Two options in hardware set up

[Extreme Mixing]

I'm wondering if I can have both my HD Native and my Carbon interface connected to the computer at the same time. I'm not trying to expand inputs. I want to have the HD Native set up for 5.1 mixes and the Carbon set for Stereo. Then I could maybe switch between them by selecting one or the other with the Playback Engine. I'd have to have two separate speaker setups, so it may not be what I'm wanting. Or maybe it is. I feel like it should work.

I have a new Mac Studio and a Carbon interface. I also still have my HD Native and the Omni interface with a Tunderbolt 2 box.

Anybody tried it?

Steve

[nst7]

If you have all the equipment is there a reason you don't just test it yourself?

[Extreme Mixing]

Originally Posted by nst7

If you have all the equipment is there a reason you don't just test it yourself?

This is a place of deep resources and a wide knowledge base. I thought perhaps someone would know.

I may just give it a go, but would like to know as much as I can as to whether I could screw something up!

Steve

[albee1952]

Seriously doubt you can hurt anything. Just be prepared for it to not work(just in case). I just went thru something vaguely similar trying to get a new Mbox Studio to work on my HDN setup(granted, I am on a PC) and Mbox was a complete failure.....until I removed the HDN card. Now the Mbox works flawlessly

[Extreme Mixing]

Thanks for the reply Albee. Will check it out in the next few days. Would be very handy to have it all on one computer because of my plugs and all of the other things.

Steve

[K Roche]

Originally Posted by Extreme Mixing

I'm wondering if I can have both my HD Native and my Carbon interface connected to the computer at the same time. I'm not trying to expand inputs. I want to have the HD Native set up for 5.1 mixes and the Carbon set for Stereo. Then I could maybe switch between them by selecting one or the other with the Playback Engine. I'd have to have two separate speaker setups, so it may not be what I'm wanting. Or maybe it is. I feel like it should work.

I have a new Mac Studio and a Carbon interface. I also still have my HD Native and the Omni interface with a Tunderbolt 2 box.

Anybody tried it?

Steve

I have no idea I sold my OMNI to help fund my Carbon .. But just to clarify you are simply just trying to avoid having to switch the Carbon output back and forth from 5.1 to stereo ?

[Extreme Mixing]

Originally Posted by K Roche

I have no idea I sold my OMNI to help fund my Carbon .. But just to clarify you are simply just trying to avoid having to switch the Carbon output back and forth between 5.1 and stereo ?

Yes. And balancing the speakers with pink, etc... It does work by the way. But you have to unplug the network connection from the Carbon. I'm going to try it for this one session to see if it works out.

Steve

[rmajors]

Yes you can have Carbon connected to your computer at the same time as other audio devices, including HDX or HD Native. Pro Tools can only have one device selected as its Playback Engine at a time. It sounds like that will work for you, but if you do want to use a device's I/O while it is not the Playback Engine then you can access it via Aux I/O.

You should not need to disconnect or disable the Carbon in order to switch your Pro Tools Playback Engine to the HD Native, unless you mean that you need to physically free up the Thunderbolt port on your Mac.

[Extreme Mixing]

Originally Posted by rmajors

Yes you can have Carbon connected to your computer at the same time as other audio devices, including HDX or HD Native. Pro Tools can only have one device selected as its Playback Engine at a time. It sounds like that will work for you, but if you do want to use a device's I/O while it is not the Playback Engine then you can access it via Aux I/O.

You should not need to disconnect or disable the Carbon in order to switch your Pro Tools Playback Engine to the HD Native, unless you mean that you need to physically free up the Thunderbolt port on your Mac.

It doesn't work for me unless I disconnect the Ethernet from the computer that goes to the carbon. I'm using a new Mac Studio. I'm using an adapter from thunderbolt 2 to thunderbolt 4 to connect the HD Native.

Steve

[K Roche]

Originally Posted by Extreme Mixing

It doesn't work for me unless I disconnect the Ethernet from the computer that goes to the carbon. I'm using a new Mac Studio. I'm using an adapter from thunderbolt 2 to thunderbolt 4 to connect the HD Native.

Steve

I suppose that make sense since If the ethernet is connected it will want to use the carbon