Hey everyone,
Just a quick question: I'm installing a new Madiface XT II into my rack, and I am also planning to use an ADI 2 Pro FS R Black which I was previously using as master converters, plugged directly into my monitors. When I was using Windows, the ARC worked great to control the AES output to the ADI 2 and effectively work as a volume control for the monitors.

I have since moved to Linux. Quite a while back, when I tried the ARC in CC mode (on my UFX+, with an older firmware version I believe), I was only able to control the volume of outputs AN 1/2, and could not seem to find a way to have the ARC primarily control the AES output instead of AN 1/2.

At the time, only the rotary encoder worked as volume control, and no other functions worked, but from what I gather, with the Madiface XT II, as well as in new firmware versions, the ARC support in CC mode has been expanded, correct?

I am now at the point where I have to choose whether to wire up my patchbay so that my Madiface XT II outputs into my monitors, or my ADI 2 outputs. My main question is, in CC mode, with the ARC plugged into the interface directly, am I able to set it so that the rotary dial adjusts AES output instead of AN 1/2? I imagine either one should work okay, since both ADI2 and Madiface XTII DA converters seem quite good quality.

In addition to that, according to the manual, it looks like buttons 1-6 also can recall saved mix snapshots in CC mode, which is a huge blessing. Thanks to the RME developers for implementing this. In addition to this, are there some other ARC features which were also added to CC mode which I should be aware of? (Does the talkback functionality work?)

Thanks for the information!