Extend soundcard for ext. hardware?

weiss said:

So now i tried to use the motu as my main sound card and connected it to the fireface (standalone mode) via adat to insert the hardware. but now i can't see any adat ins and outs in my audio software. it is only showing the analog ins and outs and spdif. In the motu i can't make any adat settings, they don't show up when connected to the computer. i think i am too  stupid

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Andy Peters said:

weiss said:

So now i tried to use the motu as my main sound card and connected it to the fireface (standalone mode) via adat to insert the hardware. but now i can't see any adat ins and outs in my audio software. it is only showing the analog ins and outs and spdif. In the motu i can't make any adat settings, they don't show up when connected to the computer. i think i am too  stupid

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WAIT A MINUTE!

I forgot that the optical inputs and outputs can be configured to be S/PDIF (two-channel) or ADAT (eight-channel). I bet yours are configured as S/PDIF, in which case you won't (or might not) see the ADAT channels in any I/O list presented by your DAW.

-a

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