The Secret to Unlocking rodecaster pro 2's virtual channels on MacOS!

[@unbreakablebody]

So helpful! Thanks!

[@ПавелПотон]

Thank you from Russia!

[@LearnerToLearner]

Hi Jeremy, this is John Ong from Ecamm Fam! Just want to let you know that you can hold down the Command key while you hit delete to delete the connections/patching as well as any item in Loopback. 😊

[@BaseCammp]

Awesome. Thanks John! Always learning something new!

[@LearnerToLearner]

@@BaseCammp Aren't we all?! I've been frustrated like you too, and I discovered it by accident. Good accident!

[@ismaeldjama3208]

Thanks dude, very helpful, I'm gonna try it soon, hope everything goes well

[@jeremyhubbell]

I hope so too! I’ve really enjoyed using it this way.

[@koenignero]

Thank you so much

[@hukl3945]

I believe you could do the almost the same thing without Loopback. Under Audio MIDI Setup, create a new virtual interface with the Rodecaster as underlying interface. Click on "Configure Speaker" and select the the corresponding additional channels. You now should have a "virtual" audio interface that you can select from all those app that lets you select an output interface. This way you can't route specific apps though from a unified interface though - but you save some money, a kernel extension and some latency.

[@BaseCammp]

Yes. True. You can do it that way. I just find it so much easier to visualize with Loopback. Plus the app-level control is really nice. I used to do it the way you describe when I was using the Focusite Vocaster 2 as my XLR interface.

[@ryanmilton2643]

I use rodeUSB with loopback in usb mode, not XLR. All my levels are still too low but the integration is great. Can I still use rode connect with that setup on a macOS? Good show

[@ninbura]

What does the multi-track input device look like when you have this enabled? Can you still access all the inputs on the mixer, like with the standard multi-track setting?

[@BaseCammp]

To use the channels, you need to assign them to a fader (virtual or physical) so you'd be giving up 4 "standard" inputs to assign them to virtual inputs if you use all of them. For me, as I say in the video, I don't use Bluetooth, USB2, and actually XLR 3/4 so it's easy. It's really a matter of personal preference and, of course, you can create new shows to use a mixture of the inputs needed for that show.

[@ninbura]

@@BaseCammp thanks for the reply. In the traditional multitrack mode every single input is exposed when you bring the Rodecaster in as an input device in loopback. I'm wondering what the input device looks like with this enabled, you only showed what the output device looks like.

[@BaseCammp]

​@@ninbura It has 16 channels in when USB1 Output is set to multi-track. Looks like XLR 1-4 are channels 3-7 and other faders are coming in on other channels. I don't typically use this mode, but it has me intrigued on what I might be able to do with routing channels around!

[@ninbura]

@@BaseCammp sweet, sounds like it still works. This device is seriously capable on macOS with Loopback. For me I want to isolate USB 2 as an input, and the Bluetooth connection as an input. Then when you output to the new virtual channels you can also record them as input devices on macOS. On Windows this isn't really possible, because the multi-track input is ASIO only, and anything that touches it hogs it. There's no application like Loopback that lets you parse it all out to individual input devices.

[@BaseCammp]

@@ninbura Agreed. Loopback is seriously underrated but it's an incredibly powerful tool when paired up with the Rodecaster

[@koenignero]

Funny thing is that the rode Streamer X can create virtual channels on a Mac since launch 2 years ago

[@jeremyhubbell]

It’s only a matter of time. Loop back gives you a ton more control though.

[@ismaeldjama3208]

Hello Jeremy

[@PandemoniumCaster]

Can I separate my 3 Mic that are all pluged in in my RodeCaster Pro 2? Reason being: On OBS I use a feature where 3 Images are lightning up depending on what mic is speaking… however my Mac / OBS doesn’t find the deprecated Mics it just finds Main Multitrack, Secondary or Chat (Also Just RodeCaster pro II when connected via bluetooth)

[@BaseCammp]

Yes. Go to the Gear Icon on the RCPII, select Outputs, select Multitrack, then USB1 Output, then select Pre or Post fader and then tap Apply. It should update your output to be multitrack now. I tested the output via this way. Multitrack maps channels 3-6 to Mic inputs 1-4.

[@JTR...]

Biggest garbage ever I seen. This is my second unit with the same problems.