Bernardsville · NJ · est. in the keys corner

The Control Room

Signal Flow

Every cable in the room, drawn like the back page of a service manual. Click a block to inspect it; toggle the clock layer to see how Logic drives the rack.

KEYS CHAINACOUSTIC + AIRMODULAR + DRUMSXLRthrufront×5ADATUSBmonMIDI clk (USB)1PPSClavinet D6Prophet-5Model DLehle 3at1input selectPedalboard10-pedal chainRadial J48DI + thruPrinceton '68SM7B → CL-1GC1 GrandM201 pairThereministereoDrumBrute5 outsDFAMMother-32LabyrinthAudioFuse X8IN8 in → ADATBeatStep Proclock hubVolt 876USB interface1 · Front A2 · Front B3 · Piano Hi4 · Piano Lo5 · Keys Amp6 · Keys DI7 · Back A8 · Back BMac Mini · LogicJBL 306P pair
Layers
Audio

Gold lines carry audio. Dashed blue is Logic's clock, translated by the BeatStep Pro. Click any block to inspect it.

Volt 876
USB interface
  • Eight local channels + eight via ADAT = Logic inputs 1–16.
  • Front-panel ch 1–2 stay open for off-bench instruments (Theremini, Nord, Bass Station).
  • Back panel: ch 3–4 piano pair, ch 5 SM7B/Cloudlifter, ch 6 J48 DI, ch 7–8 flex.
  • Phantom on ch 5 (Cloudlifter) and ch 6 (J48) only.
  • Vintage mode is worth an A/B on the piano pair.