Topic: Help connecting Fireface UFX with Octamic XTC and Totalmix
Hello,
I've recently bought an RME UFX and an Octamic XTC. The UFX is brilliant, but I am having a bit of trouble getting the two units to work correctly. Can anybody help with an idiot's guide to setting it all up please?
My understanding is that the two units need to be connected by ADAT and MIDI for them to properly communicate with one another and to allow me to use TotalMix for both. At the moment I have the following set up:
1. ADAT OUT 1 on XTC - cable connecting to ADAT IN 1 on UFX
2. MIDI OUT on XTC - cable connecting to MIDI IN on UFX
3. MIDI IN on XTC - cable connecting to MIDI OUT on UFX
UFX - Green light on the ADAT1, and two flashing orange lights on MIDI IN 1 and OUT 1
XTC - One flashing orange light on CTRL1
If I plug a mic in then I get signal into the UFX, but I can't make any adjustments to gain, phantom power etc in Total Mix.
I have also tried using another ADAT cable to go from the UFX to the XTC, but all that did was create lots of digital clicks and pops on the XTC.
Here's a brief outline of what I am hoping to be able to do:
1. Use TotalMix to operate the XTC, including gain, phantom power, FX and monitoring
2. Use the two phones inputs on the front of the XTC as extra headphone slots, but at the moment all I can hear is signal from the XTC, not from the UFX.
Can anyone help please?! I don't know if I've just set it up incorrectly or if I need to use other cables, but I'd very much like to get this up and running ASAP.
Not sure it's relevant, but just in case - I am connecting to a PC via USB, running Windows 7 and Cubase 6.5. It's a quad core with 4 gb of ram.
Thank you for your time,