This makes no sense. If I have two audio interfaces with ADAT in and out and 8 analog inputs and outputs on each, I can just take the ADAT out from #2 bring it in to the ADAT in to #1, run the ADAT out from #1 to the ADAT in to #2, and then just use interface number #1 with whatever driver it comes with (no need to use ASIO4ALL) and have access to all 16 analog inputs and outputs on both interfaces through interface #1 to the computer. I can then use the interface software to route all channels however I like and see them all in my DAW where I can set the clock to "internal" for both interfaces to slave to through the ADAT connections. If your method was correct (and I've never seen anyone use ASIO4ALL to successfully combine two input or output interfaces), then I should be able to run 2 ADDITIONAL AD converters (like the Behringer ADA 8000 / 8200) to feed each of the audio interfaces and combine the two interfaces in ASIO4ALL to get 32 inputs and outputs with the ADAT handing the clock OR just use a dedicated external world clock to sync all 4 devices and the DAW PC. Unfortunately, I think that ask that you've done here is to make use of the ADAT input into your main interface to use the extra 8 ADAT in channels which is a well - documented feature of the audio interface, anyway. You don't even need to waste a USB port on your DAW computer, because it doesn't need to pull audio from the interface. It can do it with just the ADAT connection going into the primary interface connected to the DAW. Lastly, there's a maximum number of channels you can bring into a PC using a USB 2.0 port. My RME Digiface USB interface takes 4 ADAT ins and 4 ADAT outs that connected to any ADAT - enabled AD preamp (like the Behringer ADA 8000 / 8200) or any audio interface with ADAT ins and outs to combine them into a 32 channel in and 34 channel out (it has s headphone port) interface through a single USB 2.0 cable. But that basically maxes out the capacity of the USB 2.0 port. I'd love it if you were correct, though. I've got 4 audio interfaces with ADAT in and out and 2 Behringer ADA 8200s. If you were right, I could buy 2 more ADA 8200s and then have 64 channels of inputs and outputs and sell my Digiface USB. Unfortunately, ASIO4ALL can't (from what I understand) do this in a reliable way. It's what makes those damned Apple computers better for audio recording. They can combine interfaces right in the OS where Microsoft won't get off of their asses and fix their crappy audio system.

I found this very helpful. You didn’t necessarily tell me anything new but you pulled it all together for me in one presentation. Thank you.

Used asio 4all for about 10 years .didn't know that it aggregated!! Many thanks!

Nice video! The way we can use 2 audio interface as were just one is brilliant! We share the same ambitions about learning new skills; keep up the good work!

Absolutely outstanding! Thank you for keeping this video online. The information and explanation was precise and easy to understand. Well done.

This video is super useful. About a year ago I bought a zoom livetrak l20R digital recorder and it's awesome, but the only downside is that it doesn't have midi inputs for my midi keyboard or percussion pad. Now I can pair the zoom with my Saffire USB 2-in with MIDI and finally be able to have midi tracks on my session without switching gear, plus 2 more XLR channels if I need to. Awesome!!!

Excellent Video and graphic explanation of a practical application for ASIO for all.I have used ASIO for all before but only to allow my TC- Helicon Voicelive 2 show up as an audio interface via it's USB connection. I also own a Voiceworks which I see is in your studio but although it works OK the LEDs seem to fail easily so I don't use it to it's potential.

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This is the video I was looking for! I am new to the home studio world and as a drummer I eat up channels fast lol! Great stuff and easy to follow. Thanks!

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I have a FCA1616 and a Presonus D8 and was curious about ASIO4ALL. Was quite happy to see the 1616 here, now I know exactly what to do, thanks!

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very clear !

Thanks sooooooooo much. You just saved a soul. You made it so so simple. I've watched some other videos but yours is very clear. I have a saffire pro 40 and a fast track pro bundled with Protool 9 MP, because I love pro tools and I would want to make the fast track pro my main. Though i have not tried it, but do you think making the fast track pro, (which in my opinion is lower in strenght compared with saffire pro 40) my main so that I can use the protools, might cause any issue? I intend to use the spdif, thats what d fast track pro has. Thanks gain. I really appreciate your work sir.

Thank you for this! One question... I have my system hooked up via ADAT, but I just found out that it's actually more accurate to use the word clock feature. With this said... I purchased an inexpensive 75ohm cable and a termination cap. Since Word Clock doesn't transfer data... I still have the ADAT hooked up. Based on what you've shown here... it seems as though I may have to change my clock source to maybe word clock??? Can you help with this?

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So we have been running a similar setup for live band recording only the problem we found was during live recordings of a band using 16 channels and recording all 16 channels at the same time, the Presonus seemed to lack the ability of running 4 extra external monitors in addition to the two main outputs so here is what we ended up doing. We kept the 16 channels and snaked all the outputs for each channel into a 24 channel Mackie Mixer so we could control the room live but still capture all of the channels in the recording software. We bumped up the sampling rate to 2048 which resolved any latency problems and do not use the USB to the Behringer as the fiber does the work of pulling in the other 8 channels. It would be nice to see them come out with a better way to connect monitor wedges and use groupings to control what each player can hear coming out of the monitors without having to use a physical mixer to make it happen. There are only two main outputs one right and one left physically to plug in from on the back of the PreSonus to main speakers which work great for the desk jocky making individual tracks as a composer. For a live band recording it is a bit more difficult but getting better as more folks are wanting to record their jam sessions. Has anyone put three Audiobox 1818VSL's together and assigned any of the main outputs to be used to send to players monitor floor wedges? It has had its challenges, but I think we are coming to its limitations without just getting a Presonus 32 channel mixer that can record or something like it. Oh, did I mention whoever dies with the most music crap wins. When I mention monitors in the above, I'm talking about self-powered speaker wedges that sit in from of each player so they can set it to hear the singer or hear the bass or just keyboard and acoustic guitar etc. not headphones for a person sitting behind a desk. The ones you see band members putting their feet on all the time on the stage that can be moved around with a plug going to them. The audiobox has just a left and right output going to mains capturing all the channels for playback. Let me know if I'm missing the obvious, please.

Nice video! thanks. But how does the clock stuff work if I don't have a ADAT connection on my soundcard interface (mbox)?

is there a way to use a behringer umc1820 like an ada8200 connected to a scarlett 18x20 through adat? is there a standalone mode for the behringer 1820?

Gracias!!

excellent very well explained, the only video that has understood the problem of synchronization, the only bad thing is that it is not applicable to cheaper interfaces like scarlet or the behringer umc 202, because the drivers of these do not have the option of syncronization or I'm wrong

could I run a scarlet 2i2 while running my protools hdx system with the avid 192? I need that low latency the scarlet offers when tracking guitars!!!

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fantastic video and very helpful, a question, will this work the same way with the Digimax D8, although the digimax I believe only has adat out ?

This is very helpful! Thank you. Have you ever tested WORD Clock Sinchronizarltion possibilities?

Do you know if its possible to use something like an Antelope Orion 32+ for the Analog INS and OUT's but use a seperate interface as the main Driver/ADC/DAC?

Awesome video thank u! Question is what about 2 identical interfaces? I have 2 m audio fast track ultra 8r. Will this still work for them since their identical?

If I wanted to connect two Focusrite 18i8 interfaces, would I do it the same way?

Hi, great video. We did everything what you say in the video but out of the slave interface we can set that the in and out in our daw reason is corresponding but no sound. Do you know what can cause the problem... we are using the scarlett 18i20 3rd generation as the master and the umc behringer 18i20 as the slave. Also sometimes the asio program that we downloaded crash often... thanks in advance

Sorry for my stupid question; I understand about the adat connections but besides having the lightpipe cable connected from master to slave interfaces, do I also connect both interfaces’s usb cables to the computer? Or just the lightpipe in between interfaces and only the master interface usb connected to the computer? Thank you in advance! Have a great day!

Awesome. Not sure if you know but will that driver work if I had two Focusrite Liquid Saffires? Focusrite says they're not compatibly together only works with an adat pre amp or the Octopre's

hi i want to hook up 2 audio interface cause i don't want stress/latency and cause i have the cards laying around .i have 2 same audio interface pci sound card and 1 different also i want 1 them for input voice/instrument and the other out for monitor/singer.thanks.

Hi, not sure if you can answer this one. I have a Behringer UMC1820 + an Behringer ADA8200. I also have a Presonus FireStudio Lightpipe which can support up to 4 x Behringer ADA8200. Can I link the UMC1820 Optical OUT to the Presonus OPTICAL IN for clock sync and then use 1 ADAT on the Behringer UMC1820 and then have 4 extra ADAT's connected to the Presonus? Basically in short i would have UMC1820 + ADAT unit. PLUS Presonus with 4 ADAT units. It would give me a total of 48 inputs (8 on UMC1820, 8 on ADAT, plus 4x8 inputs on the Presonus with connected ADATS) But this leads me to my 2nd question, can ASIO4ALL support up to 48 inputs?

How you connect both Devices from USB to computer, at the same time you have a ATAD between them?

kindly advice me how to daisy chain focusrite 18i20 and 18i8..Thanks!

i have presonus 1818vsl and i want to expand it to 16input am thinking of buying presonus 1824c can connect both together using adat and how?

Great video! You might have answered this already but I figured it'd make no harm to ask. I've got a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (2 inputs) and a friend of mine has another one. We'd like to use them together to home record a drumset, using 4 mics but, unfortunaltely, the Scarllet 2i2 has no ADAT nor SPDIF. Would that still be possible?? If not, we'd probably have to use only 2 mics or ~maybe~ two computers?

Thanks for the video ! do you know if it's possible to use 2 audio interfaces (each on connected via adat to a behringer ada8200) ? I mean for example : - behringer ada8200 ----ADAT---> Audio Interface 1 ----USB----> Computer + - behringer ada8200 ----ADAT---> Audio Interface 2 ----USB----> Computer

I have a MOTU 896mk3 that's firewire. But, the computer I will be getting doesn't have firewire. So, I ordered an 8pre USB. If I use that one as the one connected to my computer will I still be able to connect the firewire unit to the 8pre? I want to get 16 inputs and use the 8 outputs on the firewire unit. Does that make sense? I can't afford to go out and get another 8x8 for another grand. I'm trying to use this usb 8pre to get done what I need.

i dont have adat in my soundcard .. what will i do ..

Super well done video and information. Question: I have Presonus Studio One 5 and would like to use my analog mixer going through one interface for tracking to the DAW, and on playback, I would like you use the Presonus StudioLive 32S mixer for monitoring. (I prefer recording through an analog mixer and using outboard compressors, external mic pres, etc)... So my question is: Can I use an 8 channel Focusrite interface (Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 Rackmount 18x20 USB Type-C) for my analog mixer going into the DAW (in my case StudioOne to record the tracks) and use the Presonus StudioLive Digital mixer for playback (and monitoring). Is there a method that would work for that particular setup? Thanks and great info on your video. Note: I have not bought the Focusrite interface yet, so hence the question before I commit and buy one. Thanks and your videos are always very well done..... Phil NYC Area

is a wanted to buy the ART TPS II tube preamp, would I be able to switch between my focusrite scarlet and the ART TPS II in studio one 3? lets say I wanted to record just vocals on the ART TPS II could i just switch

hi, Vatche, I happen to have several audio interfaces among them an old 1990 MODULE MOTU 828 firewire and it sincronises with ADATS and has the optical in and out and also the beringer fca1616 just like yours and I also have a PORTABLE DIGITAL STUDIO TASCAM2488 neo all of them have 8 ins and 8 aouts. Do you know if the ISO4ALL driver will make all of the modules work even if some of them are old modules. Thank you Vatche. God Bless you.

I've also made a video on connecting my Focusrite Clarett 8 Pre to my Saffire PRO 40 if anyone is looking for that specific setup!

Hello again...New question please. I just bought a guitar modeler pedal. I would like to record the modeler pedal direct using the USB out of the Modeler Pedal into my Laptop. Now, I monitor through my Presonus 32S digital mixer so that I have the mixer faders controlling the individual audio tracks. Question: Can I just plug the Modeler Pedal (vis USB) into my laptop using Studio One (5) DAW and still have the Presonus mixer monitor the tracks (with individual fader control) of the audio tracks...OR, will I still need the ASIO4All software? Thanks as always. Philip NYC area

I have the audio Knox 18 18 and just bought a mic behringer They both work with Asiob4 all but for some reason when i go to set up the song the only way I can get the sound to come back from the behringer is to turn the blue speaker on on each track which has always caused me latency Do I have an out put set up problem or do i need to run out put cords to the behringer? Thank you for any help

Sadly my Tascam US-16x8 does not have digital out, yet my older cheaper Mbox3 does (Go figure). Nevertheless thanks for having done and posted the clip, It is at least fuel for thought in the future.

Can you tell how to connect at presonus 1818 & a studio 192 so I can get 16 inputs

nice video! but damn. is there no chance to combine my rme babyface with the focusrite 18i20 2nd gen and getting at least (!) 96 khz ???? what a shame..

For example: I have a Saffire Pro 40 + adat It also has a Profire 2626 + adat ... Would I use as two interfaces together, plus the two adat? resulting in 32 channels? @I'm From Brazil

I've been looking for a video like this. I've got a focusrite 18i20 3rd gen and I need to record some drums next week. I have an old M Audio ProFire 2626 laying around that I want to use to record more microphones. I hope this works! Thank you!

Hello! Nice video! Can you tell me if these 8 input interfaces will multiplex the AD converters? I need an interface for beamforming research and I need the data to be captured at the same time on all inputs. Thanks!

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i have my drums set up with the focus rite 18i20 2nd gen but i need 2 more tracks for a bass and guitar on my mac..how can i plug my focus rite 2i4 to my focus rite 18i20 to add 2 more tracks

13:24 based on my experience i was expecting the same with what you are saying but my focusrite 18i8 doesn't show individually the inputs ... Only shows 2 probably 1 for output and 1 for input.... How do i resolve this ...is it because of the driver? 🥺

I followed the steps; however, I am only able to choose between one or the other of the two interfaces I have. I have a DIGI 002 and a Presonus VSL 1818. Do I need two adat cables or just one to make it work? I think I am closer than I was now than before I watched this video. Thank you for taking the time to assist. I am also using the ASIO 4 All Driver.

thanx.. bt why use asio4all.. cant u use the presonus interface driver ..

I have YAMAHA AG06 and plan to buy Steinberg UR22C, Can I use ASIO4ALL to drive both in Cubase/Nuendo at the same time for 4 input simultaneously? Thank you so much.

If I use 2 audiobox vsl44 do I still need to connect them with the adat cable? because the vsl44 doesn't have that input on the back but I would assume two of the same interface would give me the same sample rate and just have the DAW recognize all 8 inputs... would this work? or am I screwed with the vsl44 because it has no adat cable connection on the back?

excellent video, I have a question from venezuela I have a Roland UA-25 EX interface (the old version, not the EDIROL version) it has "DIGITAL" inputs and outputs with OPTICO cable my doubt is, if these connections are ADAT or S / PDIF, since the manufacturer does not provide this information to see your video I came to this doubt since I have never used these connections and I have been warned that not all optical connections are ADAT consequently, I do not want to make an investment in a preamplifier like OCTANE or BEHRINGER ULTRAGAIN and not being able to take advantage of it thank you very much and I hope your answer soon

hi men, i just bought my presonus 1818svl and i think i´ve got the same driver that you have, the problem is that when i go to the setup my driver doesnt show me the clock source and all the ADAT and ASIO options. do they show up when you put the ADAT cable or when you install de ASIO4ALL driver? Or maybe you can please give me the link to download the same driver you have? i´d appreciate it. Thanks

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Both of these devices have wordclock, as do most others in this price bracket and higher. If you get an external wordclock controller, this then frees up your ADAT on both for use with external devices to add even more channels.

I would like to do this on an iMac, is the procedure the same ? Do I need a special driver to make the two units work together. Thanks a

if i have 2x Behringer UMC1820 should i use the adat cable or i just plug the usb from 2 audio interfaces with usb only ?

Great tutorial. My question is, your presonus and fca1616 both have 8analogue and 8digital (adat) so if you want to expand into recording 32i/o "which you have to buy 2-ada8000 for digital connections on both interfaces" how do you sync the both interface without using the adat?

Ok I understand the adat stuff, I already have focusrite 18i8 and the octopre connected for 16 channels, but I just received my replacement 18i8 that messed up and warranty covered, can I add 8 more somehow or is 16 it? Unfortunately the 18i8 only has adat in, no out. Anyone know the trick if there is one?

thanks for the great explanation of connection for two devices. I'm actually using an old Motu 8pre firewire audio device. i need to connect it as adat buying a focusrite scarlett 18i20 or a 18i8 to have respectively 16 or 10 pre channels to record at the same time. is it possible do it even if my motu doesn't have a world clock connection?

Hypothetically, could I ADAT my Saffire Pro40 to a USB3 device to run?

hello sir........I'm a beginner Nd I hv a presonus ar12usb mixer Nd a focusrite 18i20.also usb.......now I will b using the focusrite interface...only...to connect my outboard gears in the DAW...Nd use d ar12usb only for recording......now d ar12 doesn't hv any adat WC port like the 18i20........so if I use two of them simultaneously.using asio4all.....will it create any audio issues while recording????

Thank you so much for this. I have a question I have an audio interface which has enough inputs for what i need. I would like however to have multiple cue outputs(headphones) so that 4 people can listen at the same time. I would like to control how much each channel sends to individual headphones. Therefore i don't want to connect the "phones "output to a 4 headphone preamp. Getting 4 channel preamp however would require me to run ASIO4ALL . But i had many issues with that software since my computer is not very powerful so i would like to avoid any software solutions. With your expertise can you think of a solution to my problem ?

very helpful for me although i can not understand all 。but I know roughly。

Hey everyone, I have a Steinberg UR22 (2 xlr input interface), is it possible for me to purchase a Berheinger ADA8000 @ 1:58 and use that to add extra inputs to my small interface? Or does it have to have an ADAT input, which I don't think my steinberg has

I have the presonus studio live 16.o.2 and the RME FIREFACE 400 .. !! Is it possible to synchronize them? Because I would like to have the presonus channels in the RME..!!! Thanks

I have a UFX II that cannot be changed in my Studio One to asio... it messes everything up. I have to keep that, but still can't connect two other adats to it. Ive got a Saffire 56 and Behringer 8200 that shows sync in the Madi face software screen, but NO real way to use those 16 pres. They are now paperweights. Ive tried everything to connect them to track. No luck

I tried this with my M-Audio 1814 and an Alesis MultiMix 16. Sonar and Vegas was not having it at all. Both pieces of software crash when I try to change their audio driver to Asio4All. Any ideas?