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Pt 10+ liquid saffire 56+ saffire pro 40 masterclock?
So after renting the liquid a few times I decided I would go ahead and just purchase it (LS56), with 1 or 2 Saffire pro 40, or something else with 8 pre's to get a total of 24 pre's on the ready. But I'm wondering if the liquid world clock is good enough to be the master clock or if I should get an outboard master clock. Anyone has had problems with it or any thoughts on it?
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Re: Pt 10+ liquid saffire 56+ saffire pro 40 masterclock?
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http://global.focusrite.com/mic-pres/octopre-mkii By the way, the Octopre can be used in S-MUX mode for 96K: "Digital Channel Outputs:
An LS56 plus 2 Octopres would be a pretty cool setup. I'm currently using my LS56 along with a Presonus Digimax (8 additional pres via ADAT, clocked to the LS56 via Word Clock). It all works/sounds good.
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Re: Pt 10+ liquid saffire 56+ saffire pro 40 masterclock?
Will it matter? I've read and been told by Focusright that I could still slave the pro 40 to the ls56 through the spdif or the optical. I'm glad thought that you seem to say that the clock of ls56 is good.
I also found this on their answer-base forum just now since you had me jump hehehe. Why doesn't Saffire have a wordclock input? In the applications for which the Saffire was designed, wordclock connections are not needed. Synchronisation is only needed if timing is crucial (for example when doing 'laybacks' of audio in post production), or if there are several digital devices being used simultaneously. With the Saffire, the only sources being recorded will be the analogue inputs and/or SPDIF signals. Therefore the only digital sources that will need synchronizing are devices connected to the SPDIF In. In this case no wordclock connection is needed, as wordclock is embedded within the SPDIF signal from the digital source and the Saffire will sync to this.
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Re: Pt 10+ liquid saffire 56+ saffire pro 40 masterclock?
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Re: Pt 10+ liquid saffire 56+ saffire pro 40 masterclock?
I also would recommend the OctoPre Mk II Dynamic. Ebay has them (usually) for just over $500 for new B stock.
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Re: Pt 10+ liquid saffire 56+ saffire pro 40 masterclock?
I see. I was hoping that I wouldn't have any problem with the pro 40 and the ls56 since they have the same pre's and I have a lot of recordings coming up that will require me having 16 pre's at a minimum, a lot of classical stuff so was looking for the same pre's to get the same clear sound from pre 1 to pre 16. That would have given it to me with the sf56 and pro 40 combo, they have the same pre's. I might change to the octo pre later then, but do you two foresee any problems with this combo for now? The units have already been ordered, under the impression that I would have been able to sync them through the spdif or adat.
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Re: Pt 10+ liquid saffire 56+ saffire pro 40 masterclock?
Right so I got into a mad dash trying to get a firm answer from focusright, and here's what they have said.
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Re: Pt 10+ liquid saffire 56+ saffire pro 40 masterclock?
To achieve this, you'll need LS56 + two Octopres, and wordclock to sync all 3 devices. You can use the Pro 40/LS56 combo as Focusrite said, but that's 2 devices (not 3) and 16 mic pres (not 24).
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Re: Pt 10+ liquid saffire 56+ saffire pro 40 masterclock?
Yes I meant for now, until I'm ready to go to 24 pre's
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protools 10 + liquid saffire 56 problem
hello everybody
i am new to this forum posting , i hope i am in the right place. i have a problem with my liquid saffire 56 interface, i tweaked all my system . system:- processor : intel core i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40 GHz RAM : 16GB DDR3 VGA card : ATI Radeon HD 5870 Os: windows 7 ultimate 64bit i had to buy a firewire card , and when i run the OHCI tool .. it says Vendor : (104C) Texas Instruments Chipset: (8025) TSB82AA2B/TSB83AA22A/TSB83AA23 Revision: 01 Max 1394 Speed Capability: S800 Support: Compatible, no known issues. Done. so it is supposed to be compatible , though when i run mix control 3 . it gives me .. no hardware connected , although everything is plugged , sometimes it is connected sometimes it just disconnects. mainly after i open PT10 everything is updated , all the drivers .. i cant seem to know what is causing the problem .. i would really appreciate some help thanks all |
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