While going through the devices and connections ...
If you could change the layout of your setup this way, you would not have the SPDIF problems (bridged) that Oli mentioned.
I may be wrong, but it looks to me like you lost track of the whole setup, because there was no overview and if you know the connection between the devices better, then you can make better suggestions, which may already be the better solution.
So please check, whether this could become your target setup with a few optimizations from my side as outlined below in the text.
- 1x AES IN||OUT Maybe for DAW to be used as external FX
Clock Slave through AES IN (CM: RayDAT)
- 8x Anal. IN/OUT Don't know what the purpose of 8 Anal. Ports might be
Eventide H9000
|| || |||||||| (1x AES I/O, 8x Analog I/O)
PC+--USB3/2-----[only for operation]-------------------RME Fireface 802
PC+--PCIe--RayDAT---ADAT1 OUT---[ADAT, 8ch]--->ADAT1 IN----/
(clock- ADAT1 IN<---[ADAT, 8ch]---ADAT1 OUT---/
master) ADAT2 OUT---[ADAT, 8ch]-->ADAT2 IN----/
ADAT2 IN<---[ADAT, 8ch]---ADAT2 OUT--/
ADAT3 OUT----[ADAT, 8ch]--->ADAT IN-----------ADA 8200 (Preamp and AD/DA converter)
ADAT3 IN------[ADAT, 8ch]---ADAT OUT-----------/ | | | | | | | | 2x2 Analog IN/OUT
ADAT4 OUT----[SPDIF, 2ch]---optic. SPDIF-------TC M5000 [DSP1#1] [ADA2#1] | | | |
ADAT4 IN -----[SPDIF, 2ch]---optic. SPDIF--------TC M5000 [DSP1#1] [ADA2#1] | | | |
AES OUT-------[AES, profess?, 2ch]---->AES IN---TC M5000 [DSP1#2] [ADA2#2]
AES IN<-------[AES, profess?, 2ch]----AES OUT---TC M5000 [DSP1#2] [ADA2#2]
802 only connected to USB to be operational (TM FX)
RayDAT is clock master, clock slaves get the clock signal through their digital inputs
- H9000 from 802 AES IN (who is slaved to RayDAT)
- 802 from RayDAT through ADAT1 IN
- ADA8200 from RayDAT through ADAT3 IN
- M5000 DSP#1 and DSP#2 from AES IN and optical SPDIF (ADAT4) IN
I would try to connect as much as possible to the 802 to utilize more of RME's excellent analog I/O (high quality, transparent)
Therefore use two of the ADAT ports between RayDAT and 802 to have in total 16 channels for connections.
On the RayDAT I decided to use a combination of AES and optical SPDIF port (ADAT4) so that you do not get the limitaiton mentioned by oli77sch that coax spdif and optical spdif ports become bridged.
I am not sure what the purpose is to use analog and digital ports of the H9000, I simply assume its the way it works.
In the DAW I would define at least three external FX
- H9000 via 802
- M5000 module #1 and #2
The DAW will send a "ping" through the device and find the latency for correct compensation. Keep in mind to disable any delay effect as this will lead to an incorrect measure, perform measuring with activated "bypass" (100% dry). The delay introduced by two digital channels (ADAT, AES) will be minimal and can be ignored (only a few samples).
The ADA8200 you can use as Preamp and AD/DA converter.
I decided to connect the analog ports of the TC M5000 to the Behringer, this leaved you 4 ports to be used as Mic Pre.
EDIT: AES connection between RayDAT and TC M5000 DSP1 module #2 assumed to have professional format (to be validated).
You/we can use this ASCII drawing now to get a better understanding how the devices will be connected.
Who is clock master, who is clock slave.
Whether the AES ports are running in professional or consumer protocol (SPDIF).
Whether the ADAT ports are running in ADAT protocol (8ch) or whether optical SPDIF is in use (only ADAT4 of RayDAT).
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