@djmukilteo
To sum it up: RME/Synthax have seen the videos/ read about my test setups, and NOT ONCE have they ever told me that things were configured improperly.
But explaining why I did the things I did may be useful to others, so here goes.
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Why are you running the analog outputs from the OctaMicD into the analog inputs of the FF800?
My mono test signal originates from the SoundDevices 702. I use the left channel of the TAPE OUT.
From there, it gets split up and is routed to 2 different destinations: FF800 Inputs9+10, and OctamicD inputs 1-8.
The OctamicD analog outputs 1-8 feed the FF800 analog inputs 1-8. The Analog/Digital conversion is thus performed by the FF800.
The OctamicD ADATMain and ADATAux outputs both carry the identical result of the Analog/Digital conversion done by the OctamicD, and are fed into the FF800 ADAT1 and ADAT2 inputs.
Now, identifying the source of a click becomes a lot easier:
If the click is due to the SD702, I will see it on all the channels.
This is not the case.
If the click is due to the OctamicD input-stage, I will see the clicks on the FF800 analog inputs [1-8] as well as the ADAT inputs.
This is not the case.
If the click is due to the OctamicD Analog/Digital conversion, I will see the clicks on the FF800 ADAT inputs AT THE SAME SPOTS regardless of whether it is ADAT input 1 or 2.
This is not the case.
What I am seeing is clicks on FF800 ADAT inputs 1 & 2, but at different spots depending on the input.
So that leaves the FF800 ADAT inputs as the source of the problem.
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And then hooking up both the Adat "Main" and Adat "Aux" from the OctamicD into the FF800 "Adat1 In" and "Adat2 In"....
Why would you do that?
There's only 1 Adat out from the OctamicD (1-8) one is a "Main" and the "Aux" is a secondary output?
Why would you do that?
See above.
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and then on top of that your using a BNC Word clock cable?
Why would you do that?
The FF800 will internally clock off the "Adat1 In" if you set it to AutoSync.
I'm not sure which test you looked at, but if the FF800 was master, then I HAD to send Wordclock to the slaved OctamicD (I don't have the AES breakout to try and sync through AES input...).
I wish it was simply a case of "you have it hooked up wrong", or "you didn't set this properly", or "change your Firewire card", etc.
I know a lot of noobs show up on forums and start crying that their system "won't work" before RTFM and trying even the most basic troubleshooting steps.
I'm not one of them. I've tried many many things. Not everything, of course. But the basics have been covered...
To reiterate what I've said earlier, I'd LOVE to test out a FF800 that has been tested by someone else and found to be working.
Or equivalently, try your tests with MY FF800 and see what happens.
Again, is anyone willing to step up to the plate?