CueMix FX and Sonar question

mudgel


You can't do what you want.

You have to understand that the outputs on the back of your MOTU device are hardware and you can only monitor any 2 at one time unless you're monitoring a surround mix in which case you'd have to have an amp connected to each physical output going to its own speaker. that or use a dedicated surround sound amp with discrete inputs for each MOTU output you want to connect. 

Mix Master


I'm sorry if I wasn't clear earlier guys. 

OK here's what I'm trying to do.  1st off I'm using headphones, and not monitors.   Anyway...in the CueMix tutorial that came with the install disk, and/or in the manual, it refers to being able to use the onboard effects, EQ, etc. and assign each input/output from Sonar to have it's own individual mix settings in CueMix.  So in other words, I don't have to put strain on my CPU, and can use CueMix instead of relying on Sonar to do this; which in-turn would have CueMix predominately doing most of the mixing.  So what I want to do is have my recorded tracks on Sonar be assigned to different outputs, so that I can monitor each recorded track in CueMix.  That way each recorded track is being EQ'ed, Compressed, etc. in CueMix (not in Sonar).  I can't seem to monitor each  individually assigned output so that I can then hear my tracks as a mix using the Mix tab in CueMix.  Currently I can only assign the Sonar tracks to one single output, otherwise I will only hear one output assign at a time depending on which assign is highlighted in the Phones section at the top of CueMix.    Meaning currently, the only way that I even hear all my recorded tracks from Sonar simultaneously is to use only ONE output assign; for instance, coming into CueMix ONLY on the Main outs 1-2, Analog 1-2, Analog 3-4, and so on.  When I assign each track to different outputs from Sonar, the only way I can monitor them is to to go into the aforementioned Phones tab at the top of CueMix, and switch the output individually; but I can never preview them all as one mix, using different output assigns to give each track it's own dynamic, EQ, etc. setting in CueMix. 

I've tried everything I can think of, but I just can't do anything to make this happen. 

* Do I need to switch to the WDM drivers or something (I'm currently using ASIO drivers)?  What am I doing wrong, or is this not even possible?  Thanks... 


Mix Master

One other question guys, since you seem to have more knowledge about CueMix than I. So if I assign one pre-recorded track's output as Bus 2, and an another as Bus 5 per say, what is happening in CueMix when I use those assigns? Are they just stereo sends back into CueMix? I attempted this last night, and could hear a better quality sound vs. just having both outputs assigned as Main Outs 1-2 per-say. Can you explain this process?