Apogee Ensemble - Additional preamps question

[tallman]

Hello, been reading the forums for some time, but finally felt the need to consult the experts concerning something I am not quite sure of.

Putting together a small studio for the first time and considering running an Ensemble into a Mac Pro.

We can see situations in which we will need additional inputs + preamps so we are considering running something like an Onyx 800r into the Ensemble via ADAT.

In situations like this, we will most likely be recording all the tracks on the Ensemble (4 pre-amps + 4 line in) and the 8 channels on the Onyx simultaneously (total of 16 tracks).

I'm worried about timing/latency issues between the Ensemble and Onyx and just wondering if anyone is doing anything like this already or thinks this would work OK.

Thanks.

[macleodgrant]

Originally Posted by tallman

Hello, been reading the forums for some time, but finally felt the need to consult the experts concerning something I am not quite sure of.

Putting together a small studio for the first time and considering running an Ensemble into a Mac Pro.

We can see situations in which we will need additional inputs + preamps so we are considering running something like an Onyx 800r into the Ensemble via ADAT.

In situations like this, we will most likely be recording all the tracks on the Ensemble (4 pre-amps + 4 line in) and the 8 channels on the Onyx simultaneously (total of 16 tracks).

I'm worried about timing/latency issues between the Ensemble and Onyx and just wondering if anyone is doing anything like this already or thinks this would work OK.

Thanks.

there shouldn't be any latency between the Onyx & the Ensemble. I've been running my Onyx into my MOTU 828MKII via adat for a while now. Latency should only become an issue when interfacing with the computer but that shouldn't affect the timing between the Ensemble & Onyx - as long as you set the timing in the Ensemble to get it's clock from ADAT then all should be good

i used the Onyx through the Ensemble a while back too when i had one and that was fine too