HOW do I get 8 ADAT channels into PT as 8 mono signals???

[The Zone]

I have done this successfully before but for some reason I am failing to achieve it again. I have a few projects that are currently ON ADAT tape . . . I want to use the optical inputs on the back of the Digi 001 and work on them in Pro Tools.

I don't know how to set my inputs to achieve this every time. Not for the first 8 channels and not for the second 8 either. There's gotta be something I'm missing, because it worked great before!!

Thanks Guys-Jhon [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

[zboy2854]

If you click on the input display for each track, you should be able to select the individual optical inputs. For stereo tracks, you'll see them as stereo inputs.

[The Zone]

Everytime I think I have it set up right, and I do understand that it has to be set up as 8 mono channels, the computer always tells me that I have "more than one channel with the same name" or something like that, and after I name them all differently , , , a simple abcdefg . . . and so on, I wind up getting all the channels to have the same signal on them!! I hate to say it, but in this particular case, I think I need to know EXACTLY what it's supposed to look like. I keep on failing at this over and over again!! What gives??! ha ha

[Rudger]

Jhon, start over. Create a "NEW SESSION". Before you name and save the session, make sure the I/O set up says stereo. Match the bit rate, etc. then save it. Now create 8 "MONO" audio tracks. For track 1, select ADAT Optical #9 as the input, track 2 select ADAT optical #10, and so on. Inputs 9-16 are the ADAT optical inputs. If you don't see these as your choices, go to Setups/hardware and make sure that ADAT is selected as the optical source. Good luck, hope this helps. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[The Zone]

As usual, I gotta go "try it out" (on the other computer . . . no internet viruses are gonna affect MY Pro Tools computer . . . no modem!!) Thanks fellas and I will report back with either success or more whining!!

Jhon [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[mattm]

sounds to me like you need to reset your i/o setup.

create a new session, select setup>io setup and click default.

remember to set protools to optical sync when bouncing from ADAT

~matt

[Bastiaan]

Or use 2 optical cables and the ADAT wil sync to the digi001...

[marcusb]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Bastiaan:
Or use 2 optical cables and the ADAT wil sync to the digi001...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Provided you tell the ADAT to clock off the digital input of course.

Blackfaces: Enable DIGITAL IN
XT, LX20, XT20: Enable external sync

Marcus

[scardanelli]

You may have set the ADAT lightpipe to be the SP/DIF in/out?

Simon

[Bastiaan]

Marcusb,

Thanx......i forgot that...