User Manual

HARDWARE INSTALLATION
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A TYPICAL 828ES SETUP
Here is a typical 828es setup. This rig can be
operated with or without a separate mixer. All
mixing and effects processing can be done in the
828es itself, controlled from your laptop, tablet,
and smart phone — or several devices simultane-
ously.
Send
returns
S/PDIF
DAT deck
quarter-inch
analog outs
synthesizer
Guitar
quarter-inch analog inputs
synths, samplers, effects units, etc.
Returns from
outboard gear
Figure 5-13: A typical 828es studio setup.
Headphones
Other
outputs
MIDI OUT/IN
Foot
switch
828es front
panel
828es back
panel
Compressor, reverb or
other outboard gear
Thunderbolt or USB
MOTU 8pre and/or
other optical devices
8-channel
ADAT optical
to send returns
Main
studio monitors
Mic 1
Mac
or
PC
Secondary
studio monitors
Ethernet cable to
another MOTU AVB
device, a MOTU AVB
Switch, or WiFi
router, etc.
Word clock device