The maximum number of units?

Steinberg Hardware
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Hi all!

Are three units the absolute maximum for the Steinberg MR816x? I really would like to have four units at the same time :frowning:


Thanks in advance!

/R

2

hello, actually you can’
you can chain up to 3 units with firewire and the rest with Optical Adats for total 48 ch.
but u loose direct monitoring. read the factory manual.

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I used to have 6 MR’s - 3 linked by firewire and the other 3 connected with Adat to the first 3, although it is only possible to use 6 inputs on each of the MR’s connected with Adat (something to do with S/PDIF connections).

The direct monitoring was useless so I sold 4 of them and now connect the remaining 2 MR’s to an RME Fireface UFX - a fantastic system.

The only thing I like about the MR’s is the fact that +48v phantom power can be switched on/off individually for each of the 8 inputs - most interfaces only permit this in pairs or only provide it on some inputs.

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Thanks for the replies!!

So basically, 48 ch is the absolute maximum? There’s no way of making “another” chain of MR816’s via another firewire port?


/R