Is there any market for a used pro 26? I’m about to upgrade my interface, and I
don’t want to just throw it out.
Sent from Chris's iPhone.
On Mar 14, 2020, at 09:42, DJ X <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Guys, you can in fact use 2 pro40’s with 2 adat channels, you have to do it
this way if you actually want to get the 40 channels in and out. They usually
recommend the OctoPre or OctoPreX for this purposes, all though, I can tell
you that setting up 2 extra pro40s in standalone mode could accomplish the
same thing. So yes, in order to get the 40 channels as XLR/1/4 jacks, you
will need to have 4 units total: 2 pro40s in dual mode, and 2 pro40s in
standalone, or 2 pro40s in dual mode and 2 OctoPre or other pre-amps running
as ADAT.
Note also that if using ADAT sample rate will be capped at 48K in order to
have all 8 channels per connection. This is 1 improvement on the Scarlett and
Clarett, they have 2 ADAT I/O for higher sample rates using ADAT…
HTH, DJX
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
Of john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2020 9:36 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: A question about the Saffire Pro40 interface
Tim,
Thanks so much for the answer and the link. I will check out his site and the
specific answer right away.
Much appreciated.
I know I already like the site name… 😊
/je
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
Of Tim Burgess
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2020 6:04 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: A question about the Saffire Pro40 interface
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-saffire-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
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
Of john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 14 March 2020 04:40
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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