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Topic: Connecting separate USB mixer

I recently purchased a Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK. It connects to my PC via USB, has its own drivers, and supplies 12 channels to Cubase.
I have been using the RME RayDAT for my interface, using 3 Focusrite interfaces: 18i20, Pro40, and Clarett Octopre. This gives me 24 channels of input over ADAT cables.

Is there any way to add the Soundcraft and thus have more input channels?

Thanks.

Gabriel Heiser

2 Reply by ramses (edited by ramses 2019-03-06 21:39:37)

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Re: Connecting separate USB mixer

The Soundcraft does not seem to have ADAT i/o.
A DAW can only work with one ASIO driver .. so no.

ASIO4ALL could help, but I personally do not regard this as a valid setup:
1. the soundcraft is then not clock synched to the other interfaces
2. because of the nature of ASIO4ALL, better take a real ASIO driver of a recording interface

But you could at least try whether it's good enough for your purpose even if the soundcraft is not clock synched.

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

3 Reply by gabehizer (edited by gabehizer 2019-03-06 23:52:11)

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Re: Connecting separate USB mixer

Thanks!

By the way, I found this article extremely helpful for anyone trying to accomplish something like I was:

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques … s-together

It includes a nice discussion of the possibilities as well as how to deal with the clocking issues.

Gabriel