Jeff.

this is fab news that multi input sound interfaces (mi's) are being addressed further in rb for 2024.
cos for ages looking at rb tracks view ive thought very deeply the best way to handle mi's particularly for a totally new rb user….and given over the years new users to rb (and ptw) have posted on the forums their frustration/asking for help with sound interface setup….and god bless him…rharv to the rescue.
this is not limited just to pg forums…but…go on any daw/recording forum and one will see 'i'm having trouble setting up interface X.'

thus the question becomes the best way to handle mi's, eg let's take a 16 input mi.
Here's the best ideas I could come up with and feel free to boot me up the 'A' lol.

1..on boot up of rb , rb detects mi device.
2..thus a little light goes on (maybe on the main vu meter at the bottom of rb) that says 'Multi input mode enabled'. …then…
3..rb waits for user input as to being directed which mi inputs will go to which tracks ?

In the above scenario let's consider an extreme example of 4 tracks of a 16 input mi being recorded ... .as follows…(note the fact the user might not want consecutive tracks to be recorded ... .cos might only have certain tracks free.)

rb track 44 input 3 of mi.
rb track 52 input 5 of mi.
rb track 62 input 12 of mi.
rb track 98 input 14 of mi.

how to handle above ?? best way i felt was when the user arms a track for recording a likkle mini mi input channel display pops up. and the user directs the mi input to the track.

so in the case of rb track 44 input 3 of mi….the user would arm track 44
and choose input 3 of the mi from the likkle display.
and the track 44's level meter would reflect the input from input 3 of the mi.

Am I 'out to lunch' ? or does this make sense ?

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 11/09/23 06:17 AM.
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