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This has me really confused
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Jemusic
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The way I see it is when you are in Studio One as you have said before all these outputs are available. They all should appear in your Audio IN/OUT page in the OUTPUTS section which is great.
But when you are not in Studio One and working with just say Youtube or another application (eg at operating system level) they are giving you the option of sending the stereo audio out to all these output options. Starting with the Mains and then the ALT 3/4 outs in the Flex 10.. Which as you know cannot happen both at once. If you have got a preamp connected such as the Behringer ADA8200 etc then all the ADAT outputs (in pairs) are also available as where you can send the audio to. They seem to be making each output pair appear as a seperate interface maybe.
It is unusual indeed and I have never seen it before either and yes you are right normally there is one driver and all the output options are usually available within that single driver. I would love to know how this appears in the Mac also.
But when you are not in Studio One and working with just say Youtube or another application (eg at operating system level) they are giving you the option of sending the stereo audio out to all these output options. Starting with the Mains and then the ALT 3/4 outs in the Flex 10.. Which as you know cannot happen both at once. If you have got a preamp connected such as the Behringer ADA8200 etc then all the ADAT outputs (in pairs) are also available as where you can send the audio to. They seem to be making each output pair appear as a seperate interface maybe.
It is unusual indeed and I have never seen it before either and yes you are right normally there is one driver and all the output options are usually available within that single driver. I would love to know how this appears in the Mac also.
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I just figured out the standalone amp sim.I went into the plugin settings and they default at the main L/R driver.So Windows I set to ALT3/4 and the amp sim was at L/R and this is why both sets of monitors were being used.Amp sim out of L/R only and whatever Windows was playing was ALT3/4.Still confusing but I am figuring it out......kinda.
Jemusic
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Yes I am also disappointed to hear that too. As you say Harrison is now part of SSL. And SSL is owned by a bigger parent company as well. Seems customer support tends to degrade as this sort of thing happens. But I am sure the Flex 10 sounds as good as you say and even with these weird output arrangements I would still get one.
Actually the way you describe the amp sim outs going to one place and Windows audio going to the other outputs sort of makes sense in a kind of way. It does seem to allow for some versatility in terms of how you are monitoring more than one source at once. For example you could have a guitar backing track feeding your big speakers and your guitar with the sim going to the smaller speakers or even a guitar amp. And this all happening outside Studio One.
Actually the way you describe the amp sim outs going to one place and Windows audio going to the other outputs sort of makes sense in a kind of way. It does seem to allow for some versatility in terms of how you are monitoring more than one source at once. For example you could have a guitar backing track feeding your big speakers and your guitar with the sim going to the smaller speakers or even a guitar amp. And this all happening outside Studio One.
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Yes.........I think there might be an advantage here but I just gotta figure it out.The FLEX is an incredible sounding interface and those 2 channel strips are everything to me.I think when word gets out this thing is going to change the game for future desk top interfaces.As long as it is reliable.
Both the Yamaha URX and URX-C series of interfaces come with multiple drivers, too.
One of the reasons I've kept my venerable Mackie Onyx Blackbird (firewire) in service is that no matter what I feel like doing like, say, listening to YouTube and Studio One (still on V6) at the same time—imagine I'm singing along with a YouTube song while recording it into Studio One—and I don't have to adjust a single thing. Ever. I'm concerned that with a "modern/improved" interface I'll have to do all sorts of setup work to accomplish what this now 16-year old driver already does effortlessly! Or at least that's what RME told me when I asked about UCXII.
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Ya gotta crank em like all the way up, but they do sound good. I usually feed the aforementioned Presonus MP20 with its Jensen transformers into the Blackbird which fools just about all the people just about all the time.
Thanks for being the guinea pig (first to try something) of a promising piece of gear.
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k2347
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I bought this badboy the day it came out over 20 years ago.I regret ever selling it.
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