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Old 08-27-2012, 12:16 AM
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Default Mixing Blue and Black interfaces?

Hi Guys,
Has anyone mixed old and new interfaces on a HDX rig?

Ive got a chance to pick up a blue 192 digital pretty cheap, and ld like to have the TDIF and AES option if needed, but not at the expense of a buggy system.

anyone with any experience?

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Old 08-27-2012, 04:58 AM
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Default Re: Mixing Blue and Black interfaces?

I do it on an HD rig in a Magma chassis. No reason it wouldn't work on HDX as it's the exact same protocol.
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Old 08-27-2012, 09:36 AM
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Default Re: Mixing Blue and Black interfaces?

For the one month before we had to send them back for the hardware exchange I ran the HD , 192 , 96i/o. They functioned very well together. The HD sounded so much better that I sent one back for exchange and sold the other.
You shouldn't have any problem though lots of people are mixing Blue and new Black interfaces and I haven't read any threads saying they work anything less than great together.
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Old 09-05-2012, 05:52 PM
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Default Re: Mixing Blue and Black interfaces?

I've been able to mix HD and 192 interfaces, with one problem: The ADAT ports on the HD don't work. I have had an extensive, multi-day tech support call culminating with a return of the HD unit, which still didn't help. The 192 ADAT ports work fine, but not the HD ADAT ports. Hope you have better luck with the TDIF ports.
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Old 09-08-2012, 04:52 AM
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Default Re: Mixing Blue and Black interfaces?

I've got one 16x16, one 8x8x8 and one 96i I/O working fine. My only issue was I couldn't get the 96i working if it was daisy chained through the other I/O's DigiLink Mini ports. It's connected directly to the second port on the HDX card.
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