User Manual

INSTALLING THE TRACK16 HARDWARE
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CONNECTING MULTIPLE MOTU FIREWIRE
INTERFACES
You can daisy-chain up to three MOTU FireWire
interfaces on a single FireWire bus, but do not run
the Track16 or other bus-powered interfaces under
bus power when doing so.
When connecting multiple MOTU interfaces,
MOTU Audio Console displays the settings for one
interface at a time. To view the settings for an
interface, click its tab.
Synchronizing multiple interfaces
When multiple MOTU interfaces are connected,
choose a Master Clock Source from the menu in the
General tab. You can choose any available sync
source from any connected interface, giving you a
great deal of flexibility in choosing a clock source.
A separate Clock menu is provided for any
interfaces not chosen as the master clock source.
You can either resolve the interface to the Master
Clock Source or to one of its own digital inputs or
other sync sources. The latter scenario is useful for
externally resolving the interface with the interface
chosen as the Master Clock Source.
Operating multiple FireWire interfaces at high
sample rates
Three MOTU FireWire interfaces can operate at
44.1 or 48kHz on a single FireWire bus, although
you may have to disable optical banks to conserve
FireWire bus bandwidth. At the 2x samples rates
(88.2 or 96kHz) and 4x sample rates (176.4 and
192kHz), you can operate no more than two
interfaces on a single FireWire bus.