[EJolson]

Something that's always bugged me about the MOTU interfaces, is that word clock appears to get passed from box to box via AudioWire. E.g., in my old setup I had a 2408mkII, a 308 and a 1224. The whole rig derived its clock from a SINGLE word clock input (usually the 2408 which was slaved to an AardSync II). Then the other boxes would "magically" derive their sync from the AudioWire network.

Considering that word clock is supposed to be so fragile and sensitive to cable length/extra buffer stages etc., this never inspired my confidence. Not to mention I always experienced clock glitches, clicks/pops etc. on at least one of my digital boxes (usually whichever one WASN'T the "master" in the MOTU setup).

If you can get your MOTU rig down to a "one-box" setup, you might never experience the problems I did. However, it really seems like amateur hour dealing with that company sometimes. Don't even get me started on their abysmal tech support.