Sending Audio From Your DAW, into the 500 Series
modules on 500R8
The advantage of combining a 500 series rack and USB audio interface is that applying
analogue hardware via USB is now easier than ever. Any 500 series module in 500R8 can
receive its input via an incoming USB channel at the flick of a switch.
As an example, let’s pretend we have a bus compressor in 500 series slots 7 & 8 of 500R8 that
we want to apply across a stereo mix within the DAW.
1. In the DAW, set the output of the stereo audio track to USB Outputs 7 & 8 of 500R8.
2. On 500R8, set the Module Source switches beneath 500 series slots 7 & 8 to their ‘USB’
option.
3. Set the Pan controls of 500 series slots 7 & 8 to Left & Right respectively and raise both of
their level controls to 12 O’clock.
4. Turn the Monitor Blend control of 500R8 to its ‘Mix’ position.
5. Press play in your DAW and adjust the Monitor Level control so that you can clearly hear
the audio passing through the compressor inserted into 500 series slots 7 & 8.
6. With the stereo track playing, adjust the compressor settings to taste!
7. Create a new stereo track in your DAW and set its input to receive USB Inputs 7 & 8.
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Set the output level of the compressor just low enough to avoid clipping on the
tracks input meter to get the maximum level before clipping.
8. Now rewind the cursor to the beginning of your stereo track, record-arm the newly
created audio track, and hit the master record
9. You should see the waveforms begin to form on the audio track - this new audio file will
feature your bus compressor settings applied!
You can follow this process one-track-at-a-time, or you can apply the analogue processing
across multiple mono/stereo audio files at once.
500R8 User Manual
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