[Matt Darcy]

ok,

I get what your saying, I'll check out the more proper first way.

What interests me about the "work with what you've got" way is the octs.

I've got a rack 003 providing inputs 1-4, 4 inputs of the Oct 01 acting as the pre-amp for jack inputs 5-8, and then 8 inputs of Oct 02 acting as the other 8 inputs via adat (16 inputs in total).

If I'm using all 16, or say 12 of the 16, that means both Octs are in use, so I don't see how I could re-send back out to the desk.