| multiple 2882's without 'Aggregate Device' possible for DAWs ? [message #86643] |
Tue, 06 February 2018 07:29  |
iason
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Hi
I have 2 x 2882's and have connected them (daisy chained) and all works.... ish... For Logic I use Aggregate Device, but that's pretty buggy and not very stable. Is there a way to have them work as 1 big interface in Logic, without the Aggregate Device route ?
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iason
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| Re: multiple 2882's without 'Aggregate Device' possible for DAWs ? [message #86644 is a reply to message #86643] |
Tue, 06 February 2018 10:49  |
jon
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If you have two 2882's, to avoid using an aggregate device, route the analog inputs on box 2 directly to ADAT outputs 1-8. Connect ADAT out from box 2 to ADAT in from box 1. From here you will be able to mix and record all 16 inputs from box 1 (8 analog, 8 ADAT).
You will still need to clock the two units together via word clock, ADAT, AES or SPDIF.
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Jon Stern
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| Re: multiple 2882's without 'Aggregate Device' possible for DAWs ? [message #86646 is a reply to message #86645] |
Tue, 06 February 2018 11:19 |
jon
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To get output as well as input, you will need ADAT cables going in both directions between the two boxes.
Without the aggregate device, you will not be able to use DAW channels on box 2 because box 2 will no longer be present to Logic. Instead of routing the DAW channels on that box to Analog, remove that setting and place it on the ADAT channels instead. The rest of your setup looks good -- DAW 9-16 routes to ADAT 1-8, which should reach box 2 on ADAT inputs 1-8 if the cables are going both ways. From there ADAT can route to analog and that should do it.
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Jon Stern
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| Re: multiple 2882's without 'Aggregate Device' possible for DAWs ? [message #86648 is a reply to message #86646] |
Wed, 07 February 2018 08:22 |
iason
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Thanks for all the help.
ADAT is now plugged in both ways. Weirdly it doesn't seem to work - see attachements.
Inputs on BOX 2: analogue inputs are direct out routed to ADAT 1/8, but they don't show up at BOX 1 ADAT channels 1/8
Outputs on BOX 2: On BOX 1 DAW 7 tm 16 are direct out routed to ADAT 1/8 and on BOX 2 ADAT 1/8 is direct out routed to Analogue 1/8. However also here signal doesn't arrive at ADAT 1/8 on box2
I do get this this error message I attached when starting up MIO, dunno if it has something to do with it?
best & tnx again
iason
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| Re: multiple 2882's without 'Aggregate Device' possible for DAWs ? [message #86649 is a reply to message #86648] |
Wed, 07 February 2018 10:37 |
jon
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The dialog means that part of your configuration includes a box/serial number that is not connected to the computer. Check the I/O Control pane in the MIO Console window and look for the box tabs toward the top of the window. Click on any tab to show a drop down menu and choose "Forget All Offline Boxes and Delete From Mixer". This should leave you with tabs for your two-box system. Confirm that none of the strips you were looking for audio to show up on weren't from the ghost box - if they got deleted, reconfigure them on the correct box.
Also in the I/O Control pane, in the Digital metering section, make sure you have it set to ADAT and not Toslink for both input and output on both boxes.
Be sure to re-save your document. That should allow you to avoid seeing the remap dialog as long as the two boxes in the file you saved are the two boxes connected to the computer.
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Jon Stern
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| Re: multiple 2882's without 'Aggregate Device' possible for DAWs ? [message #86651 is a reply to message #86650] |
Wed, 07 February 2018 11:22 |
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Box 2 is not locked - the Sys Lock light says it's unlocked. This will need to be locked. For some reason it is not recovering clock over ADAT from box 1. You could try a different ADAT cable. You could also try connecting a word clock, SPDIF or AES cable from box 1 to box 2, change the box 2 clock source to WC or DigIn accordingly and see if that will get the Sys Lock LED to turn on.
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| Re: multiple 2882's without 'Aggregate Device' possible for DAWs ? [message #86656 is a reply to message #86655] |
Wed, 07 February 2018 12:41 |
jon
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One test to try would be to connect a single ADAT cable from output back to input on a single box. Run audio out of the ADAT output and see if it comes back to the ADAT input. You can mute the ADAT inputs to avoid a feedback loop. Does the audio come back in to be metered on the ADAT input? Try it with the clock source set to Internal. Try for both units.
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| Re: multiple 2882's without 'Aggregate Device' possible for DAWs ? [message #86658 is a reply to message #86643] |
Thu, 08 February 2018 13:34 |
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Strange that both boxes would not loop back. Keep in mind that the ADAT input strip will need to be routed to a bus to get meters (that looks to be the case in your screen shot). If possible you may want to try a different brand of ADAT optical cable. We do not have a particular recommendation and ordinarily would expect the standard cheap cable to work.
Jon Stern
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I've attached a screengrab (green is 2nd 288e), could you have a look what I'm doing wrong? 
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