Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Agree on both counts.
re hum never noticed it myself.

ps.. I play iTunes through my Traveler Mk3 and works like a dream.

S.
On 27/10/2009, at 3:33 AM, Shawn Thorpe wrote:

> My first thought on item #1 is - is the DI box overkill? Have you
> tried connecting the computer's headphone out directly to your mixer?
> Some mixers even have special "tape-in" inputs that are designed for
> these types of signals. If it were my setup, I'd definitely give that
> a try. And if you want iTunes to play through your Firewire gear, you
> should be able to go into the Sound pane of your System Preferences
> and change output from "built-in speakers" to the MOTU device.
>
> -Shawn Thorpe
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> On Oct 26, 2009, at 6:39 AM, mc_juno106 wrote:
>
> > 1) I used Mainstage last week at church, mostly pad sounds. I took a
> > 1/8" to 1/4" jack from the headphone output to a DI box - then to
> > the PA. There was some slight distortion, faint but present.
> > Wondering if anyone has experienced that? We felt it was low enough
> > that the audience wouldn't notice when the band was playing so left
> > it alone.
> >
> > 2) I use Logic Pro on a MacBook Pro, firewired into a MOTU Traveler.
> > 2 1/4" jacks from out 1&2 from the Traveler to my monitors.
> > Sometimes I need to hear things out of iTunes, and those play out of
> > the small MacBook speakers. Is there a way to make iTunes play thru
> > the firewire, and therefore thru my monitors?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Mike
> >
> >
> 
>



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