Maybe a silly question but have you got both in and out fibres connected to each of the interfaces?

Not silly - happened to me also .. but this time yes I do ...

Why do you want to use DAW mode before familiarized with normal mode ?
I would change that to full-mode (normal-mode)
Then click on the output channel Adat 25/26 the channel becomes highlighted.
Then look in the top row channels called hardware input channels, see the signal of your synth and raise that fader, the signal is routed now to the output channel you have highlighted before.
Same for the middle row channels, the software playback channels, for listening sound from a DAW or player raise the fader to send that sound to a preselected output.
Without routing signals to outputs nothing comes out.

In TMfx matrix view, top vertical row is hardware inputs. Below is software playback. The bottom horizontal row is hardware outputs.

At the intersect off selected input and selected output on the grid in TMfx matrix view, doubleclick. You will see they higlight in green and shows 0.0. Doubleclick on selected output at horizontal row. It highlits in green showing 0.0. Voila, a route is established.

Go into driver page of Digiface USB. Check that output format is set to ADAT. Options--> output: Totalmix. Input status should all be showing: Sync(steady, not altering between sync/lock).

You have to dive in to the manual of ADA8200 to set up the clock correctly.

Guys, it's not a TotalMix problem, you are confusing the issue. The DAW does not send any audio to the RME driver. DAW mode is super simple, there is nothing to "go wrong" here. The error must be in the audio application settings.

Sorry gents, I deleted my posting. Some comments in this thread led me already into the wrong direction to treat this as TM FX routing problem.

In DAW mode you have no TM FX routing as you write with the application directly to HW outputs.
If this doesn't happen then something is wrong on application or between application and hw.

Two observations I regard as important:

1. The installed driver on the computer has at least found the recording interface otherwise TM FX would not start up.

2. At least input from synths show up in TM FX, but also in the application/daw ????

Has the proper ASIO driver been selected in the DAW???

Have all I/O channels from ASIO driver been selected so that they are accessible in this DAW project??? Especially in DAW mode it's important to have access to all channels as you do not perform routing in TM fx from one sw playback channel to outputs as needed.

Remember that DAWs like Cubase have a channel selection / mapping to internal DAW busses "per project".
In Reaper you have to configure a range from/to Channel if I remember correctly.

A screenshot from those ASIO settings might be helpful!!!

Also useful might be a validation whether clock synchronisation is properly setup.
Assumed is the RME device to act as clock master. So in the RME driver settings: clock source = "internal". Then a TOSLINK cable is also needed from RME device to each of the connected four devices to send the clock signal to each device. Each of the connected devices need to be configured as clock slave to read clock from optical (ADAT).

Yes correct.

Yes, I use Cubase 7.5 and I see also activity on the inputs (again no output there ...)

Yes, but I dont need to run Cubase to have the audio working in TM Fx, right?

Well that I am not sure. Where should I do that?

Do you mean this MADIface Series Setting?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q_QwFu … sp=sharing

Ok, would an incorrect clock cause no output at all?

Also about the clock connection - do I really need a separate toslink cable or do I just select "Internal" on Digiface and "ADAT.." on the interfaces?

Thanks again!!

> Yes, but I dont need to run Cubase to have the audio working in TM Fx, right?

You need to configure a WDM device for Windows OS and non-ASIO aware applications and make this to your default sound device in windows sound settings.

Maybe these step by step setup instructions from my blog help you: https://www.tonstudio-forum.de/blog/ind … rnal-equi/

Why useless .. you see an input signal.
As you have no TM FX routing, you simply write to the outputs.
But Windows (which does the routing now) needs a default sound device.
And I think he forgot to create the WDM device for the output, where his monitors are connected to.
And this has to be the Windows default sound device and needs to be configured in the Windows sound settings.

Anyway I agree, that normal mode is much more flexible and you can mimicri DAW mode by using the TM FX reset mixer option "straight playback" and then refine the routing as needed.

DAW mode has maybe its advantages if you work with a PC exclusively with a DAW and if you really want to route in a DAW (which is not so flexible).

Ok, here is what it looks like in Normal mode ...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10h3F_g … sp=sharing

thank you!

Ok, I have changed the "Default playback device" in Windows setting from Phones to ADAT25+26 (that are the main outs  from Steinberg UR824, that is connected to DigiFace by ADAT).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ju0PwX … sp=sharing

Nothing changed - still no audio activity on outs :,-(

Ok, here is what my Mixer view looked like:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cMMMkX … sp=sharing

and after I did the routing as you suggested (hopefully):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LmCNeF … sp=sharing

But nothing changed ... :-(

I hope this is what you mean by "driver page of DigiFace USB" and it looks like this:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/145ZHbk … sp=sharing

Actually ADA8200 is really "idiotenfest", so there is a switch on the back for "Internal/ADAT1 or 2" clock setting. Hopefully I did not mess-up anything here at least ...

MC told clearly in post #19 that DAW mode won't work for that and it failed for me as well, when I tried (tbh never used the limited DAW mode). You would always need a DAW project open and route sound always in the DAW/app with loaded ASIO driver). So please forget about. As you can see normal mode works nicely and routing in TM FX is not rocket science you only need to know once how to do it, thats all.

The instructions for routing in Submix Mode I gave you already and it worked, well done, congrats !

I performed a drawing to make your setup more clear, as it appeared to me that you have maybe understanding problems in terms of clock setup etc ...

Tip: If the image is too tiny, then right click to it and open it in a new browser tab ..

My final advice again, see post #23 above: read my blog article how to get a good 1st time setup and then to watch RME TM FX tutorial videos. If you have that as a basement then maybe reading the very good manual is easier to you.

If you want a DAW mode alike routing in TM FX normal mode as a 1st start, then you only need to use one of the reset mix options: TM FX -> Options -> Reset Mix -> Straight playback. And then refine routing.
Then all SW playbacks (from PC) would be routed to their corresponding HW output, e.g.
SW Playback ADAT 1/2 to HW Output ADAT 1/2
SW Playback ADAT 3/4 to HW Output ADAT 3/4
and so on.

BUT .. I think easier for your setup/use would be
TM FX -> Options -> Reset Mix -> Straight playback with all to Main out-
Then all SW playbacks would be routed to your ADAT 25/26 OUT.
Take care ... before that use ASSIGN button to assign ADAT 25/26OUT to "Main Out", which also brings this channel in the TM FX control room, so that you can use control room features.

Don't forget to save your routing in one of the snapshots 1..8.
Also nice to save your workspace to a 1 of 30 workspace quick select slot, then you recall your setup to the last saved one by pressing ALT-1 (in case you experimented and want to come back quick. You can recall 9 workspaces with ALT-1 .. ALT-9.
Finally save your setup to a file on PC where it is part of your normal system backup.
TM FX -> File -> Save Workspace As...