Using 'firewire' and PCI audio at the same time

[jthievin]

I have an 896HD (firewire) and it works great by itself.

I also have a 1224 connected to a pcie-424 card and it works great.

I switch and use them individually in Cubase 6. All works fine. No problems whatsoever. I simply choose the driver, either Motu audio ASIO or PCI audio ASIO and the switch happens. Both cards work well individually but I would like to combine the two interfaces somehow. What am I doing wrong? Is it the software (Cubase Elements 6) or the way I have it installed.

I would like to use them both at the same time to give me 16 tracks. Is that possible?

The 896HD is plugged into my firewire port and the 1224 into the PCIe424 card installed in the desktop.

Cubase Elements
Stock Dell Studio XPS 9100
Lots of ram and lots of hd space.
I do not get any errors, All drivers load without any problems.

Thanks for any information on how to solve this.

[rickorick]

I use DP and a Mac but in the Configure Hardware if you see both interfaces click on the one you want and
shift click on the other one to add both.
Hope this helps.

[jthievin]

I use DP and a Mac but in the Configure Hardware if you see both interfaces click on the one you want and
shift click on the other one to add both.
Hope this helps.

I believe there is a way to do that on a PC. I'll keep messing around to see if I have something similar. I was thinking that possibly Cubase (or the version I'm using) wouldn't allow it. I don't see why not.

Configure hardware and shift click on a Mac. Maybe it's not possible on a PC. I'll keep digging.

Thanks for the response, it's appreciated.

J

[NazRat]

You can aggregate devices on the PC with ASIO4ALL using the advanced options - make the devices active in the ASIO4ALL config. Unless the app allows you to select multiple devices in its own audio setup, on the PC that's the only way I've seen (doesn't mean there isn't another way). DP will be coming to the PC soon and if MAS has been ported, it will have multiple device capabilities by simple selections.