Core Audio driver
 

With my HD 96 IO, why can I only use 8 channels to record through the Core Audio driver.

Am I missing something, or is this just a deliberate crippling so I won't use anything else but ProTools with my interface ?

Re: Core Audio driver
 

you hit the nail right on the head .. nice swing :)

Re: Core Audio driver
 

The crippling isn't deliberate - it's a limitation of TDM based systems with Core Audio.

To go beyond 8 channels is questionably possible - all we know is that it would take significant developer time to implement.