need help linking original 828 and traveler!!

[radiosloan]

im using cubase sx3 on a mac .
does anyone know how?
cant seem to get anything to work..
thanks

[nick danger]

How are you linking them? ADAT or firewire?

[emulatorloo]

does anyone know how?

Check out motu technotes on their website. Usually have answers to this kind of stuff.

If you are in 10.4 you can set up an aggregate device in Audio MIDI setup, combining the two to work as one device.

http://www.motu.com/techsupport/technot ... -performer

OS X 10.4 (Tiger) has a new feature which allows you to combine multiple audio devices to work as a single device, called an Aggregate Device. This feature allows multiple audio interfaces to be used simultaneously by applications which do not have explicit support for using multiple devices. You can create an Aggregate Device with the "Open Aggregate Device Editor" command in the Audio menu of Audio MIDI Setup (AMS).

Or if that is not working for you then this technote might help

http://www.motu.com/techsupport/technot ... 1103653615

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Can you connect and use multiple firewire interfaces in OS X?

MOTU's drivers support multiple interfaces. You will also need software that supports multiple Core Audio drivers like Digital Performer, or Mac OS 10.4 (see this tech note for more info on aggregate devices).

If you are using OS 10.3 or earlier, the application must provides its own support for multiple drivers. Digital Performer does this (see this tech note for more details), but with other applications only one FireWire interface can be used at a time.

As a workaround, you can use one interface directly with the computer, and use the other in standalone mode. In this example, we'll use an original 828 directly with Logic, and an 828mk2 as a standalone A/D convertor connected to the original 828 via ADAT lightpipe.

••• First, connect the 828 and 828mk2 to the computer via FireWire and power them on.

••• Then launch the MOTU FireWire CueMix Console.

••• Along the bottom, click on the Bus 1 tab.

••• Along the right side of the window, you will see a Master Fader. Click on the Output button above the fader, and choose "ADAT 1-2". Make sure the Master Fader is all the way up to 0 dB.

••• Bring the faders all the way down except Analog 1-2. Bring Analog 1-2 up to 0 dB, and pan them hard left and hard right.

••• Now click on the Bus 2 tab.

••• Click on the Output button above the fader, and choose "ADAT 3-4". Make sure the Master Fader is all the way up to 0 dB. Bring the faders all the way down except Analog 3-4. Bring Analog 3-4 up to 0 dB, and pan them hard left and hard right.

••• Repeat this process with Bus 3 and Analog/ADAT 5-6, and Bus 4 and Analog/ADAT 7-8.

••• In the MOTU FireWire Console, set the clock source of the 828mk2 to Internal, and the 828 original to "ADAT Optical".

••• Now you can power off the 828mk2, disconnect its FireWire, and power it back on.

••• Connect ADAT optical out of the 828mk2 into the 828 original.

This process can also be used in any other setup that does not support multiple drivers.

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[radiosloan]

and now im fighting strange digital sounding alien noises that pop in and out, then go away if i restart everything. hmmm... javascript:emoticon('')

[emulatorloo]

and now im fighting strange digital sounding alien noises that pop in and out, then go away if i restart everything. hmmm... javascript:emoticon('')

Sounds like clocking problems -- one needs to be the master clock, the other the slave. Should be info in either one of the manuals on how to do that.

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[radiosloan]

It was that i needed to make the 828 slave to the traveler, in the motu audio set up. thanks for your help!