Hi there, there have been a number of very enthusiast posts about the Metric Halo audio hardware. There is a +DSP option available with various plug-ins that look very interesting. I wrote to the Metric Halo people and apparantly there is no way to control the DSP functions from within Logic right now, but apparantly they work on it for the future. My question is, does anybody use the 2882 +DSP box? How do you control its local plug- ins? what about TC for automation? What about RAM, because for the time being you need to run them as separate stand-alone applications? I would be glad for some info, I'm about to order the box but I'm not sure as to which one to take. The +DSP is USD 600 more expensive... Cheers Jurgen

On 4/2/04, =?UNKNOWN?Q?Jürgen?= put forth: > >My question is, does anybody use the 2882 +DSP box? Yes. >How do you control its local plug-ins? You control them with a stand-alone console application. >what about TC for automation? Huh?? >What about RAM, because for the time being you need to run them as >separate stand-alone applications? The Console uses very little RAM, and you can quit the console after you set things up. The DSP functions run off of the MIO's own hardware, so they do not use the CPU resources of the Mac. -- my DAW setup: Macintosh TiG4 1GHz 1G RAM OS 10.2.6 (2) LaCie D2 80G Metric Halo 2882+DSP Emagic AMT8 Logic Pro 6.4.1 Spark XL 2.8.2

On Apr 2, 2004, at 7:48 AM, Jürgen wrote: > My question is, does anybody use the 2882 +DSP box? How do you control > its local plug- > ins? what about TC for automation? What about RAM, because for the > time being you need > to run them as separate stand-alone applications? > Hi, I've been a 2882+DSP user for well over a year. I'm also part of the beta test group. Recently the Public release basically caught up with what the test group has. It's true that, at present, there is no direct way to use +DSP plugs from within the host sequencer, but I'm told that this is part of the roadmap. I have come to believe what the company tells me. At present, the available plugins can be part of a latency free monitor mix, and there's already a nice assortment of plugins, including a +DSP based version of Metric Halo's Channel Strip (called the MIOStrip) This is basically a combined compressor/limiter/parametric eq. Sort of a "swiss army knife" plug in. Currently, I use a couple of the MIO's plugins on my monitor mix, and am still using a hardware TCElectronics effects unit via digital loop to sweeten the monitor mix with reverb. We're told that a +DSP based reverb unit, tentatively called the "HaloVerb" is coming fairly soon. I'm anxious to get that so I can put my TC unit up for sale (even though it's a very good unit) What is the biggest reason to go with Metric Halo? Sound Quality. It just sounds amazing. Also, flexibility in routing. > I would be glad for some info, I'm about to order the box but I'm not > sure as to which one > to take. The +DSP is USD 600 more expensive... You should absolutely get the +DSP. Things are just starting to get Really interesting. Best Regards, Stefan Garr

> What is the biggest reason to go with Metric Halo? Sound Quality. It > just sounds amazing. Also, flexibility in routing. Stefan, you can route the DSP so you're tracking a dry signal in Logic and monitoring the wet DSP signal, is that correct? And a side question: Did MH intend the DSP to be used mainly for monitoring or for tracking? I would want it for monitoring, but I'm curious because I'm concerned about support down the road for that application (I'd want to know that the monitoring software/driver would remain robust, etc.).

On Apr 2, 2004, at 6:06 PM, cranqued wrote: > Stefan, you can route the DSP so you're tracking a dry signal in Logic > and monitoring > the wet DSP signal, is that correct? Yes, that's what I'm doing now. I'm using MIO based plugs for compression, eq, etc. I'm also using the digital in/out of the MIO to add reverb from a hardware unit that has SPDIF in/out. The method for doing this is explained nicely in the manual. Did MH intend the DSP to be used mainly for monitoring or for tracking? This I don't actually know, as I'm not the developer. I do know that it's evolving, and there are many more plans for use of DSP. It's already great, as is. Regards, Stefan