Multiple audio interfaces
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Multiple audio interfaces
Anyone try this? Using an Apollo firewire interface and a Focusrite Scarlet 1820 at the same time with DP9.
THe Focusrite has Wordclock in/out so I should be able to sync from the Apollo, but I wonder if the Focusrite interface application and UAD "Console" will be able to co-exist.
THANKS!
THe Focusrite has Wordclock in/out so I should be able to sync from the Apollo, but I wonder if the Focusrite interface application and UAD "Console" will be able to co-exist.
THANKS!
2023 M1 Ultra (yay!)
Apollo interface
A few thousand plugs
A half million guitars and 10 million stompboxes
Tubes
Electricity
Apollo interface
A few thousand plugs
A half million guitars and 10 million stompboxes
Tubes
Electricity
Re: Multiple audio interfaces
Not those two interfaces in particular, but I usually have more than one interface connected, and one is a Scarlett. The other can be a MOTU FW, Lexicon USB, Soundflower or internal audio. If they are both compatible with Core Audio, which is necessary to have them work at all with DP, just Shift Click them in the Setup menu where you select the audio interface, and designate one of them as the master for timing/clocking.
You might want to set the host buffer multiplier to 2. All is explained in the Getting Started manual.
You might want to set the host buffer multiplier to 2. All is explained in the Getting Started manual.
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Re: Multiple audio interfaces
I regularly use three ULN-8 interfaces connected to DP and have done so for years, no problems.
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www.henryrobinett.com
Check out my latest CD on iTunes.
I Have Known Mountains by Henry Robinett
https://itun.es/us/pi6C_
All the best,
Henry Robinett
2019 Mac Pro 16 core, 192 GB; 2 MacPro 5,1 Metric Halo ULN-8 3d (x6), ULN-2-3d, MIDI Express XT,
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Henry Robinett
2019 Mac Pro 16 core, 192 GB; 2 MacPro 5,1 Metric Halo ULN-8 3d (x6), ULN-2-3d, MIDI Express XT,
DP10.13, UAD2 Quad TB,Duo,solo, Fractal Ax Fx III, FM3, LF+12+, Altiverb 7, Pianoteq7, Falcon, Keyscape, Omnisphere, Kontakt 5, Superior Drummer 3, Slate Drums, Live 10, Battery4, Diva, Spitfire Chamber and Symphony Strings, Ivory 2, Spectrafoo, Millennia HV3-D, many mics, many guitars . . ..
Re: Multiple audio interfaces
Thanks for the helpful responses. I'm encouraged. Do folks use a BNC cable
To synchorize their interfaces with word clock?
To synchorize their interfaces with word clock?
2023 M1 Ultra (yay!)
Apollo interface
A few thousand plugs
A half million guitars and 10 million stompboxes
Tubes
Electricity
Apollo interface
A few thousand plugs
A half million guitars and 10 million stompboxes
Tubes
Electricity
Re: Multiple audio interfaces
I use a BNC between a MOTU 828-3 and a 2408-2. In theory I could use ADAT, but that doesn't work reliably on my setup.LittleJJ wrote:Thanks for the helpful responses. I'm encouraged. Do folks use a BNC cable
To synchorize their interfaces with word clock?
2018 Mini i7 32G 10.14.6, DP 11.3, Mixbus 9, Logic 10.5, Scarlett 18i8
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Re: Multiple audio interfaces
Yes. WC. But last year I had trouble with the 3rd box syncing so I used AES/EBU with that one. But I had used WC fir many years on all three boxes. I don't know whether the problem is still there or what it is but I just left it like that. Box 1-2 WC and box 3 AES.
All the best,
www.henryrobinett.com
Check out my latest CD on iTunes.
I Have Known Mountains by Henry Robinett
https://itun.es/us/pi6C_
All the best,
www.henryrobinett.com
Check out my latest CD on iTunes.
I Have Known Mountains by Henry Robinett
https://itun.es/us/pi6C_
All the best,
Henry Robinett
2019 Mac Pro 16 core, 192 GB; 2 MacPro 5,1 Metric Halo ULN-8 3d (x6), ULN-2-3d, MIDI Express XT,
DP10.13, UAD2 Quad TB,Duo,solo, Fractal Ax Fx III, FM3, LF+12+, Altiverb 7, Pianoteq7, Falcon, Keyscape, Omnisphere, Kontakt 5, Superior Drummer 3, Slate Drums, Live 10, Battery4, Diva, Spitfire Chamber and Symphony Strings, Ivory 2, Spectrafoo, Millennia HV3-D, many mics, many guitars . . ..
Henry Robinett
2019 Mac Pro 16 core, 192 GB; 2 MacPro 5,1 Metric Halo ULN-8 3d (x6), ULN-2-3d, MIDI Express XT,
DP10.13, UAD2 Quad TB,Duo,solo, Fractal Ax Fx III, FM3, LF+12+, Altiverb 7, Pianoteq7, Falcon, Keyscape, Omnisphere, Kontakt 5, Superior Drummer 3, Slate Drums, Live 10, Battery4, Diva, Spitfire Chamber and Symphony Strings, Ivory 2, Spectrafoo, Millennia HV3-D, many mics, many guitars . . ..