[ Added some info, pls reread ]
If the Cedar PC is a PC with a RME HDSPe AIO Pro PCIe card built-in, then you can integrate the ADI-2 Pro FS into this setup like I have shown here in my blog: https://www.tonstudio-forum.de/blog/ind … our-Setup/
Then you have a RME recording interface with TM FX routing capabilities (HDSPe AIO Pro) and can connect the ADI-2 Pro FS in stand-alone mode through AES (then you have ADAT free for other purposes e.g. to get audio from there).
You can additionally connect the ADI-2 Pro FS through USB and install the MADIface driver for operational reasons to be able to perform firmware upgrades at any time.
Complete audio flow: you can get audio from another audio source through ADAT IN of the AIO Pro, process the audio on the Cedar and then send it through AES (AIO pro) to the ADI-2 Pro and further e.g. via AES to Genelec.
The only question is where you want to perform the D/A conversion. Either on the ADI-2 Pro FS or on the Genelecs.
I assume you want to use GLM and that you can use GLM no matter whether audio comes from Genelecs analog inputs or AES.
It might be better / cleaner to connect the Genelecs to the AES output of the ADI-2 Pro, so that you can save an additional AD/DA conversion at the Genelec.
Here an overview how it is possible to place the ADI-2 Pro from this blog article (https://www.tonstudio-forum.de/blog/ind … ses-EN-DE/)
As audio source a recording interface HDSPe AIO (left side of the drawing) and then
- either connection type 4 where you perform D/A conversion on the ADI-2 Pro
- or connection type 6 where you perform D/A conversion at the Genelec which is connected to ADI-2 Pro by AES which saves one AD/DA conversion.
EDIT: if another PC is your source for audio then you can make that PC to the clock master and configure the Cedar PC with the AIO pro to get the clock (and audio) from e.g. optical SPDIF. The ADI-2 Pro can learn clock from AEs and also the Genelec if you connect it digitally through AES to the ADI-2 Pro.
Other / Main PC or other audio Source (clock master)
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| ADAT/optical SPDIF or AES
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ADAT or AES IN
*** AIO Pro (Cedar) + Audio Processing ***
ADAT or AES OUT
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*** ADI-2 Pro FS R BE ***
+-- Option A) D/A conversion - ANALOG OUT (XLR) --------------> Analog IN - Genelec (AD/DA conversion + GLM)
+---Option B) AES OUT ------------------------------------------------> AES IN - Genelec (GLM and D/A conversion)
BR Ramses - UFX III, 12Mic, XTC, ADI-2 Pro FS R BE, RayDAT, X10SRi-F, E5-1680v4, Win10Pro22H2, Cub13