Expanding the inputs and outputs on the 828Mk3 with an 828x

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aranm
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Expanding the inputs and outputs on the 828Mk3 with an 828x

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I have an 828Mk3 and I want to expand the number of inputs and outputs. I want to use the extra inputs and outputs to control my modular rig using the expert sleepers plugin suite. The MOTU interfaces work really well for this so I want to expand using another MOTU interface.

Can I buy an 828x and use it with the 828Mk3 or do I need to buy another 828Mk3?

If this works would the best way be to use the 828x become the master and would I be using optical IO to slave the 828Mk3?

Which would be the best option?

I suppose I would like to buy the 828x as the thunderbolt connection seems better than the firewire.
aranm
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Re: Expanding the inputs and outputs on the 828Mk3 with an 8

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This worked fine. I connected the two soundcards via optical and after some routing in the cueMix software have an excellent stable solution.
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