So is the H9000 MADi config set to “Auto/64” or “64”? I’m assuming Auto/64 is what Eventide calls the 96K framing because it adapts to single or double speed.
While waiting for the MADI card to ship, I had both the H9000 and Apollo X8 connected via ADAT and initially tried the RME as master and clocking the H9000 and Apollo over ADAT as slaves. Initially it synced fine but eventually I noticed the sync status lights on the RME were flickering and the UFX config app showed both devices bouncing between Link and Sync. Went to WC using a T on the H9000 and termination on in the Apollo and it’s been fine ever since. I can try letting the slaves clock from the MADI & ADAT but I’m concerned about what happens if/when I add more devices – hence the curiosity about daisy chaining.
Since I do very little analog recording (I’m primarily a composer using VI’s – my only analog inputs are a modular system, a Moog Matriarch and a single Townsend Sphere mic), I’m not sure what else I would be adding unless I break down and get a Bricasti. That’s analog/AES only, so the whole MADI/word clock thing doesn’t apply anyway.
