Hooking up external compressor

WaveLab
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Hey guys,

Ive recently picked up a new preamp and compressor for my studio. Since i’ve never really used outboard gear, im just wondering how I would hook it all up for both tracking and mixing. Ive just bought an Art MPA II Preamp and an Art VLA II compressor.

My audio interface is a Presonus firestudio tube(link to pic of connections below)
http://cdn.rkaudio.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1000x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/i/firestudio_tube-back.jpg

The main questions I have are how I would hook up my compressor so that I can:

a) Use it for light compression on tracking etc
b) Send recorded tracks to the compressor and back into DAW for mixing.

The way I have it setup at the moment is Art MPA > Art VLA > Presonus Firestudio Line input but this will only work for tracking right?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Obviously It would depend on what software you are using…

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Im using Cubase 6.5.

4

so for the compressor use the " external FX" feature, and the preamp line out goes to an interface line in.

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Page 200 of the Manual is a good place to start.

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Generally page 1 is an even better place… :mrgreen:

7

Where would we be without humour? :laughing:

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Now if only people understood my sense of humour… :laughing: