Audio 101:How to Expand your I/O

Depending on the needs for your home studio or practice space, there’s most likely an interface that meets your needs in terms of I/O.

Sometimes though, your needs grow. It could be the band is getting bigger , or tour studio is getting bigger, and you need more inputs and outputs for your DAW.

Thankfully, most mid tier interfaces have the capabilities of expansion! With ADAT and just a few cables, you might have the ability to double your available inputs and outputs.

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[georgemendoza]

2:40 that was my problem, now it’s solved thanks to this video, thank you so much.

[G]

You always provide great instruction, thank you Tim

[BladesMusic]

Hey Tim - nice tutorial. I have nearly this exact setup here, except I have the original Studio 1824 (not USB-c). Absolutely use this all the time. It means that I can record all of my Pearl Mimic Pro channels to their own tracks and still leave everything connected all the time. So I have mine set to Kick, Snare, Stereo Toms, Stereo Overheads, Stereo Rooms, and then I'm also using two of the 1824 inputs for Hit-hat and Ride to have more control over them - and I still have an open stereo pair input. Then on the 1824 I still have room for my main mic, my guitar/bass, and a stereo pair for the system sound card so I can easily reference songs, listen to everything in the same monitors, and play my mixes back through the same monitor setup after mix, master, and export. It might seem like overkill to have all of this for a one-person setup, but it is SO convenient and a great workflow enhancement to not have to constantly change out cables, etc which interrupts the creative process. It's also great to use the Presonus hardware in Studio One because you can control the mute and Phantom from within the DAW. My sound cards are about three feet to the side of me and not immediately addressable, but nicely out of the way in a little self-made rack and being able to control the hardware from inside the DAW is awesome. Sorry for the long info!

[Fresh_I.S.C.]

best adat tutorial on youtube. thanks!

[DaisyHollowBooks]

Very helpful. I'm looking to expand the I/O on my interface. Thanks for this.

[turkey]

Tim! Great video! Thank you for helping us out with information like this. Believe it or not, I find it odd that there are not as many as you'd think. Keep up the great work, sir!

[sharward]

My Behringer ADA8200 just arrived today and I'm about to embark on trying to get it to play with my Behringer UMC1820. Wish this noob luck!

[chazmechenbier]

Great content, well explained, right at the starting level ft. Ir this subject. You're a Presonus wizard, in my book.

[distantidentitymusic]

Hi nice tutorial do you know if I ca use 2 1824c together? Thanks

[geoffsides]

Nice Tutorial .... starting where you left off in this video, how many I/O can you have total?

[meadgarfield]

Hi there Tim Talks.
I like your explanation of using Adat however can I use this set up with my sound module Roland 5080 witch has ADAT out and Adat i??
I want to use this to save my Analog inputs and outputs for my outboard hardware compressors and eq's

[themikeymaulerproject]

Great video Tim! A lot of information I've been looking at recommends the external pre system be the clocking master.... In this case, what are the pros/cons of making the Behringer unit the master?

[IndieAndNeoPsychMusic]

One question, you'll save my life. If I want to get a different sound from the line outputs of the pre AMP, different from the one coming from the inputs, is that possible? For example, sending the click from my DAW to come out of the line outputs of the pre amp, is that possible?

[Pianology]

Hi Tim,
My situation is that I currently have Presonus Quantum 2 as my audio interface. This one has 4 mono outputs (2 stereo pairs). Soon a project coming up, I need to be able to output more to create cue mixes for an acoustic band recording.
For the input, i already got how to get it working. I am abit unclear on the output.
So lets say i will connect Ada8200 to my Quantum 2 (it will be the master) by ADAT, using 2 cables so that both Adat In & Out will be connected.
And then will the Quantum 2 show up i know have total 12 analog outputs (4 + 8 from Ada8200). And then in my DAW (Studio One), i can choose which track to send seperately to which output from the 12 outputs i have?

Will it work like that? Or should the Ada 16 be the master, then the Quantum 2 be the slave? All i need is the ability to send each audio track to each analog output, and i need atleast 12 mono analog outputs like this.
Now i tried this with my Quantum 2, and I can send seperate audio track to seperate output within its 4 outputs.
So in this case how should i go about it?
Asking before buying Ada8200. Thanks alot

[PinkFloyd]

Hey Tim, I have essentially the same set up. I have a focusrite claret+8 pre and the same Behringer ada8200, however I also have the behringer powerplay p16i system. Any thoughts on how I’d go about setting this up considering both ADAT ins and outs are all being used?

[travisray]

Do you have it set on “adat in”? Is that the mode that receives the sample rate from the presonus?

[reubenconcepcion]

Hi there Tim just want to ask if I have a presonus audiobox 1818vsl and I have the same behringer you used here on your video how do I configure it on the universal control and studio one?

[firdaushaji]

Is it possible to show from scratch how you hook up those cables? Thank you sir.

[rik-keymusic]

Hello Tom, Thank you for making this video. Wondering if you have like 2 interfaces and you connect them with adat. Do you need to plug them both in with separate usb plug or can you run them both with one usb connection and merge them together as one unit?

[cristianmitosis]

What adat cable do you recommend for the connection?