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Poopants · 5th December 2006

Right now I have a Mytek 8X192 that I connect to my interface via ADAT lightpipe. I was wondering if I could buy a MOTU 828 MKII and use it as another 8-in and 8-out through ADAT. Can you do this without using the 828 as the primary interface (which I can't do because I'm using PT)?

In other words, will the 828 pass signal through to the ADAT ports even when it's not connected to a DAW through firewire?

What I'm really looking for is another set of ADC/DAC so I can mix through a summing box (hopefully the Shadow Hills Equinox if I can scrape...well...wildly scavenge the money together...). I would get an 828 and then send it over to Black Lion to mod it out.

5th December 2006	#1
Poopants Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 577 Thread Starter	Question about MOTU 828 MKII and ADAT ports Right now I have a Mytek 8X192 that I connect to my interface via ADAT lightpipe. I was wondering if I could buy a MOTU 828 MKII and use it as another 8-in and 8-out through ADAT. Can you do this without using the 828 as the primary interface (which I can't do because I'm using PT)? In other words, will the 828 pass signal through to the ADAT ports even when it's not connected to a DAW through firewire? What I'm really looking for is another set of ADC/DAC so I can mix through a summing box (hopefully the Shadow Hills Equinox if I can scrape...well...wildly scavenge the money together...). I would get an 828 and then send it over to Black Lion to mod it out.