Topic: Babyface and Digiface USB on same system
I have read prior threads on this topic, but the answer to a couple questions still isn't clear to me.
I currently have three different (windows) computers running three different USB audio interfaces, each with ADAT I/O. One of those is a Babyface Pro. These systems are used for live performance.
I'm considering a Digiface USB to act effectively as a digital mixer for combining and routing signals for different headphone and/or monitor mixes. Each of the other interfaces (Babyface Pro, Focusrite, MOTU) would be connected to the Digiface by ADAT in and out. At any one time I might have six or eight live stereo pairs coming into the Digiface across the different ADATs. (e.g., guitar, bass, edrums, keyboard, vocals, click, backing track...). I'm thinking of using Total Mix to create custom mixes, then sending those mixes back out via ADAT to the other interfaces for headphones and monitors.
Let's suppose that both the Babyface Pro and the Digiface USB are on the same PC (on different USB buses). I understand that I can not access both of them in the same DAW. But...
1) could I access both of them through Total Mix (even if two separate instances) at the same time?
2) could I access them independently through two different hosts? e.g., the Babyface in a standalone ASIO app like TH-U or GigPerformer, the Digiface through a DAW
I could certainly put the Digiface on one of the other machines (with the MOTU or Focusrite) and not have to worry about how/if Total Mix would manage a Babyface Pro and Digiface on the same machine, but it would be nice to have the flexibility.