So I'm basically out of ins on my fireface 800, and really need more to get done what I need to do.
the ff800 has 10 analog ins and 8 outs, and I have it going through a presonus central station for volume control - though I'd really like to get rid of the CS
currently my setup is:
guitars - input 1 front
modular - input 1 back
ms20 - input 2
spx50d - inputs 3/4
k2vx - inputs 5/6
virus TI - inputs 7/8 back
machinedrum - inputs 7/8 front.
vocals - input 9
sherman - input 10
- that basically covers it.
what I'd like to be able to do are a few things.
I'd like to make use of all the individual outs for the machinedrum, which means 6 ins for the machinedrum at any time.
I've also got a cwejman AI-2 which gives me a stereo XLR pair of outputs from the modular (which I'd really like to make use of - currently I send everything back into my cwejman s1 which gets converted to a balanced xlr out and sent to the FF800).
I'd also really love to get rid of the central station, because I hear it colors your output in a bad way even though it is advertised as passive.
the k2vx is kind of on the way out, so I may be able to get two extra inputs for the MD, but that still isn't enough.
so yeah, what are my options.
daisy chaining firefaces is one - but I hear on the RME forum that it isnt such a good idea, and it doesn't really get rid of the central station for me.
another thing that has been suggested is getting a behringer ada 800 with the black lion mod, but the name behringer kind of makes me a bit queasy.
so yeah...
any suggestions guys?
