Topic: Bizarre Hybrid Routing Issue - 500ADAT, Silver Bullet, BabyFace Pro
Hey all, hope you're well.
I recieved a pair of RND 542s today and have been having some issues integrating them into my workflow the way I would like.
In fact I'm coming across a pretty strange issue that I'm hoping you can advise on.
The RME Babyface Pro is my interface, and I have it expanded via ADAT with a Cranborne 500ADAT.
I've been using my Louder Than Liftoff Silver Bullet for processing in Cubase, and so far it's going great.
The set up was ADAT 1/2 outputing via XLR from the 500ADAT to The Silver Bullet.
Then returning on ADAT 3/4 also by XLR.
In this instance the 1/2 are set to ADAT on the Cranborne and 3/4 are set to Analog.
If I was doing mono processing, I also used the insert point on The Silver Bullet to add my 76a. All of this has worked wonderfully.
Today I installed the RND 542s into slots 5/6 on the 500ADAT and set the front panel to analog. Ensuring the module bypass was off.
From there I used the insert points on The Silver Bullet to add the 542s into the signal path. I used the same type of cables I use to insert the compressor. Y split cables.
The signal moves as expected, however there is a second version of the audio, a quiet delayed copy.
This only happens when inserting the 500ADAT into The Silver Bullet.
Meters looks good, and the material reacts as expected to any processing moves.
I assumed at first it was a routing mistake within Totalmix, however I have searched high and low.
When reducing the volume of my monitors in totalmix / or via the interface itself. The audio copy can still be heard...
I even went through and muted every channel individually within totalmix, except for the ADAT 1/2 send.
The delayed copy was still present, even when muting the monitor out.
All of my monitoring is done via the Babyface, I am not using any of the aux or monitoring features of the 500ADAT.
I have tested the Babyface Pro in DAW mode as well,
The same issue prevails.
I can of course simply route The Silver Bullet returns to 5/6 and have the 542 processing take place at the end of the chain.
I've tried this and it worked nicely. However I would like to address the issue for when I add a Filterbank, which would be before the compressor on The Silver Bullet insert.
How is it possible for signal to continue to pass through the monitors when the output is muted in totalmix?
Any advice greatly appreciated guys!