Windows ASIO woes

[James Coplin]

The Behringer ADA8200 would give you 8 more ins and outs on an ADAT connection.

James

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On Jan 1, 2023, 12:42 PM, at 12:42 PM, Andrew Tarpinian <andrewtarpinian at gmail.com> wrote:
>I believe in the Motu world you can get one of the the cheaper
>interfaces, like an ultralight AVB and connect them via avb, this seem
>like this is the way they are meant to work. 
>
>Alternatively your unit looks like it might have some outputs on adat
>out so you might be able to find an inexpensive d/a converter that will
>give you analog outs without additional divers. I did this in the
>reverse adding 8 inputs to my UA Apollo with an OctoPre. 
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 1, 2023, at 3:51 AM, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com>
>wrote:
>> 
>> Happy new year, everybody!
>> 
>> So, on the last day of 2022, I discovered why people complain about
>doing audio on Windows. And I was wondering whether somebody had some
>experience, or simply just went with Mac OS or Linux. Neither is an
>option for me, though.
>> 
>> My main audio interface is a MOTU 24Ai, which is quite nice for its
>price point. But crucially, it doesn't have a single output – not even
>headphones. So I figured, let me use my old M-Audio 2x2M for that.
>> 
>> Turns out that ASIO drivers in Windows can only be used as a single
>device. So I can either use the MOTU, or the M-Audio, but not one for
>input and the other for output.
>> 
>> I've installed ASIO4ALL, but I'm still getting confused. I've
>installed Jack, too, but that's even more confusing. Finally, I've
>installed something by an Australian who since passed away (forgot the
>name of the software), and like ASIO4ALL, it doesn't deal well with
>large displays, and looks like it comes from the mid 1990s. And I'm
>just unable to get sound to come out of the headphones when a rack
>synth is playing sound, like a demo song.
>> 
>> Sooo... short of purchasing a MOTU interface with outputs, like an
>828es or 16A, and somehow making it work with the 24Ai, has anybody
>ever had to deal with this, and come up with a solution that didn't
>involve banging your head against a wall? 🙂
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> - Peter
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