Hi folks, I have an RME Babyface Pro FS interface and I’m trying to figure out how to route through Gig Performer so that I can add compressors and other plugin effects to my vocals, on the signal coming in, printed onto the vocals.
Has anybody figured this out and can please share?
I’m on a Mac M1 and use Logic Pro.
Thank you,
Quincy
Hi Quincy,
just route the signal from your AUDIO In Plugin to the effects you want and route that to your AUDIO Out Plugin.
As AUDIO IN and AUDIO Out Plugin you choose your RME Interface.
In TotalMix the Signals coming from Gig Performer are the so called Software Returns.
In TotalMix there are 2 modes, best you select the mode where the software return can be routed to the physical outputs.
Hi @quincy, welcome to the GP community forum!
With an RME Audio interface, TotalMix Fx and GP you have a lot of options and the most important is to understand the concepts mentioned by @pianopaul.
Hardware Inputs of TotalMix correspond to Audio Inputs of GP, but both TotalMix and GP have their own mixer faders which are applied independently to the audio inputs. A TotalMix fader set to zero on your Mic doesn’t mean that the level of the same Mix in GP will be zeroed.
Audio Outputs of GP correspond to Software Playbacks of TotalMix. So, you won’t necessarily hear something if you route a plugin to the Audio Outputs of GP, these Audio Outputs (i.e. Software Playbacks in TotalMix) have to be routed to an Hardware Output within TotalMix (its is usually done by default)
Hardware Outputs of TotalMix are not seen in GP. That’s where you have to route the Hardware Inputs and Software Playbacks (i.e. the GP Audio Outputs) to your PA system, headphone of whatever.
Hope this makes the relation between GP and TotalMix Fx clearer. Nota: I am not talking about the RME DAW mode that I never used, because I am very happy with the many TotalMix routing options.
Have a nice time discovering GP. 
Hey @David-san and @pianopaul thank you for your responses.
I’m hoping to still be able to still use my Babyface Pro input / output, while printing vocals running through Gig Performer… I read that someone else could only do this by using BlackHole 2ch.
But it sounds like what @pianopaul is saying seems simple enough.
I will try what you suggest and I will follow up if I have any more questions. Thanks!
Yes, really no need to use Blackhole for this kind of obvious routing.
Totalmix is not easy to get to grips with at first, but there are some excellent tutorials to familiarize you with the software’s many features.
I learned a lot from watching these videos: RME Audio
Thanks @Hermon, yeah it’s been a learning curve to figure it out.