acengarle Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone used external USB 2.0 or Firewire sound cards with more than 2 inputs with MSRS. I tried using an M-Audio FastTrack Ultra which has 4 XLR inputs (8 inputs total but 2 are S/PDIF digital and 2 others can only be used with 1/4" mic connectors). MSRS only sees this device as a normal stereo input device, so it will only assign it two tracks. I can return this device, but I was wondering if there were alternatives. Are there any other small external sound cards that have at least 4 XLR inputs, and that MSRS will correctly see as having 4 channels or more? Does anyone else have similar requirements to mine and what are you using? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acengarle Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 I'll reply to myself: the Roland Octa-Capture works well with MSRS. It's a bit pricier than the M-Audio FastTrack Ultra, and a bit bigger, but it has 8 XLR inputs instead of 4, and it works. The reason it works is that Windows sees it as 4 different devices each with 2 channels, instead of one single device with 8 channels like the M-Audio. So it bypasses the problem entirely. Just in case this info is useful to anyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkelly Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I am having the exact same problem with a BIS digital mixer (6 channel). Does anyone know if this is compatible or if there is a way around it or do we need to purchase a new external sound card??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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