3rd Party Interfaces You Can ChangeThe Bit/Sample Rate Of From Within Pro Tools...

[The Weed]

Some third party interfaces allow their bit/sample rate to be changed from within Pro Tools just like an Avid/Digidesign interface does. Others require a two step of changing the bit/sample rate at the interface or using its software mixer and then within Pro Tools. Is there a list of which does the former rather than the latter? While my 002 Rack is still working with Pro Tools 12.2, I know it won't at some point in the future and I'd like to be prepared, but have the same one step I do now.

Thanks,

[sw rec]

Usually, at least on a Windows machine, that's indicative that Windows has selected the PT interface as the "default sound device." Which locks the sample rate before you ever get INTO Pro Tools. Best thing is re-designate the on-board sound card for Windows, then you can change sample rates within Pro Tools all you want to, and it isn't interface-specific.

[Amack]

That's likely going to be a very short list, at least for "vanilla" on PCs. The list will be even shorter if you want to be able to set the buffer size and have the resulting interface I/O delays correctly reported to PT to enable proper record latency (RTL) compensation. Does the 002 Rack do that? (192 and 96 reportedly don't without HDX http://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=2269524&postcount=77)

Originally Posted by The Weed

Some third party interfaces allow their bit/sample rate to be changed from within Pro Tools just like an Avid/Digidesign interface does. Others require a two step of changing the bit/sample rate at the interface or using its software mixer and then within Pro Tools. Is there a list of which does the former rather than the latter? While my 002 Rack is still working with Pro Tools 12.2, I know it won't at some point in the future and I'd like to be prepared, but have the same one step I do now.

Thanks,

[albee1952]

Originally Posted by sw rec

Usually, at least on a Windows machine, that's indicative that Windows has selected the PT interface as the "default sound device." Which locks the sample rate before you ever get INTO Pro Tools. Best thing is re-designate the on-board sound card for Windows, then you can change sample rates within Pro Tools all you want to, and it isn't interface-specific.

amen to that. I have always set Windows to use the on-board sound card for all non-PT audio

[The Weed]

Thanks sw and albee. I'm well aware of setting the onboard as the default for Windows sounds/audio. I had posted in another thread that with all third party interfaces one had to do the two step to change bit/sample rate on the interface and in Pro Tools, but a few people posted that that wasn't the case for all third party interfaces. I was just curious if there was possibly a list of the third party interfaces that acted like an Avid/Digidesign interface when changing the bit/sample rate.

Cheers,

[Amack]

The list: RME device(s): Apparently support sample rate changes but not buffer size changes from PT - http://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=2209578&postcount=30. There's lots of other interesting/useful background information in other posts on that thread too. No one has yet said how well PT compensates for RME I/O latency though.

Originally Posted by The Weed

Thanks sw and albee. I'm well aware of setting the onboard as the default for Windows sounds/audio. I had posted in another thread that with all third party interfaces one had to do the two step to change bit/sample rate on the interface and in Pro Tools, but a few people posted that that wasn't the case for all third party interfaces. I was just curious if there was possibly a list of the third party interfaces that acted like an Avid/Digidesign interface when changing the bit/sample rate.

Cheers,

[Southsidemusic]

And works a treat with Apollo Quad / Apollo 16 interfaces. No restarts or issues changing buffer or sample rate etc

[Amack]

Mac or PC?

Originally Posted by Southsidemusic

And works a treat with Apollo Quad / Apollo 16 interfaces. No restarts or issues changing buffer or sample rate etc

[Southsidemusic]

Originally Posted by Amack

Mac or PC?

Both

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by Amack

That's likely going to be a very short list, at least for "vanilla" on PCs. The list will be even shorter if you want to be able to set the buffer size and have the resulting interface I/O delays correctly reported to PT to enable proper record latency (RTL) compensation. Does the 002 Rack do that? (192 and 96 reportedly don't without HDX http://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=2269524&postcount=77)

The quirk with the Avid interfaces could be fixed already and it seems to have affected Macs, not PC. Also must remember those interfaces are not supported with HDN/HDX though they do work.

002/003 work fine and change buffer and sample rate fine. They do not have drivers that do not have accessible control panels like the eleven rack. Only can be controlled by the host software. Also to remember the 002 hasn't been supported in years and the 003 hasn't been supported for quite awhile either