How to Expand Your Interface With ADAT

Very helpful. I've needed this video twice already because I keep getting pops between my ID14 and ASP800. Thanks!

Great video!

Both Ins and outs for the 880 via DB25 line I/0 correct?
Not sure about the 800
Edit
I am using the Apollo x6 rack preferably as the master
Do you feel the Apollo is the better choice over the Audient
Not sure which has better jitter control

Any suggestions on expanding the iD14 with a headphone amp for high gain headphones like the HD650 or HD800? I don't feel the headphone output has quite enough power to drive them properly.

So the extension ( audientASP800) in this case has it's own A/D converter? I though thats the point in extensions, that you use your audio interface's converter and just plug in more preamps. What's the point then in doing that insted of just buying new audio interface? Or what if you have great converter like some universal audio, and want just more inputs? Is there any way to do that differently?

Can We only use a pre amp to expand the outputs, Can't we use a another audio interface which has ADAT ?

if i have a 828x motu and i want expand it with 8 extra channel so with the asp800.i use to record in 44 and 48, can i use 8 channel with only one cable adat or i have to use 2 cable, 1 for the channel 1-4 and another for 5-8 ?

Mike I think your videos of very good feeling very well and I've learned a lot I do have a question I have a mx88 keyboard I want to make it into my controller in PreSonus 6.2 what do I need to set that up

Do I get individual channel in my daw when using adat..
Excellent review Sir.

Can I use this interface as master (by usb-c to a m1 macmini) while my FireWire Focusrite liquid Saffire 56 is “slave”?
Now the newer macs do not work with older FireWire hardware.
My setup:
Focusrite octopre mk11
Focusrite liquid Saffire 56
Aphex preamp

Great. I'm buying the Audient id44 together with 2x ASP800. Now i need another device for my adat-outs, 16 line sends, Do you know what to buy?

Hi Mike. Great video, thank you very much. I'm searching in the manual and forums for just the opposite case that your video explains, and don't find an answer, maybe you know about this: Is it possible to use the adat outs of an ID44 to expand another system? I want to expand a Fireface 802 with 4 more channels, and I'm trying to connect the ID44 adat outs to the Fireface adat ins, but I did not success. I made the opposite and it worked, just in your video; connecting the Fireface into the ID44 worked perfectly. But I'm interested in use the Fireface as the main unit, as the routing matrix of its software is gorgeous. If anybody can help me it would be much appreciated. Thanks!

For some reason when i set to the adat out mode i only got 4 of the 8 channels. Anyone know what i need to do to get all 8?

I just got gifted this and an s-patch 48 balanced patch bay by my best friend.
This is going to change my world of making music.

thanks for the vid

Thank you so much for this!

Hi thank you for this video, I have two focusrite saffire pro 40 audio interfaces. One connects to the computer and the other one doesn't connect it appears it has FireWire chip issue. Is it possible to use them and get 16 channels? I'll appreciate your help

I was shopping for more inputs, but in the end concluded that my current four-input is enough - in my case, recording four at a time is enough. I have more than four things to record, just not all at the same time. The cheap solution was a patchbay. No good if you need to record ten at once, but in my case it fixed the problem cheaply.

I tried doing this with my Behringer umc1820 & no luck, any suggestions?

i have an old motu 8pre firewire connected to another 8pre via ADAT. Can I ADAT from one of the 8pres and get all 16 channels? Is there a limit?

Finally.... an answer to clocking that isnt buried in 60 pages of manual!!

Great video, can you also bypass the internal mic pre of the ASP800 through ADAT connection? Thanks

any change of connecting analog external compressor with adat ?

Great.. People need this from the ground up tuition!

Great Dude, helped me soooo much

Can any body help me on this ? I am Investing on Good Interface so I am Currently User Of focusrite 18i20 2nd gen and I am upgrading to the " prime sound Lyra 2 " which has Brilliant AD/DAs But lyra 2 is not cheap and is really expensive , but It has only Two IN and Outs , So It is something i really worried about because , I am also Going to Outboard Gears with Interface upgrade , Before it i have Done every mix ITB . So this year I am Also will invest on Mastering Grade Gears such as SSL Fusion or Thinking to Get Summing mixer. i know Lyra 2 isn't good choice for outboard gears But what about Using ADAT expansion because my Focusrite has one too Also both has worldclock . so if i EXpand my Lyra 2 ( master ) with focusrite ( Slave ) & connectiong outboard gears with my focusrite ? & keep my monitor speakers connected with the Lyra 2 to hear from Great DAs of Lyra .
is it good choice ? i hope it will Bypass The CHeap AD/DA of focusrite and i only utilize the quality AD/DAs of Prism Lyra , Or i am going to hurt the quality of Lyra with such setup , sorry if this setup sounds stupid , actually just stepping in Analogue .
i don't want to spend more on titan , becuase i want to buy outboard gear as well with it.
( also please don't suggest me get room treatment and great Pair Of Monitors first before going analogue , i have good room and good monitors , if i want to use analogue i just want to,thats how i will learn. lol

any possibility with MOTU MK2 8 in 8 out

Most excellent presentation - clear, articulate, baby steps ------ also excellent production values - a model of a tutorial

Wow, this was like the most helpful video I've ever watched. Thanks so much!

So I can multitrack with this?

I’ve got a presonus quantum 2626, need more channels for home drum kit demos, but on a budget. Would the behringer ada8200 work as a slave interface with it ? Should I use wordclock to sync or should the adat be enough?

This gentleman's destiny was set as soon as his parents named him Mic

Do you know if I can expand the ID44 with the EVO16?

Great tutorial! It would be also really good to show us how to connect monitore control, I want to connect analogue preamp Warm Audio 73 to Clarett+ OctoPre. I would use Clarett+ OctoPre just as an AD/DA converter. But none of these two equipment has monitor or headphones control. Thank you!

Excellent info !! One question if I want to record keyboards I should keep using the mk2 line input? Or it will be disabled after connecting the Asp 800 ? Thanks again

Question: I use a UA Apollo for specific use of the Avalon 737 plug in to supplement my hardware 737. If I ran a higher end preamp like the asp800, would I be able to take advantage of the higher end pre to still be able to use the Avalon plug in after recording?

Hi sir, guide me on thing. I have bought Audient Id14 mkii, recently. My new ID14 is releasing so much heat. Before this I have used focusrite 2i2. It wasn't released that much heat. Please help me.

Thanks man, ive had this 8 channel Adat rack mount for a long time. ive tried about 10 times to set it up but never got it. Once you showed where the setup tab was it all fell together. Cheers!

I will be connecting my asp880 to my Apollo x8 via adat. You helped me understand how I can make it so my Apollo is the master! If I understand correctly, I just need to connect the word clocks as well as the adat out (asp880) into adat in (Apollo)? Thanks again!

Hey mate, i have a red light instead of a amber or green light, what does this mean?

I’m confused.
So where exactly is the audio conversion taking place? ASP or Interface?

Wish it had regular outputs

so i can only plug Audient stuff through ADAT? i tried a Tascam DM-24 console and I couldn't make it work. Just shows me red light in the ID software, like it's incompatible. =(

Very clear, complete and concise tutorial on using clocks. As always, a great video to watch.

I have an iD44 and instead of the asp800 or asp880 I was looking into the Clarett octopre and I'm tempted to get it for expansion instead. Would this process still work the same? I wasn't sure if there was some weird incompatibility between connecting two different brands or not, so I just wanted to confirm. Thank you!

Fantastic presentation Mike!
Would this setup work fine if all the instruments connected to that ADAT device were synthesizers (by using their analog stereo outputs)?
I only use synths and the audio interface only has 2 inputs and I don't want/like to use hardware mixers.
Liked & subscribed!
Thanks in advance👍

Spot on mate, wanting to buy more hardware for my Techno jams and these cleared up a lot of questions! Legend.

Does it add some latency? I mean, if i have a guitar using asp800's input 1, will i be able to direct monitor what I'm playing? I suppose as the signal needs to pass thru d/a - a/d converters before reaching the monitors on the interface, it will add some processing time.

Great video. Love the sound of Audient preamps.
Is it possible to run two ASP 800s via ADAT to an id44?

Future me will thank you for this video when I get around to expanding my iD14 mkii!