FF800 w/ adat connection help!

tasker · 6th May 2007

hi,
i'm having trouble hooking up an external ad/da converter with my fireface 800. in PTLE i just hooked the adat out of the external converter into the adat in on the 002r. then the adat in to the adat out. with the ff800, i do that and i can't get any signal. it's a bit more complicated... i'm using cubase 4 now and must have something set wrong in the vst connections tab. could anyone please let me know what i'm doing wrong.

i'm tryin to run the 8 ins the ff800 gives me, + the 2 pre ins on the front, so a total of 10 channels of the unit itself. then i'm using a tango 24 for 2 more inputs (though it does 8) through adat. i can get the first 10 channels up fine (all the rme stuff), but nothing through the adat connection. i have the tango coming in as channels 11 and 12 which is obviously wrong.

i made the switch over fairly recently from an 002r and love it, it's just little things like this that are frustrating me. it must be simple, just can't find the info on it in the manual. i'm using mac 10.4.8.

thanks in advance!

liuto · 6th May 2007

Hi, maybe you disabled the ADAT channels in the FF800's "settings" dialogue (that's where you also switch in phantom power). There are several options to limit the bandwidth of the firewire buss (analog only, analog + SPDIF, analog +ADAT etc.).

Regards
Hermann

shanabit · 6th May 2007

This info is for the CUBASE end of things

You need to CREATE an input bus for EACH input you have coming in from the RME and the Tango. Then on that same screen to the right you select the input that is coming into that buss. Protools already has the busses setup for you, with Cubase , you have to tell it what inputs are going to what input buss. It bascially has a software INPUT and OUTPUT patchbay to it. I was LOST trying to get stuff to work in Cubase until I figured this out. Page 13 in the operations manual will help you

If you get lost PM me

1. Hit F4, this takes you to the VST Connections Screen
2. Click on the INPUTS TAB
3. Click add buss
4. Under BUSS NAME, click the + sign and the Device Prot column will now show you which physical connection is connected to the Buss
5. Click int the Device Port column and change the input to match the physical connection you have connected to it. All your physical ports from the RME should show up there. Hope this helps.

*You would do the same for output busses as well if you needed more than a stereo pair

chrysb93065 · 8th May 2007

This is for the FF800 - Channels 11/12 are the SPDIF RCA inputs. ADAT starts with channels 13/14, and be sure you have adat 1 activated in the FF setup screen, there are options there to limit bandwidth by disabling one or both adat inputs.

6th May 2007	#1
tasker Gear Head Joined: Feb 2006 Location: chicago Posts: 63 Thread Starter	FF800 w/ adat connection help! hi, i'm having trouble hooking up an external ad/da converter with my fireface 800. in PTLE i just hooked the adat out of the external converter into the adat in on the 002r. then the adat in to the adat out. with the ff800, i do that and i can't get any signal. it's a bit more complicated... i'm using cubase 4 now and must have something set wrong in the vst connections tab. could anyone please let me know what i'm doing wrong. i'm tryin to run the 8 ins the ff800 gives me, + the 2 pre ins on the front, so a total of 10 channels of the unit itself. then i'm using a tango 24 for 2 more inputs (though it does 8) through adat. i can get the first 10 channels up fine (all the rme stuff), but nothing through the adat connection. i have the tango coming in as channels 11 and 12 which is obviously wrong. i made the switch over fairly recently from an 002r and love it, it's just little things like this that are frustrating me. it must be simple, just can't find the info on it in the manual. i'm using mac 10.4.8. thanks in advance!

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6th May 2007	#2
liuto Gear nut Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Rekawinkel, Austria Posts: 145	Hi, maybe you disabled the ADAT channels in the FF800's "settings" dialogue (that's where you also switch in phantom power). There are several options to limit the bandwidth of the firewire buss (analog only, analog + SPDIF, analog +ADAT etc.). Regards Hermann

6th May 2007	#3
shanabit Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,916	This info is for the CUBASE end of things You need to CREATE an input bus for EACH input you have coming in from the RME and the Tango. Then on that same screen to the right you select the input that is coming into that buss. Protools already has the busses setup for you, with Cubase , you have to tell it what inputs are going to what input buss. It bascially has a software INPUT and OUTPUT patchbay to it. I was LOST trying to get stuff to work in Cubase until I figured this out. Page 13 in the operations manual will help you If you get lost PM me 1. Hit F4, this takes you to the VST Connections Screen 2. Click on the INPUTS TAB 3. Click add buss 4. Under BUSS NAME, click the + sign and the Device Prot column will now show you which physical connection is connected to the Buss 5. Click int the Device Port column and change the input to match the physical connection you have connected to it. All your physical ports from the RME should show up there. Hope this helps. *You would do the same for output busses as well if you needed more than a stereo pair

8th May 2007	#4
chrysb93065 Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 523 1 Review written	This is for the FF800 - Channels 11/12 are the SPDIF RCA inputs. ADAT starts with channels 13/14, and be sure you have adat 1 activated in the FF setup screen, there are options there to limit bandwidth by disabling one or both adat inputs.