Hi John,
Focusrite allow daisy-chaining of 2 such units (they call it "dual mode", so
that's a clue). Having said that, here's a link that describes using 3, with
the 3rd connected to the ADAT of the second. I can't see why you couldn't
get up to 4 units with 2 in dual mode, each with an ADAT slave, where the
ADAT slaves could be Pro 40 units, or any other AD converter.
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-computers/633452-daisy-chaining-saffir
e-pro-40-a.html
The drivers see the 2 daisy-chained units as a single interface with more
channels, getting around the issue of ASIO drivers only allowing one active
interface at a time under Windows.
Hope that helps.
Tim
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Subject: [ddots-l] A question about the Saffire Pro40 interface
Hi,
I took the suggestion of a couple of you that the Saffire Pro40 would work
great with Windows 7 and even be visible in the "panel" for assignment. I
got it a couple days ago, and I want to daisy chain it as also suggested.
I have a 3 questions.
Do I need to "home run" the Firewire cables to the Firewire card in the
computer (as is required with the Presonus equipment) or do they actually
get daisy chained through their dual jacks?
Second question, does anyone know how many Pro40 devices can be daisy
chained? Can I do 3 or 4 of them without problem? All the Presonus gear
I'm used to has a limit at 32 channels, and PreSonus says this is because
there is a hard limit in Firewire itself that precludes any more. I don't
know much about the Firewire protocol. However, if PreSonus says it I
usually believe it, they are a superb company when it comes to design. so if
it was because of the way their devices and software was arranged, and not
really the Firewire, I think they would have revamped their approach..
However they have never released any mixer over 32 channel, even when
strongly pressured to do so by users.
I don't immediately need more than 24 channels, so I hope I can daisy chain
at least 3 of the Pro40s. I will use my old 16 channel Presonus mixer as a
free standing two channel audio input to the workstation system. This will
work great for
But the third question is: If I plug this Presonus into the same computer
that the Saffire's are running on, wil all be okay? I've always been able
to see the Presonus mixer "somewhat" in the Sonar config. but will it
conflict with the Focusrite stuff? Yes, I can just test it myself, but
maybe someone here already knows if these two different mfgrs will play
together nicely?
Thanks in advance.
John
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