Apple Logic (1.1) - Manual (Page 99)

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Connecting Logic to a Mixer
Dependent on your audio hardware and working
routines, there are a number of possibilities available for
the use of Logic in conjunction with a mixing board or on
its own.
The following section introduces three approaches to setting up your Logic system. The
first, using Logic as a mixer and the others discussing the use of an analog mixing
console with Logic.
Using Logic as a Mixer
It is possible to completely bypass the use of a Mixing console with Logic. Key to this is
a suitable audio interface, equipped with as many audio inputs and outputs as your
recording situation demands.
If you are primarily a keyboard player, who uses Logic’s internal instruments, and
occasionally records some vocal parts, you may not need any external hardware—
making do with the audio ins and outs of your Macintosh. Most users will require an
audio interface that is better equipped, however.
Audio interfaces come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, with an equally diverse
range of facilities and potential interfacing possibilities. All interfaces that offer a Core
Audio driver, regardless of features, can be controlled with Logic—effectively making
Logic your system’s mixer.
Here’s an example recording scenario:
• a FireWire audio interface, equipped with: two mic/line inputs (phantom powered),
six line inputs, a digital input, two master outputs, a digital output and a headphone
output.
• two stereo MIDI synthesizers
• a guitar
• a condenser microphone
• a DAT machine