The MIOConsole3d Application
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The 3d Domain
is
after all a fully-functional hardware digital mixing/routing/processing environment - the
only difference is you are controlling the hardware mixer with a computer UI (MIOConsole3d, with maybe
a control surface or two).
The above connection model applies to as many boxes as you have in your MHLink domain. If you have
four boxes on MHLink, you can do stuff like this:
Host Computer
MHLink box 1
MHLink box 2
MHLink box 3
MHLink box 4
Windows 10 PC
(Pyramix, Sound Forge…)
iPad/Android
beatbox
Linux PC
(MixBus32c, Reaper…)
Mac SCP slave
(EZdrummer, Kontakt…)
MHLink Gigabit Ethernet
SCP USB
SCP USB
SCP USB
SCP USB
Note:
Changes to the USB port
sample rate or channel count
will physically reset the USB port
and may require re-connecting
the satellite audio software
Figure 10.144: 4-box MHLink domain with four Satellite computers
Each satellite computer will show up as the SCP USB connections of the box to which it is attached - the
Win 10 PC on box 1 SCP USB, Linux on box 2, iOS on box 3, etc.
Input (Source) Selector
Output (Destination) Selector
Filter selection to “SCP”
Port channel selector
#2 ULN-2: USB ch 6
“Cascade” to apply routing across
a range of consecutive strips
Unit selection to “box #2”
(optional) Input and Output set to the
same channel for ease of navigation
Figure 10.145: SCP USB Source and Destination routing
When assigning routes to and from USB ports, it is highly recommended to filter the routing UI to the de-
sired 3d Unit in both the Source (input) and Destination (output) routing windows. It is easy (and frustrating)
to be moving quickly and assign a Send to one box and the Return from a different box.
Further filtering by selecting “SCP USB” is helpful to keep scrolling through the lists at a minumum.
A few real-world things to keep in mind with SCP USB connections…