PCI 424 audio wire - how many outputs

mircut · Post by **mircut** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:56 am

I am having trouble with audio wire output 2 on my PCI 424 card in my G5 dual 2 Gig. It doesn't work.

I see that there are 4 outputs on the card, but the DP manual says there are 3. I haven't been able to get any sound output from the 4th slot and am wondering if it isn't an audio output (even though it looks just like the others). I was hoping to use Audio wire 4 as a workaround for one of my 2408s. It does show up in DP4.61.

I thought if it is an audio output, perhaps the reason I'm not getting audio out is a cue mix routing issue. Any help is greatly appreciated - of course it's a holiday week. Sigh.

Mircut

giles117 · Post by **giles117** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:23 am

Uadio wire #4 works... Do you haev the latest drivers, etc....

I have 4 interfaces hooked up and they all work.

mircut · Post by **mircut** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:47 pm

I think I have the latest drivers - any other reason you think it might not be outputing audio?

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:55 pm

With two audiowires connected, check to see if your host multipliers are set to 2...?

sndhse · Post by **sndhse** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:24 pm

It should be set to 3. 424 counts as 1, 2408 -2, 2408 -3 etc...
John

mircut · Post by **mircut** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:50 pm

Where can I find the host multipliers - I've never heard of that before...

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:06 pm

Ah..

Setup > Configure Hardware Driver

This can also be accessed via the Hardware button on the Transport's horizontal pullout drawer.

mircut · Post by **mircut** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:23 pm

thanks, I found it. But it still didn't work. Do the PCI outputs have to be in order? I tried skipping the problematic one but it didn't really change anything.

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:31 pm

Yes. I'm not at my tower right now, but slot (socket) #1 on the card is the one closest to the ADAT sync port.

WSVP · Post by **WSVP** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:16 pm

It should be set to 3. 424 counts as 1, 2408 -2, 2408 -3 etc...
John

This is incorrect John. If only one 424 card is present buffer multiplier should be set to 1, as the system and MOTU view all devices attached to a single 424 or 324 card as one interface. The multiplier should only be higher than 1 if you are for example mixing a Firewire Interface like an 896 or third party device with a PCI-424 solution.

I am having trouble with audio wire output 2 on my PCI 424 card in my G5 dual 2 Gig. It doesn't work.

Make sure you have enabled all ports in the MOTU PCI Audio Setup.

Hope this helps