Firepod and M-Audio Firewire 410 recording issue

[BloodyMurderKaraoke]

If I have these two devices plugged in, Cubase won't get a signal from either, regardless of which one is set to the master ASIO driver.

I want to use the SPDIF out on the 410 to get the extra stereo in on the Firepod. I don't know if this is a software limitation or some kind of bug, but I'm wondering if anyone has a suggestion for a workaround.

One more thing: The Firewire 410's software mixer meters light up when I plug in microphones. The Firepod's control panel doesn't have any mixing capabilities to tell, but I can hear all of my inputs out of my control room monitors, and I have the blue sync light like everything is working ok.

Like I said, Cubase will get a signal from both just fine when it's the only thing plugged in.

 

[if6was9]

so are you plugging the 410 into the spdif in, then firewire of the firepod to the computer?
It should work when you've the firepod as your selected drivers/interface and then just record enable the spdif in's on the channels you're using it on

I've not tried it but it should work fine- i do know that the spdif is disabled if you're using more than 1 firepod.

 

[BloodyMurderKaraoke]

well the thing is, the firewire 410 won't work standalone, because it has a software mixer for routing output. I have to have the 410 plugged in to my PC as well.

I also tried a novel idea of chaining the firepod to the 410 because both have two firewire ports on the back. that just BSODs the machine.

GuitarGodGT mentioned that he uses a Toneport UX2 as his SPDIF outputs. I'm wondering if I have to set up the wordclock or something. I really have no idea how that works.

 

[BloodyMurderKaraoke]

I got it half working:

I had to set the firepod clock source to S/PDIF. Now cubase can see input from the firepod. Also, I can LINE Output from the 410 Into a line in on the Firepod and direct monitor that, as well as record that into Cubase.

However:

I can't record SPDIF in the Firepod for some reason. I can see the SPDIF LED light up on the 410 when I speak in the mic, but when I arm the SPDIF track in Cubase and record, I don't get anything.

I feel like I'm so close!

Please offer suggestions!!!


I figured it out! instead of plugging in both the SPDIF in and outs on both units I just plugged the out on the 410 into the In on the Firepod, and presto!

Having both of them must have created some issue.

I'm so excited!