Profire 2626 w/ 2 motu 8 pres into Pro Tools 9

[DWatson]

Hey guys,

I wanted to record 24 inputs for a quick demo this weekend w/ my Profire 2626 so I borrowed two of my friends Motu 8pre's to run into my Profire 2626 via ADAT ports A and B to get myself there.

My connections are as followed

Profire ADAT A out ---> MOTU(1) ADAT 1-8 in(clock synced to external no issues)
MOTU(1) ADAT 1-8 out ---> Profire ADAT A in

Profire ADAT B out ---> MOTU(2) ADAT 1-8 in(clock synced to external no issues)
MOTU(2) ADAT 1-8 out ---> Profire ADAT B in

All of the units are synced and I can see any input lighting up and I can monitor any one of them in on the Profire 2626 dsp mixer

In pro tools the default inputs were 16 so I created 8 more to give me 24 and I had the set up as this.

Analog 1-8
Optical 9-24

The issue is that I'm seeing no signal in pro tools from the optical inputs 17-24, which would be the 2nd Motu 8pre in the chain.

Now I can see levels on the Motu and I can even monitor and hear the signal on the internal dsp mixer..but nothing comes into pro tools.

Any help or suggestions is appreciated.

 

[006]

Sounds like everything is hooked up correctly, might just be some routing issue in PT.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Does pro tools still have an I/O restriction or did they do away with that?

 

[006]

Does pro tools still have an I/O restriction or did they do away with that?

Ohhhh yeah good call, forgot about that. Wasn't it limited to 16 inputs total? That might be it.

 

[egan.]

Protools 9 will do 32 simultaneous inputs and it doesn't care what format they are. 18 was the old LE limit and the 8 analog+ADAT+spdif thing is specific to the 001/2/3 series.
Let's not confuse his issue with misinformation.

 

[darkbeast]

Protools 9 will do 32 simultaneous inputs and it doesn't care what format they are. 18 was the old LE limit and the 8 analog+ADAT+spdif thing is specific to the 001/2/3 series.
Let's not confuse his issue with misinformation.

Really? I didn't know that changed with 9.

 

[egan.]

Yep but feel free to google it.

 

[006]

Protools 9 will do 32 simultaneous inputs and it doesn't care what format they are. 18 was the old LE limit and the 8 analog+ADAT+spdif thing is specific to the 001/2/3 series.

Ah, shows how much I have kept up with PT over the years. To clarify, I meant to say that may be the problem if there still was a restriction on inputs.