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Unofficial Mackie User Forums => DL1608/DL806/DL32R/ProDX Mixers => Topic started by: Mr.Oatmeal on August 03, 2017, 06:22:08 PM
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I want to use my MackieDL32R in my classroom to teach about mixing. I have found many different places online to download multi-track versions of songs to practice mixing and producing in a computer program like Logic, but when I put those files onto my external hard drive for my DL32R, it can't play them back.
Is there a way to do this? What specific format does the DL32R need in order to read a wav file on the hard drive?
Obviously I can still have them mix recordings I've made through the DL32R, but I would love to get a variety of styles.
More specifically into what I've tried:
I've downloaded some of the multitrack recordings from http://www.cambridge-mt.com/ms-mtk.htm I tossed all of the separate wavs into a folder, and put it on the hard drive that I plug into the DL32R. The song showed up in the list on MasterFader, but playing it was not an option.
Next I loaded all of the wavs into Audacity, and exported it as a single multitrack wav. I still got the same result when I tried to play it through the DL32R. Are there other formatting things that I try to make this work?
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It has to be multi interleaved waw format 48kHz
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I think the last file I tried was an interleaved wav at 48kHz, but the DL32R still didn't let my play it.
This is the file I tried: https://www.dropbox.com/s/25xblhroqxy24rv/OneMinuteSmile480032bit.wav?dl=0 (81.5MB)
(originally from http://www.cambridge-mt.com/ms-mtk.htm)
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Wonder if you can import an OGG into Audacity, or any mulititrack, then export into a file the DL32R will handle?
You would probably be best off not just using the DL32R but to add a PC or Windows machine any any DAW software. Then you could demonstrate this on a larger screen.
If you need a DL32R multitrack, I can send you one of my band covering a song at rehearsal a show, it'll be 5 to 7 pieces spread across 12-20 tracks..
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I've thought about using an actual PC based DAW to show them, but we have 1-1 iPads for the grades I am teaching, so I would love something they could interact with on there. There may be better options on the iPad too, I just started with what I knew.
If you could send me some songs you've recorded on the DL32R, that would be great!