Good to hear this. I’m also waiting for a reordering of channels in macos driver.

Is there an ETA with being able to deactivate channels? I guess I realize that at the core it’s an Avid problem, and I’ll happily submit a ticket with them, but it seems other manufacturers have figured out how to accomplish this within their software in the past. I ended up just looping the MADI 1-8 back to ADAT 9-16 but it was after wasting most of my evening trying to figure a workaround that allowed me to use my Analog inputs for my outboard gear. 

However. This solution doesn’t work at 96k where the outputs still show as available in PT but they are in fact inoperable.

Jeff

That's cool, thank you for responding. I had a nice chat with Jeff in support (who has been so awesome while I transitioned to RME btw) and he explained the complexities of making that kind of change to the driver.

Really, it's an Avid problem. Even at 96k when the inputs disappear from total mix they still appear in pro tools. It's really poor programming on their part (as usual.) As the user, if I am limited to 32 inputs I should be able to choose what 32 I want and not just arbitrarily the first 32 and it shouldn't be left to the hardware manufacturer to spend R&D on something that fundamentally changes their drivers that should easily be handled on the other end. I opened a support ticket with them expressing my displeasure, but I've been flirting with Studio One since they double the cost for a perpetual license for a while now anyway.

I suppose I could always record in Reaper when I need that many channels and import into PT at that point.

Thanks again for your reply. Loving my new RME products and your teams prompt attention and support.

jeff

Was wondering about the same question that bienpegaito posted. I also would love to have the preset option. Is this something that might be on the table for 2020.

Thanks

Jerry

Bump! I've been hoping for this for years and I'm about to have a gig where the lack of ability to reorder is going to give me a lot of pain. It would make a big difference for me as a customer. Thanks!

Time for my annual bump pleading for this feature.   Any progress?

The workaround works pretty well.

I summarised here.

https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=31211

Avid is not likely to change this at their end, so please, RME, help us out here.

I bought a madi interface for my UFX + and now I can't use it with pro tools. Is RME still working on a solution?? (good luck getting pro tools to help!)
I really hope RME can do something otherwise I have bought a very expensive useless piece of gear and also only have 12 channels of IO!

Annual bump.

Hello RME, I would also very much appreciate a solution!

@ RME any update on this? It basically renders my MADI IO useless which means I may have to move to something like rednet which I really don’t want to do

Maybe 10y later you get 96

I want to officially thank RME here for not releasing this fix, because it finally created enough pain and hassle to make us switch completely to Reaper after working with PT HD / Ultimate for nearly 15 years in one of germanies bigger recording studios. 
First it felt like learning to walk again, but now after one year i have realised how much more flexible and modern Reaper is, and the stability is amazing too. My workflow has speeded up at least 30%, thus saving a lot of my precious time. I would never had expected that from a 69 € software. Kudos Cockos, and goodbye Pro Fools, forever ! ( well, we still have a lot of international clients who want us to run the session on PT, but it feels so weird each time we have to to go back so we convince as many as possible to dare a change too ;-)

Quote: “I would never had expected that from a 69 € software. Kudos Cockos, and goodbye Pro Fools, forever !”

Bravo!

Congratulations on having the courage to take this astutely rational, intelligent step.

I trust it will assist in actively educating and mobilising, those who previously sheep like followed whatever monopolistic entity, appeared to dominate.

Like RME, the Reaper developers provide many excellent instructional video tutorials with compressively detailed written manuals, user forums and easily contacted, direct support.

Program updates occur seemingly to a schedule, regularly but not inconveniently so, and are easily and quickly installed without hassle. Best of all, the cost for what you get represents genuine value.

The professional recording world has long suffered repeatedly from various, monopolistically dominate companies which have come and gone, that would have us believe they are absolutely essential to livelihoods.

Whilst at times, providing appallingly lamentable, limited product support and even worse, suddenly withdrawing it prematurely, forcing commercial studios to costly upgrades or to purchase entirely new platforms altogether.

For many smaller studios the cost of such equipment often takes considerable time to acquire completely. The palpable frustration of those who find a manufacturer’s support dramatically withdrawn, just as they finally acquire the whole system, is a repeated complaint I have been appalled and disturbed to observe over the years.

The remaining noteworthy aspect regarding Reaper is the immense flexibility it affords engineers who prefer to work using variously differing methodologies. That there are often several different ways one can accomplish any given task, depending on how one likes to do things. Whilst for myself, who essentially comes from a musical background, this can seem a complexity, to engineers it brings natural fluidity to ones preferred workflows. Saving time!

The RR’s have it!

RME and Reaper appear to be a winning combination.

As the charming headmistress of a famous school explained with a twinkle in her eye.

"Rreading Rriting and Rrithmatic are all essential. As in life it’s a wonderful help, to have your RRR’s to fall back on!"