Dual 896hd - How to monitor the second 896hd?????

Dynamitastudios · Post by **Dynamitastudios** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:19 am

I‘m just trying to make it work! I‘m working under MacIntel and Windows/Bootcamp, so I don‘t recieve any answer from MOTU‘s support but "we don‘t support MOTU devices under Bootcamp", and instructions make a hard work to know how to do it!
I would like to monitor the second 896hd thru the master outputs (which are in the master 896hd), but I have no idea about how to do it!!!!. When I start the CueMix console I only can see each 896hd separately, and no as only one CueMix with 16 audio inputs.
Could anyone help me???????
Thanks!!!

wickedgtr1 · Post by **wickedgtr1** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:07 am

there is not real way to do what you are ... I really am not at all impressed with MOTU's useless tech support... these a forums are only kind-of helpful.

You can bus your 2nd Motu's mix to either the AES/EBU or ADAT, and use those to mix them into the First Motu.

Its pretty pathetic the whole motu sitituation.

I am most likely going to sell both my 896hd's and try some different interfaces.

The Focusrite 26 i/o's look nice... havent seen any real reviews on them, but the pre's are gonna be better, and they are only 1U, no real meters, but they are 600-700$... vs 995 for the MOTU's

I am going to try and find a location that I can try to user 2 or three of these 26 i/o's and see if they are any better...

Alan.

zara_drummer · Post by **zara_drummer** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:22 am

Alan,

I picked up a 26 I/O and it is awesome!! The meter thing sucks, but the pre's are great...You can indeed run multiples together and are managed thru the software...Infact the 26 I/O can all be completely managed via the software...its pretty cool.

I have my 8pre synced via ADAT. Another cool thing is that you can have another device off the other set of ADAT...So 16 total channels at 44k or 8 if you use SMUX.

I actually think the 8Pre pre's sound better thru the Focusrite converters...they are much more crisp IMO than when I had it setup via firewire...

Mackie has the Onyx 1200F - has 12 pre's, headphone management and SMUX ADAT connectivity for about $1500. 2U space...Seems pretty nice, but a its very new still. I've heard good things about the mackie pre's but I dont know how good their converters are...

wickedgtr1 · Post by **wickedgtr1** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:30 am

It probably sounds better due to the focusrite's better clock

lmoe · Post by **lmoe** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:45 pm

I have 2 MOTU 896HD's I run an AES/EBU cable from #2 out into #1 in digitally then I can in CueMix set a mix up on #2 sent out to #1 and route it out of the outs as needed and not eat up an analog in.