How do I route my drums to my hardware compressor ?

TeamBrooklyn

I have a Scarlett 18i20 and the Scarlett octopus pre with compressor and Im just so confused on routing the drums to the compressor. I have inputs 3 through 7 wired to the the octo pre 1 to 5 inputs and the out from the pre to the 8 input on the 18i20 now what??? did I do this right I can't find any videos and the manual is somewhat confusing to me and yes I read it twice please help me someone and if what I'm trying to do is impossible please tell me

Uwe303

Hello,

do you try to do it with maschine stand alone? I found this, maybe it helps:

https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115004592269-Using-External-Effects-Processors-as-Inserts-while-Tracking-with-Focusrite-Control

and what compressor, as far as i know the scarlett has no build in one, and for using just a compressor you don´t need the octo pre, just the 18i20 is enough

in my opinion, with maschine stand alone this makes not much sense, but it should be possible, with a daw like cubase, ableton, logic and so on you normally have an hardware insert module so this works like a charm