This arrangement enabled us to run our favourite plug-in EQs and compressors on any analogue desk, and believe us some of those older desks had terrible onboard EQ! In Figure 1 you’ll see six of the eight racks used in this configuration, with each rack dedicated to a Traveler I/O. Additional I/Os are assigned in a similar manner. The Traveler I/Os are routed within MultiRack so that input to rack 1 is fed from Traveler Input 1, and output of rack 1 is fed to Traveler Output 1.
Some analogue consoles actually have separate ¼-inch send and return jacks for the channel inserts, in which case separate cables can be used for input and output.) As far as the console is concerned, the “effect” in this case is the Traveler, but it’s really serving as MultiRack’s A/D and D/A. (Most analogue inserts employ a single TRS connector for send and return, the TRS end of the input cable is plugged into the console and the other end of the cable breaks out to two ¼-inch TS connectors that connect to the input and output of the processor.
MULTIRACK NATIVE VS SOUNDGRID PATCH
The Traveler has eight analogue I/Os that can patch into just about any desk. We’ve used MultiRack with a MOTU Traveler audio interface to process input channels on older analogue mixing consoles.
Once you’ve got those basics down, it’s all about the application. The open plug-in menu displays available EQs. Each rack has independent audio I/O and plug-ins that are accessed by clicking the + symbol in the rack. 1: Six racks added to a MultiRack session.