The Top 5 Cheapest Ways To Get Lots of Synths Connected To Your DAW

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  @6676forever · 6 days ago

  One of the few really essential synth videos I’ve ever watched but at the same time it requires a level of bonkers that I can only fantasise about, admiration and best wishes from me.

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  @natesanti · 2 years ago

  Finally a video that’s actually NEEDED! Awesome job! There are so many videos out there like “is so and so still worth it in 2024?” or “top things you never knew your daw can do” and it’s just the first ten basic things in the manual 😂 Home studio owners need more vids like this, so thank you.

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  @Supernumerary · 2 years ago

  Scott!!!! Your video is desperately needed by many!!! Thank You.

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  @addLADN · 2 years ago

  My life definitely changed when I discovered Samson patchbays and Iconnectivity MioXL and the Midronome or ERM Multiclock. There’s so many ways to hook all this gear up but the patchbays definitely make connecting everything easier. Great video man.

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  @o0pinkdino0o · 6 days ago

  Very useful and straight forwards, thank you. I like how you described each stage of the journey and what the limitations you reached pushing you to upgrade further.

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  @rickpinelli1586 · 2 years ago

  Back in the late 80&apos;s, I had my keyboards and modules connected with MIDI, going into a 12 channel mixer, which was connected to my 16 channel Tascam mixer that output to my Tascam 246 recorder.<br>Lot&apos;s of FUN...

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  @EchoesOfChris · 2 years ago

  &quot;You managed to sneak it into the house past your wife&quot;... I have no idea what you mean, Scott 😆😆😆

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  @f.herumusu8341 · 2 years ago

  The problem with mixers is that they usually just have a limited number of inserts for external effects and the integrated effects are usually just of basic quality. I decided therfore to go another way. I bought a USB-controlled patchbay (XPatch-64) and can now use all my synths and external effects in every configuration, I can even switch between true analog insert effects for tracking without any latency and use my hardware effects as sends in my DAW like a VST for mixing and mastering. And I can save and recall each configuration with a mouse click. These USB patchbays are quite expensive, but offer you the greatest flexability.

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  @DarrenJohnMusic · 2 years ago

  I have 16 hardware synthesizers going into 2 Behringer 1602 line mixers. I stereo out from each of those into a Focusrite 1802. I also use 2 MOTU 5x5 midi interfaces and the USB midi on a few of the later model synths. It&apos;s not the greatest setup but it does work and each synth can be recorded without repatching anything. I love this stuff!

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  @AndroidMusicStudios · 8 months ago

  This helps SO SO MUCH!!! <br>Thank you for this video!! <br>Also because of your channel I bought a Gaia2. I absolutely love it! So thank you for all of the valuable wisdom that you share.

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  @philtrickey · 2 years ago

  I am also spoilt with loads of synths and while I love the idea of a desk, I do not have the room now (and found that it didn’t fit with my workflow). So I bought three MOTU 24 IO audio interfaces giving me 72 analogue ins and outs so I can now have all of my synths hardwired into my Cubase mixer. Perfect solution for me.

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  @sidetrackwalker · 2 years ago

  This is an important video for synth lovers. One option you forgot to mention, though, is ADAT: you can get an audio interface with a limited number of inputs that supports ADAT. Once you run out of inputs, you can then add additional digital inputs by adding an ADAT interface on top of it and plugging that into your interface. This way, you can upgrade to a higher input count when the need arises (i. e. after buying more synths).<br><br>Myself, I was in the market for a suitable solution not too long ago, coming from an M-Audio M-Track Eight Interface with eight mono inputs. After much deliberation, I decided to put a Behringer RX1602 V2 analog mixer into my rack, which adds 16 mono inputs. The analog outputs then go into my M-Track Eight (just as you describe) and take up two of its inputs, leaving me with six additional ones (-&gt; 22 mono inputs in total). I also have an SSL 12 interface for recording vocals, and that supports ADAT, so I might switch to that at some point, should the need arise.

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