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Naive question re live multichannel audio recording from AUM to Ableton via iconnect4+
Hi all,
I know I must be missing something obvious, and I have an Iconnect Audio 4+ which I thought would solve this issue for me, but - what is the easiest way to record audio simultaneously from 8 channels in AUM into Ableton, such that I can interact with the AUM playback from the iPad screen as the DAW is recording? Is this even possible? I have found the Iconnect baffling to set up and frankly at this point am looking for any other solution to do just this one thing. Simultaneous export/recording of MIDI is of less concern to me.
Thus far I seem only to be able to record two channels or a stereo mix via the Iconnect, which is no better than IDAM, and have mainly resorted to recording all channels of audio unmixed as stems in Audio Evolution then exporting the stems for arrangement and mixing in Ableton. All the routing from the routing page in AUM appears fine, and Ableton is recognising the inputs, just - audio is only heard by Ableton on a couple of channels (9 & 10, for some reason).
This works fine to an extent, but obviously means I can no longer interact with all 8 AUM channels during the recording and still retain them as discrete channels in the DAW. It wouldn’t work for my style of ‘composition’ to record a piece as a quartet of stereo overdubs.
Should the Iconnect be able to deliver 8 independent audio channels to Ableton simultaneously? Am I just missing something in the way I have it set up in iconfig?
Any help (if possible with screen grabs of successful iconfig routing schemes) much appreciated.
Apologies for what amounts to a repeat post, I have asked this before and made some progress - but not enough.
Comments
You can definitely do what you want to do -- it's what makes the iCA4+ a very special interface. I'd have thought all you need to do is to connect the outs of one port into the ins of the other and assign correct input sources in the receiving device. Share some screenshots and I'll see if I spot anything wrong. Also you can modify the amount of ins and outs on each device (favouring one device for sending or receiving) on the audio settings panel -- that can help if you don't see enough ports on the matrix.
You got your head around the submixer section in iConfig? I wouldn't actually think you'd need it for this purpose, but that is the part that confused me for the longest time and it makes iCA setup a bit more intuitive to have it sussed. It's all very logical when you get it, but it's definitely a lot deeper than a 'normal' interface and takes some reconciliation of intuition.
Yes, it‘s really worth understanding what at 1st glance seems wiered about that matrix.
The submixers are extremely useful for @OscarSouth ‘s live work, and may also be in some studio setups.
But for typical DAW use they are not necessary and make the screen view less intuitive.
If the channels from iPad show activity in Ableton, but there‘s no sound output then it‘s just the (Ableton) monitoring missing... you‘re halfway through.
Iirc after finishing a routing (and/or after you changed audio properties), some faders initially are muted on the mixer tab.
In this case it‘s likely the Ableton main mix, assuming Ableton‘s settings for monitoring are ok.
Monitor setup is quite versatile on the iCA, but either Ableton‘s main out or the Mac submix have to be connected to the analog Mixer and the respective fader has to be up.
As @OscarSouth said, it's possible:
first things first: stay away from auracle, this thing is evil (unless they changed something for the better, which I doubt...)
If you are on a Mac, iconfig is ok, on Windooz only install the asio drivers. Iconfic on IOS sometimes doesn't find the device,
but thats a different story.
Second: stay away from the mixer, you only need the matrix (Audio Patchbay).
On the config page (Audio Info) in iconfig you tell the thing how many (virtual-) I/O's it should provide.
This is independent from the actual number of hardware ports.
As you can see in the screenshot, I have mine configured as 10 ins/ 10 outs for each device. These are the ports that AUM and Ableton see.
In this example outputs 1 and 2 from the computer (USB D1) go to inputs 1 and 2 of my iPad (USB D2) AND to hardware out 1 and 2.
Outputs 1 and 2 from the iPad (USB D2) go to hardware outs 3 to 6. Hardware indputs 1 and 2 go to inputs 1 and 2 of the computer and inputs 3 and 4 of the iPad.
Any combination is possible.
It's a screenshot of an iconnectAudio2+, but in general its the same for the 4+.
Hope that helps.
@electronicsfordogs : that’s excellent, thanks! I’ll try it and report back.