On 03.06.2006, at 09:26, grove@zeta.org.au wrote: > I've read some of the info in the manual, but can someone please give > me a practical explanation of how to use it? You can insert it in any track and any insert slot you want. It allows you to use hardware like a plugin. You set the outputchannel where your hardware is connected and an input channel. Then the audio stream flows out of Logic at that point, runs through the hardware and comes back in on the same point (where the plugin sits). There is no need to set an audio track up and record. It works like it were a software plugin. > Suppose I want to send an analogue signal to my FX box, which has an > SPDIF output, can I use this in real time to record into Logic, via > my 828, > using the IO plug? Yes, the I/O plugin is exactly for that. Insert the I/O plugin somewere between your other plugins. Set the output to the SPDIF outs and the input to your SPDIF ins. That's it. > Can I insert the IO plugin into the Input channel in Logic and then > hear the effect on the input audio? > > Or, if the FX box has SPDIF in and out, can I somehow insert this > in the Input, so I am applying the effect to a live recording into > Logic? If you get it working in an audio or instrument channel try it with the same settings in an input channel. I guess it will work. I am not sure what happens if you insert it in the same channel where the plugin is assigned to, lets say in the SPDIF input. You may get terrible feedback or nothing a all. > Is there much latency doing this? In my opinion you get the same latency as if you would send the sound out and record it on an audio track. The advantage is that you don't have to record. > I saw a plugin called "expert sleeper", > but I am not sure of what it does, short of adjusting audio latency > somehow. I am new to some of the concepts within this... Expert Sleepers are software developers. http://www.expertsleepers.co.uk/ I think you refer to their plugin "Latency fixer". I have it but never tried it yet. The description says it adds some latency and is thought for compensating the latency for inserted hardware. It should tell Logic about a certain amount of latency and "slow it down" to wait for the hardware return. ___ Peter Ostry ----------------------------------------------------------------- LUG Group Buy for Serato's Pitch n' Time LE until June 14th! See http://logic-users.org/groupbuy/serato for full details