User Manual-for Mac

INSTALLING THE 896MK3 HARDWARE
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OPERATING THE 896mk3 AS A CONVERTER
As explained earlier in “Using optical I/O to
operate the 896mk3 as an 8-channel expander” on
page 25, the 896mk3 can serve as a multi-channel
analog-to-digital converter when disconnected
from the computer and instead connected to
another device equipped with an ADAT optical
input. For example, you could connect the 896mk3
optical output to the optical input on another
MOTU audio interface, such as a Traveler, 828mk3
or even another 896mk3. The 896mk3 then serves
as a multi-channel expander that adds additional
mic/analog and digital inputs to the interface. The
benefit of connecting the 896mk3 in this manner
(instead of as another FireWire interface) is that
you can seamlessly integrate the 896mk3’s inputs
into the on-board no-latency CueMix monitor
mixing in the interface, since the 896mk3’s inputs
are fed into CueMix via the interface’s optical
inputs.
If the device to which you are connecting the
896mk3 supports 2x optical sample rates (88.2 or
96 kHz), you can also use both banks of connectors
as discussed in “ADAT optical operation at 88.2 or
96 kHz” on page 24.
Expander
896mk3
ADAT optical Out
Figure 4-7: Using the 896mk3 as an optical expander. In this example, it is connected to another 896mk3.
FireWire or USB
Base
896mk3
Mac
ADAT optical In
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