Toslink cable from Audient to ADI-2.

Manny thanks for the help guys
Unfortunatly it didnt arrive yet. Hope it next week

Manny thanks for your answer !

Well , mainly because i thought that it would give me much better listening from my setup.
Also im planning to do some mastering in the future

How are you feeding Ableton? I assume you're NOT using the USB on the Audient, but USB on the ADI2?  This would be setup (on a Mac) in Audio/MIDI setup. You'd pass the SPDIF from the Audient through ADI2 using USB as your record option. Have you setup the ADI2 as multi-channel or simply stereo?

Just finish rebuild other studio and now starting to connect everything.

Took a look at your blog and still have many questions eheh

Ok Ramses , so based on your answer i must connect the RME to the Audient by toshlink.
One thing i dont undertand is RME clock is supposed to be better , so why not connect the Audient in slave mode ?
Other thing i dont understand and someone here mencioned , should i have usb from both interfaces connected to my computer ?
I have hardware synths i usually print in Ableton live, witch interface ins should i use to rec ?

Thanks for your patience

Ahh, just in time . Manny thanks for the help
Ok i get it now

What about usb , can i have both connected to my computer ?

Wow , amazing Ramses manny thanks for your time !

Perfectly explained !!

Will get an Rme in the future to meet my hardware as it’s very convenient with Total mix and all the routings .

Manny thanks again for your time !

You're welcome, thanks for the flowers, very kind from you.

The ADI-2 gets audio from the Audient via optical input?

Is the TOSLINK cable ok? Perform a loop test at the audient by connecting ADAT IN and OUT.
Check whether ADAT OUT to ADAT IN locks and synchronizes. Not sure how to check this on an audient.

Does the Audient route audio to its ADAT output?

If you look at the ADI-2 Pro .. what does the "state overview" in the display tell?
I think in this setup the audient is clock master and the ADI-2 slave, right?
Is the input SP op in the state "sync" and Clock Source SPDIF?

Cross-check with the settings in my blog article here, maybe this helps already:
https://www.tonstudio-forum.de/blog/Ent … our-Setup/

Is CC-Mode set to Multichannel?

If you look at ADI-2 remote, how is the setting for the TAB "Line Out"?
If source is set to Auto, did it default to SPDIF?

Here my settings from ADI-2 Remote

Here the State Overview (ADI-2 Pro FS R BE as clock slave, clock from UFX III via optical)

Assumed clock settings (master, slave) are ok...

Did you check ADAT cables already with the mentioned loopback test by connecting ADAT OUT with ADAT IN on either Audient or ADI-2?

If there is no cable problem, then it is most likely that you don't route audio to the ADAT outputs of the Audient.
You can check this for example by watching the Global Level Meters of your ADI-2 Pro.
If there is no input signal ... nothing can be played in ADDA mode.
The routing in ADDA mode you can see in the block diagram of this mode, take a look, easy to understand.
Then you know whats going on in this routing mode.

The ADI-2 Pro supports SPDIF and even ADAT (takes the first two channels), thus wrong format over TOSLINK can be excluded.

If you are uncertain whether you changed already too much on the ADI-2 Pro, then I would do the following as default action
1. check / update firmware
2. check / update driver (although you run in adda mode, not USB, USB is only for firmware updates and remote control)=
3. perform a full reset of the ADI-2 Pro
4. save these default settings to user setup 9
5. configure ADDA mode, save this as user setup 1 "ADDA"
6. customize ADDA mode (clock slave, etc), save this as user setup 2 and stay in this setting to customize further

Now you can restore the default settings at any time from user profile 9.
Alternatively from user profile 1 as this is default plus ADDA mode instead of AUTO mode.

If the Audient is too tricky, then take into consideration that RME has a better product offering.
You can check for CRC errors pver USB in the driver settings. In the driver settings you also see directly any issues in terms of digital input status (lock and sync), also good for loopback tests.
TotalMix FX shows you in the top rows input signals from the devices inputs.
In the middle row all audio coming from the PC over USB.
Routing is very easy by selecting one HW output in the bottom line and then pulling the fader up of either top or middle row.
This way you can create an individual submix for each of the outputs as needed.
This is a very logic operation and works reliably and also troubleshooting is much easier.
Because you see the input signals in the top and middle row and know upfront if they are there, no issues.
And then you have the great flexibility for routing for every HW output in the bottom row of TM FX.

Recommended for example either BBF Pro or even better UCX II.
Most flexible products UFX II and UFX III (with MADI if you need this).