Topic: Enabling Phantom Power

I have a ufx+ and Octamic xtc that are connected via madi. The mic inputs show up in the ufx TotalFX as mono ma31-38, However the channels do not have the 48v button or other mic controls to turn on with the software.

Should I be able to control the xtc via TFX?

2 (edited by ramses 2017-07-03 15:44:33)

Re: Enabling Phantom Power

You need to configure the XTC as AUX device in the TM FX instance of your UFX+, then you can control:
- Stereo / Mono
- Phantom Power
- Gain
- AutoSet
- 1..4: PAD
- 5..8: Instr
- Width
- FX Send
- MS/Proc
- Phase Invert (180°) L / R

OctaMic XTC: enable remote control for "MIDI over MADI" in the menue MIDI Sources“:
- Control (Inp.) = MADI In
- USB MIDI 1 = OFF
- USB MIDI 2 = OFF
- MIDI DIN out = OFF
- MIDI ov. MADI = Control

TM FX settings: Options -> Settings -> Aux. Devices:
For the 1.st XTC:
Device Settings:
- Digital Channels: MADI 1 – 8
- Device: OctaMic XTC
MIDI Settings:
- MIDI In: UFX Midi Port 3 (MADI optical !)
- MIDI Out: UFX Midi Port 3 (MADI optical !)
- Device ID: 0

For i.e. 2nd XTC:
Device Settings:
- Digital Channels: MADI 9 – 15
- Device: OctaMic XTC
MIDI Settings:
- MIDI In: UFX Midi Port 3 (MADI optical !)
- MIDI Out: UFX Midi Port 3 (MADI optical !)
- Device ID: 1

Do not enable any other remote control function in TM FX, this is what you need, not more.

See here my setup / settings. Although the article is written in german you should be able to read the configuration part easily: http://www.tonstudio-forum.de/blog/inde … Cber-MADI/

Only for your information, RME also offers a MIDI remote control software where you can fully control the XTC.
But its not possible to run both .. XTC as AUX device under the control of TM FX AND the remote control software.

The big advantage to use TM FX / AUX device is that you can store the XTC settings fully digital together with your other settings in snapshots and workspaces. For this reason I also decided to go "AUX device" and not to use the separate application.

BR Ramses - UFX III, 12Mic, XTC, ADI-2 Pro FS R BE, RayDAT, X10SRi-F, E5-1680v4, Win10Pro22H2, Cub14

Re: Enabling Phantom Power

Awesome. Thank you. This may be worthy of being pinned.

Re: Enabling Phantom Power

Thanks for your kind feedback, nice day to you and have fun with your gear wink

BR Ramses - UFX III, 12Mic, XTC, ADI-2 Pro FS R BE, RayDAT, X10SRi-F, E5-1680v4, Win10Pro22H2, Cub14