• Registered: 2011-03-15
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Topic: Fireface 800 in Waves Rack

Hello There...
I am trying to connect 3 FF800 to an IMAC  I7 Quad and so far it is not working... Cable goes from Imac to unit 1 800 port . 2 cable from u 1 second 800 port to 3 unit 800 port.  The 3 units are aggregated as One unit.
There is only 1 800 port on the Imac so i guess it could be a bus overload problem ?

Next i am trying to connect the 2 and 3 unit via ADAT ports but i am not sure about the Totalmix and Matrix settings .

Anyone out there who might help ?

The end result should be 24 inserts on 24 analog  channels via Waves Rack and yes the mixer is analog and the idea was to have 96 khz/24 bit res  but by going to ADAT that is not an option anymore...

The theatre were i am the Head of sound  are the proud owners of 7 Fireface 800 and 1 Fireface 400 but it is the first time i am trying to connect 3 together.

Best Regards

Rudi

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Re: Fireface 800 in Waves Rack

What exactly is not working?


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Daniel Fuchs
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Daniel Fuchs
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3 Reply by MC

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  • Registered: 2007-04-06
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Re: Fireface 800 in Waves Rack

You synced the units correctly (word, ADAT, SPDIF or else)? FW does not include sync...

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Matthias Carstens
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  • Registered: 2011-03-15
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Re: Fireface 800 in Waves Rack

In " Aggregate devices" i have set the 1 unit to Clock and in Fireface settings of the 1 unit i have set clock mode to master.  A bnc cable goes from u 1  Word clock out to 2 unit in and from 2 unit to 3 unit. Unit 2 and 3 are set to Word clock and are in Sync. WC Led on unit 2 and 3 are also lit.
After a while digital distortion sets in. I dont know were to get external sync to the 1 unit though...

Best regards
Rudi

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  • Registered: 2007-04-10
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Re: Fireface 800 in Waves Rack

Unit 1 can be master. When the distortion kicks in, does the sync display change?
Have you tried connecting only two units to FW and one via ADAT?


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Daniel Fuchs
RME

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Daniel Fuchs
RME

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  • Registered: 2011-03-15
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Re: Fireface 800 in Waves Rack

The sync display does not seem to change or show an error count.  I did try to connect the second unit via ADAT and that seems to work but i am a little lost in how to configure the Total mixer and Matrix when hooking up 3 units though  (screen shots very welcome...)
Regards
Rudi

PS will RME be at Frankfurt messe ?