I recently purchased a DM-4800 and the seller strongly recommended I join this forum, so that was my first order of business. I should state that I have never been on or posted to a forum, so I'm not sure if I just send out a general post and others reply or if I have to direct my queries to specific members. Please assist so that I know the proper etiquette required to participate in this knowledge base.
I have always been in an "end user" capacity, being as I had a studio wizard-gearhead friend who was always eager and available to connect the mystery wires and set up my studio as I made various upgrades (normally at his urging, or as he upgraded). He is more or less out of the business and I am currently adrift in a sea of technology that is far beyond my depth, but I am doing everything I can to school myself.
I currently have a Mackie d8B connected to my mac through which I am running Digital Performer 5.1. It has been a wonderful system but my d8B is having issues and the automation no longer works, so after a year of floundering and trying everything in my power to repair it, I have thrown in the towel and purchased the DM-4800 (again, at said friends urging). What I need assistance with is hooking it up and making everything work together in my home project studio. I started with reading the manual so I would have a working knowledge of it and I am about half way through it, but so many areas are beyond my grasp that I felt I would be better served to ask for assistance here and see if that would help.
How best do I go about that?