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Anyone who has experience in syncing several MOTU 896HD's. I'm into expanding my DAW rig, and I'm very happy with my 896HD. Using Logic & Macbook Pro for most of my mobile recordings. Is there any problems? I guess it's best to stick with the same type of card, right?

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pcrecord Mon, 06/24/2013 - 07:08

The real question is, do the driver support multiple units. If yes, you might not need to sync them with world clock.

But that said, if you already have a 896, all you need might be the 8pre, which has a 8 channels ADAT output. Plug the 8pre in converter mode into the 896 ADAT input and you'll get 16 pre total.

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Boswell Mon, 06/24/2013 - 10:12

The MOTU 896HD [[url=http://[/URL]="http://cdn-data.mot…"]product manual[/]="http://cdn-data.mot…"]product manual[/] suggests you can daisy-chain up to four 896HD units on a single Mac FireWire port at standard sample rates and two if operating at higher rates. Setting up the master-slave relationship via the software control panel sets the slave units to use the clock in the master via appropriate BNC cabling.