Profire 2626 track limit

[PaulSOCW]

Ok, after reading a lot of peoples recommendation on here i decided to get a profire 2626 last week even though i was aware of the 18 input/output limit under pro tools m-powered.

So ive been using this fine for a week under windows 7 and today i finally got round to putting the drivers on snow leopard on my macbook.
Load up pro tools m-powered and discover that under os x i can select any of the 26 inputs and outputs

Was anyone else aware of this?

Why the restriction under windows and not os x?

 

[TheDriller]

Ok, after reading a lot of peoples recommendation on here i decided to get a profire 2626 last week even though i was aware of the 18 input/output limit under pro tools m-powered.

So ive been using this fine for a week under windows 7 and today i finally got round to putting the drivers on snow leopard on my macbook.
Load up pro tools m-powered and discover that under os x i can select any of the 26 inputs and outputs

Was anyone else aware of this?

Why the restriction under windows and not os x?

Can you actually assign and use all 26 at the same time?

 

[GarethSE]

yeah im pretty sure youre supposed to be able to.

 

[PaulSOCW]

Can you actually assign and use all 26 at the same time?

Wont know for sure til tomorrow.
Only got 1 adat interface at home.

 

[TheDriller]

Wont know for sure til tomorrow.
Only got 1 adat interface at home.

If i remember correctly, the way it works is that although you are free to "select" any input you want, PT will only allow 18 of those to be used at one time.

which is bullshit, pure digidesign bullshit

I could be wrong though.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

If i remember correctly, the way it works is that although you are free to "select" any input you want, PT will only allow 18 of those to be used at one time.

which is bullshit, pure digidesign bullshit

I could be wrong though.

This is correct.

You can re-order your inputs in the Profire Control panel.


18 is a lot for a 'home studio' isn't it?

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Man 18 is more than enough for me.

 

[TheDriller]

18 is a lot for a 'home studio' isn't it?

I think the issue is that outside of ProTools you can use all of the available inputs as much as you want.
Inside PT you are limited to 18, like a chump.

Artificial Limitations FTW.

 

[Trevoire520]

It will let you assign any input, but only the first 18 will pass a signal. You can re-arrange your input in the I/O setup so you can use analogue 1-8, adat 9-16 and spdif 25-26.

If you get a certain version of PTMP (7.3.something i think) and a Profire Lightbridge then there's a bug that allows you to use all 36 in's and outs.