firewire audio: daisy-chaining VS adat i/o

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<< I want to make sure that daisy-chaining
or adat i/o will work right out of the box
the day I'd rent another one. >>



A client of mine records all their gigs with two 828's into an older G3 laptop.
Works really well.

<< What would happen when I use two different
audio boards at each of my two firefire ports?
(I could sync them via word clock for example...)
>>



I believe syncing is not an issue if you set your software to "Internal" clock
mode. That's how I set up Digital Performer for the client I mentioned above,
so sync must take place via the FireWire, without needing wordclock between the
two 828's.

Scott Fraser

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Why wouldn't you just add a ADAT 8 chn mic pre to the MOTU 828mkii? That
would give you 18 analog inputs... I have a 828mkii that I use for
recording my band live (it also doubles as the in-ear monitor mixer).
Although I have not tried it yet, I just picked up a Behringer ADA8000 ADAT
mic pre (for $220 I figured it was worth a try - and it's been getting
pretty good reviews). I wasn't going to use the pre's in it anyway - I use
the pre's in the 828 for a live stereo mix and then split everything else
off the board.

"ScotFraser" <scotfraser@aol.com> wrote in message
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> << I want to make sure that daisy-chaining
> or adat i/o will work right out of the box
> the day I'd rent another one. >>


>
> A client of mine records all their gigs with two 828's into an older G3
> laptop.
> Works really well.
>
> << What would happen when I use two different
> audio boards at each of my two firefire ports?
> (I could sync them via word clock for example...)
> >>


>
> I believe syncing is not an issue if you set your software to "Internal"
> clock
> mode. That's how I set up Digital Performer for the client I mentioned
> above,
> so sync must take place via the FireWire, without needing wordclock
> between the
> two 828's.
>
> Scott Fraser