Space to be used as audio interface in DAW - is it possible?

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- February 20, 2012 at 5:34 pm #108437
  
  Begbie
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  Hello there… I have a question that I think I already know the answer (a negative as my googling shows), however I would appreciate any info you might have.
  
  I am enjoying my Space a lot, and I would really like to use it on some mixes that I have in my DAW. I am using an old version of Cubase (3.1) and a recent – more or less – of Reaper (4.11) for Win7 64bit. I also have an old version of Ableton, but I haven't used that for quite a while. In Reaper, I have been trying to route audio via MIDI by connecting the Space through USB (Reaper sees it as a MIDI device) but I have been unable to do that so far.
  
  Is this possible, or do I have to do it manually through an interface that supports audio send/return? It would be fantastic if we could apply Space effects on a track by simply connecting it via USB… If it's not possible, are there any plans to incorporate such a feature in a future update, or is it impossible to do so because Space lacks the hardware design of an audio interface? (Pity if it's not possible – it would mean a huge boost in sales)
- February 21, 2012 at 6:14 pm #123149
  
  achaput
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  Hello,
  
  Sorry, but the USB port on Space does not stream audio. It's only for MIDI, and for upgrading the operating system.
  
  But people are still using Space on mixes!
  
  Alan
- February 22, 2012 at 10:05 pm #123155
  
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  Thanks a lot for the reply… It's a pity. I am sure many people just own a basic audio interface in their home studios without send/return to apply effects. Such a feature would also make things very easy. Is it possible to be included in a firmware update, or there is just no circuit in Space that could do that?
- February 23, 2012 at 3:59 pm #134267
  
  nickrose
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  Sorry – to send audio over USB requires significantly more powerful USB hardware than the 'Factors possess. People think that they are already expensive …
- February 23, 2012 at 7:37 pm #123157
  
  MarcoR
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  Begbie:
  
  In Reaper, I have been trying to route audio via MIDI by connecting the Space through USB (Reaper sees it as a MIDI device) but I have been unable to do that so far.
  
  Midi does not pass audio; you need a dedicated audio interface.
  
  Most all DAWs these days provide delay compensation (pretty sure Reapers had that for a few versions) to handle the latency accrued when running external processors through the audio interface.
- February 24, 2012 at 7:50 pm #123160
  
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  I guess I have to find an audio interface that supports this – mine is pretty basic (an EMU 0404 USB). Thanks for all the replies.
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