Question

I'm am trying to daisy chain an old Firestudio 26/26 to my 1818VSL via ADAT cable. However, when I play something into the FS 26/26, it sounds what I can only describe as the audio equivalent of pixilation. Am I doing something wrong? Are these two not compatable? I am running it into the last version of Studio One 2 at 96kHz and 24-bit.

Answer 1

This is because these are two interfaces, with independent drivers. They are each designed to be the Main Interface and not designed to work linked, as you appear to be attempting to do.

 

What you need to be looking for, as far as ADAT input expansion is concerned are devices such as:

 

http://www.presonus.com/products/digimax-series