896HD & Octopre via lightpipe

Sean Holland · 4th November 2004

Just in case someone else has used these two items together, I ask: How do you make the Octopre and 896HD work together? I have installed the ADAT card into the Octopre. I have connected the Octopre to the 896 via fiber-optic cable (Hosa). I plug in a mic cable to the Octopre. The LED on the Octopre shows that it's getting a signal.
I've been poring over the manuals but I can't figure this baby out. How do I make the 896 and the AudioDesk software on my Powerbook (soon to be DP 4.5) accept that signal from the Octopre?
Thanks for helping out a technically ignorant guy.

cdog · 4th November 2004

Go into the MOTU PCI Audio Console and set the input from "Analog" to "ADAT".

Sean Holland · 4th November 2004

I don't have a MOTU PCI AUDIO console. I have a Firewire Cuemix Console, and a Firewire SMPTE console, but that's it.

HudHudson · 4th November 2004

Be aware that you can only input a maximum of four channels from the OctoPre at a time via Lightpipe at sampling rates over 48k (you have to duplex 88.2/96k inputs since the Lightpipe standard is limited to 44.1/48k sampling rates).

mikebuzz · 4th November 2004

you should have a Motu FW audio console , set it there

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4th November 2004	#1
Sean Holland Gear Head Joined: Oct 2004 Location: British Columbia Posts: 61 Thread Starter	896HD & Octopre via lightpipe Just in case someone else has used these two items together, I ask: How do you make the Octopre and 896HD work together? I have installed the ADAT card into the Octopre. I have connected the Octopre to the 896 via fiber-optic cable (Hosa). I plug in a mic cable to the Octopre. The LED on the Octopre shows that it's getting a signal. I've been poring over the manuals but I can't figure this baby out. How do I make the 896 and the AudioDesk software on my Powerbook (soon to be DP 4.5) accept that signal from the Octopre? Thanks for helping out a technically ignorant guy. __________________ Motu 896HD, Motu 828mkII, Digital Timepiece, Millennia HV-3C, Aphex 207, Focusrite Octopre, Powerbook G4 1.5ghz/2gb, Glyph External HD, DP 4.5

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HudHudson Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, Texas USofA Posts: 1,671	Be aware that you can only input a maximum of four channels from the OctoPre at a time via Lightpipe at sampling rates over 48k (you have to duplex 88.2/96k inputs since the Lightpipe standard is limited to 44.1/48k sampling rates). __________________ "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson should have said this, but didn't www.yellowdogstudios.com

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cdog Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,559 3 Reviews written	Go into the MOTU PCI Audio Console and set the input from "Analog" to "ADAT".

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