Is there really no digital I/O IN other than ADAT?

[Johnkenn73]

Just hard to believe in 2024 there would only be one digital format...which is probably going to result in the carbon being returned. I'm trying to send digital signal to a Trinnov...so I have a Hosa optical to AES converter. I go out of the Carbon spdif optical port into the adapter then AES into the Trinnov. Then I come AES out of the Trinnov - but apparently there's no SPDIF optical IN? It can only be adat? I know the adapter is working, because I can connect the AES out from the TRinnov into a Burl DA and it works fine. But the idea was to sell the Apollo and the Burl and go with Carbon.

Also - I can't use the SPDIF optical OUT port in anything but Pro Tools? So I can't use Carbon for ANYTHING but Pro Tools? That's just jaw-droppingly short sighted.

[Johnkenn73]

just read in the "What's new in 2021.10" release notes that the SPDIF INS are now working? Page 19:
Optical In Format (Detected)
"Pro Tools | Carbon automatically detects the digital format of the incoming signal on optical ports 1 and 2 (labeled ADAT In 1 and
2 on the back panel). The detected format is displayed for each port: ADAT, S/PDIF, or N/A."

That's great, but I'm hearing the signal BEFORE it was sent out to the trinnov. I want to monitor the return. No idea how to do that. I did record a stereo track with ADAT 1-2 as the input...I get signal, but there's definitely phaseyness going on.

[Matt Hepworth]

Originally Posted by Johnkenn73

just read in the "What's new in 2021.10" release notes that the SPDIF INS are now working? Page 19:
Optical In Format (Detected)
"Pro Tools | Carbon automatically detects the digital format of the incoming signal on optical ports 1 and 2 (labeled ADAT In 1 and
2 on the back panel). The detected format is displayed for each port: ADAT, S/PDIF, or N/A."

That's great, but I'm hearing the signal BEFORE it was sent out to the trinnov. I want to monitor the return. No idea how to do that. I did record a stereo track with ADAT 1-2 as the input...I get signal, but there's definitely phaseyness going on.

Sounds like you're dual monitoring somehow.

[Darryl Ramm]

How do you survive with out MADI? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯