1 Topic by koontz70 (edited by koontz70 2020-08-29 05:51:34)

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Topic: ADI-2 FS together with Fireface 802 via ADAT...as extra headphone amp

Hi,

I'm trying to connect a ADI-2 FS together with a Fireface 802 via ADAT cables. I cannot seem to get any of the signal to route to the ADI-2 FS's headphone jack. I am getting signal to my XLR/TRS outputs, and thusly, monitors...just not to the ADI-2 FS headphone jack.

Perhaps I have a bad setting in TotalMix? I am able to get headphone signal out of the FF802's 9/10 (Phones 1) & 11/12 (Phones 2) jacks with no issue. Wondering what I need to do to get a duplicate of the signal into the ADI-2 FS's jack to give me a total of 3 headphone jacks - I don't care about different headphone mixes....I just want to have 3 jacks with headphone capabilities and no wiring workarounds.

I was trying to use the Assign button in TotalMix to create/route to the mentioned Phones 3 option, but that seems to want to override my 'Mains' selection whenever I select 'ADAT 9/10', which is what the ADI-2 FS is coming in on....I should mention that I have another ADAT interface piggybacking into ADAT 1 IN on the FF802 to give me another 8 inputs....therefore ADAT 2 out of my FF802 goes into ADAT IN on the ADI-2 FS....and ADAT OUT on the ADI-2 FS goes back to the FF802's ADAT 2 IN.

Would love to know how to better utilize this piece?

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Re: ADI-2 FS together with Fireface 802 via ADAT...as extra headphone amp

If your Main Out changes when you assign something for Phones 3 then your Main Out was on that exact setting. Main on Analog 1/2 and Phones 3 on ADAT 9/10 is zero problem.

To add another identical Phones output right mouse click on Phones 1, select 'Copy/Mirror Output Phones 1'. Then select Phones 3, right mouse click and 'Mirror of Output Phones 1'. I regard this as self-explanatory, but it's also detailed in the manual.

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3 Reply by koontz70 (edited by koontz70 2020-08-30 22:28:32)

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Re: ADI-2 FS together with Fireface 802 via ADAT...as extra headphone amp

OK, so that's all good now with the Phones 3 set-up using ADAT 9/10 as the input.

Please note that if the above mention of my ADAT 9/10 seems odd, my ADAT 1 output is hosting an 8 input ADAT interface (I'm thinking that this 8 input interface is considered ADAT 1-8, but I may be very wrong on that. I have my ADI-2 FS's ADAT Out jack interconnected with my FF802's ADAT In, and thusly the ADI-2 FS's ADAT In slot is interconnected to the FF802's ADAT Out, yet I get no signal out of my nearfield monitors, which are plugged into the ADI-2 FS's analog outputs.

On a more elementary level, with a set-up like this, which would be my main clock to sync to....Internal, ADAT 1, ADAT 2?

Any other suggestions?

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Re: ADI-2 FS together with Fireface 802 via ADAT...as extra headphone amp

Always use the main interface as clock master. That makes changing the sample rate via the computer much easier.

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