Mirack FX - accessing the 32 audio input channels from Drambo
Howdy,
Mirack's audio input module expands to allow 32 input channels but when loaded as an AuV3 FX in Drambo standalone, I only see 16 inputs (8 stereo pairs) available.
Is there any way to access the other 16 input channels?
Thanks in advance 😊
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I don't think that's possible. I think the Drambo Audio Unit FX module is limited to 8 stereo inputs.
You can always use a 2nd instance of miRack FX 16ch though.
Thank for the suggestion, however this doesn't work in my use case.
Reason I'm asking is because I am using Drambo with Eurorack interfacing via Expert Sleepers ES-9 + E5-5 with 1x8CV and 1x8Gate expanders. These require the expert sleepers encoders available in Mirack. Because of the way these encoders work, it is only possible to load one instance within a Drambo project - all outgoing CV must go through this one instance.
At the moment all works nicely using a mix of Covariant and MiRack, but I am currently using all 16 Mirack inputs. I was thinking to get another 8CVexpander, which would require another 8 inputs.
Looks like this is currently not possible so I'll hold off on my purchase.
BTW, I know that Covariant offers it's own ES-5 encoder, however it was designed with AUM in mind, as it utilizes AUM's 32 internal busses. AFAIK, Drambo doesn't offer this many busses, although I am happy to be corrected here.
Also, if anyone is curious as to how I set-up the ES-5 expanders in Drambo, I could prepare a tutorial.
What does that encoder do exactly? Can't it be accessed from Drambo natively?
Why not just use Covariant's Encoder?
Not to complain but it's unfortunate that it's only 32 inputs out of 64 available so there is need for a second encoder here as well.
It allows multiple CV/Gate streams to piggy back on a single stereo output. The ES-5 has 6 headers to which you can connect multiple expanders. The encoders allow you to easily route CV/Gate signals out through the assigned stereo pair.
This is what I may end up doing. I was using the MiRack encoders first because they are much easier to understand 😛, but also I am performing some additional CV processing of the incoming signals in MiRack before outputting to the ES-5.
But yes, I could indeed use multiple MiRack instances and output them into the Covariant encoder, which will then allow me to add the additional 8CV expander. So this is possible, I just need to dig-in and figure out how to do it.
BTW, I already tried multiple instances of the Expert Sleepers encoder but it causes the CV signals to go haywire. I suspect it's the same with the Covariant Encoder because ES-5 is very sensitive to the amplitude of the summed signal. But 30 inputs is enough for my needs (for now anyway 😀).
Thanks!
Sure thing about the extra MiRack modulation before the Encoder, but I have to mention this though, I was using MiRack for the same purposes as you, but as I kept adding on more ESX-8CV expanders I had triggers from ES-5 starting leaking in to the CV modules in MiRack, without investigating further I tried Covariant and it’s been running solid for years now, and of course I just needed the extra inputs.
Don’t take my word for it though maybe it’s something from the past for MiRack by now!
Good to know, and I really appreciate the advice, so big thanks!