Saffire PRO Range Dual Unit Support Guide Contents Dual Unit Support.......................................................................................................... 2 Getting Started - Computer Connection........................................................................ 2 Controlling Dual Units................................................................................................... 2 Naming Units......................................................................................
Dual Unit Support It is now possible to run two Saffire interfaces connected to a single computer. This enables two devices to be connected to the same system and used as one device expanding the available Inputs and Outputs to your DAW. Dual Device Support is limited to two devices connected to the same bus at sample rates of 48kHz or below.
Master Sync Device When dual Saffire devices are connected to one computer via FireWire, the two devices will automatically sync together with no need for any additional cable connections. However one device will be set as the Master Sync Device. Click on the settings menu to select which unit is the Sync Master. Master Slave Sample rate and digital sync settings can only be set when Saffire MixControl has control of the Master Sync Device.
The look-up tables at the end of this guide show how the DAW inputs and outputs are routed to the inputs and outputs of Saffire MixControl. DAW routing Audio can be routed from Saffire to Saffire using your DAWs own routing capabilities. This allows audio processing from the DAW, but will result in audio latency due to the DAWs audio buffer. Look-up tables for every possible Saffire combination can be found at the end of the document.
Unit 1 Setup Cue Mix (unit 1) Open Saffire MixControl. Click on the first mixer tab. Ensure that the mixer output is stereo by clicking on the stereo button (below the meters of the output channel). Add the analogue inputs to the mixer, and set the required levels and panning. Add the S/PDIF input to the mixer (this is the feed from unit 2). Rename the mix to “Cue Mix” (or similar) by clicking on the name field (below the meters of the output channel).
S/PDIF Output Mix (unit 1) Click on the second mixer tab. Ensure that the mixer output is stereo by clicking on the stereo button (below the meters of the output channel). The input configuration will be the same as in the first mixer, set the levels and panning as required. The S/PDIF input to the mixer should be MUTED (this prevents feedback). Rename the mix to “S/PDIF Mix” (or similar) by clicking on the name field (below the meters of the output channel).
Unit 2 Setup Monitor Output Mix (unit 2) Switch Saffire Mix Control to the unit 2. Click on the first mixer tab. Ensure that the mixer output is stereo by clicking on the stereo button (below the meters of the output channel). Add the analogue inputs to the mixer, and set the required levels and panning. Add the S/PDIF input to the mixer (this is the feed from unit 1). Rename the mix to “MONITOR Mix” (or similar) by clicking on the name field (below the meters of the output channel).
S/PDIF Output Mix (unit 2) Click on the second mixer tab. Ensure that the mixer output is stereo by clicking on the stereo button (below the meters of the output channel). The input configuration will be the same as in the first mixer, set the levels and panning as required. The S/PDIF input to the mixer should be MUTED (this prevents feedback). Rename the mix to “S/PDIF Mix” (or similar) by clicking on the name field (below the meters of the output channel).
Dual unit look-up tables The following tables show how the inputs and outputs of dual Saffires will appear in your DAW’s I/O list. The order in which the units appear in a DAW is as follows: Pro40; LS56; Pro24; Pro24DSP, Pro 14; Pro 26, this is always the case when using different types of unit. The tables below illustrate how the units inputs and outputs on each unit will appear.
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 24 Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 1 (Lower ID) Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 4 SPDIF 1 5 DAW 5 5 SPDIF 2 6 DAW 6 6 ADAT in 1 7 DAW 7 7 ADAT in 2 8 DAW 8 8 ADAT in 3 9 ADAT in 4 10 ADAT in 5 11 ADAT in 6 12 ADAT in 7 13 ADAT in 8 14 Loop back 1 15 Loop back 2 16 Saffire PRO 24 Anlg in 1 17 DAW 1 9 (Higher ID) Anlg in 2 18 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 3 19 DAW 3 11 Anlg i
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 24 DSP Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 1 (Lower ID) Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 4 SPDIF 1 5 DAW 5 5 SPDIF 2 6 DAW 6 6 ADAT in 1 7 DAW 7 7 ADAT in 2 8 DAW 8 8 ADAT in 3 9 ADAT in 4 10 ADAT in 5 11 ADAT in 6 12 ADAT in 7 13 ADAT in 8 14 Loop back 1 15 Loop back 2 16 Saffire PRO 24 DSP Anlg in 1 17 DAW 1 9 (Higher ID) Anlg in 2 18 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 3 19 DAW 3 11
Unit: Unit Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 40 Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 4 Anlg in 5 5 DAW 5 5 Anlg in 6 6 DAW 6 6 Anlg in 7 7 DAW 7 7 Anlg in 8 8 DAW 8 8 SPDIF 1 9 DAW 9 9 SPDIF 2 10 DAW 10 10 ADAT in 1 11 DAW 11 11 ADAT in 2 12 DAW 12 12 ADAT in 3 13 DAW 13 13 ADAT in 4 14 DAW 14 14 ADAT in 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT in 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT in 7 17 DAW 17 17 AD
Unit: Unit Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 40 Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 4 Anlg in 5 5 DAW 5 5 Anlg in 6 6 DAW 6 6 Anlg in 7 7 DAW 7 7 Anlg in 8 8 DAW 8 8 SPDIF 1 9 DAW 9 9 SPDIF 2 10 DAW 10 10 ADAT in 1 11 DAW 11 11 ADAT in 2 12 DAW 12 12 ADAT in 3 13 DAW 13 13 ADAT in 4 14 DAW 14 14 ADAT in 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT in 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT in 7 17 DAW 17 17 AD
Unit: Unit Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 40 Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 1 (Lower ID) Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 4 Anlg in 5 5 DAW 5 5 Anlg in 6 6 DAW 6 6 Anlg in 7 7 DAW 7 7 Anlg in 8 8 DAW 8 8 SPDIF 1 9 DAW 9 9 SPDIF 2 10 DAW 10 10 ADAT in 1 11 DAW 11 11 ADAT in 2 12 DAW 12 12 ADAT in 3 13 DAW 13 13 ADAT in 4 14 DAW 14 14 ADAT in 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT in 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT in 7 17 DA
Unit: Unit Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Liquid Saffire 56 Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 4 Anlg in 5 5 DAW 5 5 Anlg in 6 6 DAW 6 6 Anlg in 7 7 DAW 7 7 Anlg in 8 8 DAW 8 8 SPDIF 1 9 DAW 9 9 SPDIF 2 10 DAW 10 10 ADAT 1 in 1 11 DAW 11 11 ADAT 1 in 2 12 DAW 12 12 ADAT 1 in 3 13 DAW 13 13 ADAT 1 in 4 14 DAW 14 14 ADAT 1 in 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT 1 in 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT 1 in 7 1
Unit: Unit Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Liquid Saffire 56 Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 4 Anlg in 5 5 DAW 5 5 Anlg in 6 6 DAW 6 6 Anlg in 7 7 DAW 7 7 Anlg in 8 8 DAW 8 8 SPDIF 1 9 DAW 9 9 SPDIF 2 10 DAW 10 10 ADAT 1 in 1 11 DAW 11 11 ADAT 1 in 2 12 DAW 12 12 ADAT 1 in 3 13 DAW 13 13 ADAT 1 in 4 14 DAW 14 14 ADAT 1 in 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT 1 in 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT 1 in 7 1
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 24 DSP Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 4 SPDIF 1 5 DAW 5 5 SPDIF 2 6 DAW 6 6 ADAT in 1 7 DAW 7 7 ADAT in 2 8 DAW 8 8 ADAT in 3 9 ADAT in 4 10 ADAT in 5 11 ADAT in 6 12 ADAT in 7 13 ADAT in 8 14 Loop back 1 15 Loop back 2 16 Anlg in 1 17 DAW 1 9 Anlg in 2 18 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 3 19 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 4 20 DAW 4 12 SPDIF 1 21 DAW
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 40 Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 4 Anlg in 5 5 DAW 5 5 Anlg in 6 6 DAW 6 6 Anlg in 7 7 DAW 7 7 Anlg in 8 8 DAW 8 8 SPDIF 1 9 DAW 9 9 SPDIF 2 10 DAW 10 10 ADAT in 1 11 DAW 11 11 ADAT in 2 12 DAW 12 12 ADAT in 3 13 DAW 13 13 ADAT in 4 14 DAW 14 14 ADAT in 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT in 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT in 7 17 DAW 17 17 ADAT in
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 24 Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 4 SPDIF 1 5 DAW 5 5 SPDIF 2 6 DAW 6 6 ADAT in 1 7 DAW 7 7 ADAT in 2 8 DAW 8 8 ADAT in 3 9 ADAT in 4 10 ADAT in 5 11 ADAT in 6 12 ADAT in 7 13 ADAT in 8 14 Loop back 1 15 Loop back 2 16 Anlg in 1 17 DAW 1 9 Anlg in 2 18 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 3 19 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 4 20 DAW 4 12 SPDIF 1 21 DAW 5 1
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Liquid Saffire 56 Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 4 Anlg in 5 5 DAW 5 5 Anlg in 6 6 DAW 6 6 Anlg in 7 7 DAW 7 7 Anlg in 8 8 DAW 8 8 SPDIF 1 9 DAW 9 9 SPDIF 2 10 DAW 10 10 ADAT 1 in 1 11 DAW 11 11 ADAT 1 in 2 12 DAW 12 12 ADAT 1 in 3 13 DAW 13 13 ADAT 1 in 4 14 DAW 14 14 ADAT 1 in 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT 1 in 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT 1 in 7 17 DA
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 14 Anlg in 1 1 DAW 1 9 (Lower ID) Anlg in 2 2 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 3 3 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 4 4 DAW 4 12 SPDIF 1 5 DAW 5 13 SPDIF 2 6 DAW 6 14 Loop back 1 7 DAW 7 15 Loop back 2 8 DAW 8 16 DAW 9 17 DAW 10 18 DAW 11 19 DAW 12 20 Saffire PRO 14 Anlg in 1 9 DAW 1 21 (Higher ID) Anlg in 2 10 DAW 2 22 Anlg in 3 11 DAW 3 23 Anlg in 4 12 DAW 4 24 SPDIF 1 13 DAW 5 25 SPDIF 2 14 DAW 6 2
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 26 Anlg in 1 DAW 1 1 (Lower ID) Anlg in 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 DAW 4 4 Anlg in 5 DAW 5 5 Anlg in 6 DAW 6 6 SPDIF 1 7 DAW 7 7 SPDIF 2 8 DAW 8 8 Loop back 1 9 Loop back 2 10 ADAT 1 11 ADAT 2 12 ADAT 3 13 ADAT 4 14 ADAT 5 15 ADAT 6 16 ADAT 7 17 ADAT 8 18 Saffire PRO 26 Anlg in 19 DAW 1 9 (Higher ID) Anlg in 20 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 21 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 22 DAW 4
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 14 Anlg in 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 DAW 4 4 SPDIF 1 5 DAW 5 5 SPDIF 2 6 DAW 6 6 Loop back 1 7 DAW 7 7 Loop back 2 8 DAW 8 8 Anlg in 9 DAW 1 9 Anlg in 10 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 11 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 12 DAW 4 12 Anlg in 13 DAW 5 13 Anlg in 14 DAW 6 14 SPDIF 1 15 DAW 7 15 SPDIF 2 16 DAW 8 16 Loop back 1 17 Loop back 2 18 ADAT 1 19 ADAT 2 20 ADA
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 24 Anlg in 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 DAW 4 4 SPDIF 1 5 DAW 5 5 SPDIF 2 6 DAW 6 6 ADAT 1 7 DAW 7 7 ADAT 2 8 DAW 8 8 ADAT 3 9 ADAT 4 10 ADAT 5 11 ADAT 6 12 ADAT 7 13 ADAT 8 14 Loop back 1 15 Loop back 2 16 Anlg in 17 DAW 1 9 Anlg in 18 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 19 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 20 DAW 4 12 Anlg in 21 DAW 5 13 Anlg in 22 DAW 6 14 SPDIF 1 23
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 24 DSP Anlg in 1 DAW 1 9 Anlg in 2 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 3 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 4 DAW 4 12 SPDIF 1 5 DAW 5 13 SPDIF 2 6 DAW 6 14 ADAT 1 7 DAW 7 15 ADAT 2 8 DAW 8 16 ADAT 3 9 ADAT 4 10 ADAT 5 11 ADAT 6 12 ADAT 7 13 ADAT 8 14 Loop back 1 15 Loop back 2 16 Anlg in 17 DAW 1 9 Anlg in 18 DAW 2 10 Anlg in 19 DAW 3 11 Anlg in 20 DAW 4 12 Anlg in 21 DAW 5 13 Anlg in 22 DAW 6 14 SP
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Saffire PRO 40 Anlg in 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 DAW 4 4 Anlg in 5 DAW 5 5 Anlg in 6 DAW 6 6 Anlg in 7 DAW 7 7 Anlg in 8 DAW 8 8 SPDIF 1 9 DAW 9 9 SPDIF 2 10 DAW 10 10 ADAT 1 11 DAW 11 11 ADAT 2 12 DAW 12 12 ADAT 3 13 DAW 13 13 ADAT 4 14 DAW 14 14 ADAT 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT 7 17 DAW 17 17 ADAT 8 18 DAW 18 18 Loop back 1 19 DAW
Unit: Input: DAW Input: Saffire Mix Output: DAW Output: Liquid Saffire 56 Anlg in 1 DAW 1 1 Anlg in 2 DAW 2 2 Anlg in 3 DAW 3 3 Anlg in 4 DAW 4 4 Anlg in 5 DAW 5 5 Anlg in 6 DAW 6 6 Anlg in 7 DAW 7 7 Anlg in 8 DAW 8 8 SPDIF 1 9 DAW 9 9 SPDIF 2 10 DAW 10 10 ADAT 1 11 DAW 11 11 ADAT 2 12 DAW 12 12 ADAT 3 13 DAW 13 13 ADAT 4 14 DAW 14 14 ADAT 5 15 DAW 15 15 ADAT 6 16 DAW 16 16 ADAT 7 17 DAW 17 17 ADAT 8 18 DAW 18 18 ADAT 2 1 19 DAW
