Connecting 4 Volcas to DAW

Conor1992 · Post by **Conor1992** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:40 pm

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to ask for some advice on setting up volcas to record in a DAW:

So me and my friends have volcas and we want to link our 4 volcas to record in Logic. I want each volca to have its own track in Logic so we cant edit each volcas's sound individually. I was looking at buying the Focusrite 18i8 audio interface as a mean to do this. Am I right in thinking I just connect each volca using a stereo minijack to dual mono 1/4 jacks by plugging in one of the wires each to the audio interface and then open logic and set up the tracks accordingly?

Just wanted to know if I would be missing anything?

Thanks

wasstof · Post by **wasstof** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:08 am

Aren't Most of the Volcas (except the Sample) Mono?

Conor1992 · Post by **Conor1992** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:37 pm

wasstof wrote:Aren't Most of the Volcas (except the Sample) Mono?

Yeh I believe they are, I was under the impression that you just plug in one half of the Y-split mono cables into the audio interface and then pan it to fill whole stereo field?

spirit68 · Post by **spirit68** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 7:04 am

i have focusrite 18i8. works fine with 4 Volcas (5 inputs), FX Pedal (2 in), Mic. (1 in)
But beware, it has 8 analog inputs only. for more you might want an ADAT preamp.
e.g. https://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_ada ... ragain.htm

Conor1992 · Post by **Conor1992** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 2:57 pm

spirit68 wrote:i have focusrite 18i8. works fine with 4 Volcas (5 inputs), FX Pedal (2 in), Mic. (1 in)
But beware, it has 8 analog inputs only. for more you might want an ADAT preamp.
e.g. https://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_ada ... ragain.htm

Thanks!
I also want to plug my Microkorg XL in and have it play in stereo, do I simply plug two 1/4 jacks in from the XL to the audio interface and set the track up in Logic to take 2 mono inputs which enable it to be in stereo?