Matt W

I'm trying to use my sound card's S/PDIF connection to get two audio channels into Max. The problem is, I can't find anywhere in Max that will let me assign the s/pdif to the dac~ or adc~. I've checked in the I/O mapping and it only displays my analog in/outs. 

Is there some secret to using the digital in/outs? 

My sound card is a Presonus firebox if that matters.

I'm trying to use my sound card's S/PDIF connection to get two audio channels into Max. The problem is, I can't find anywhere in Max that will let me assign the s/pdif to the dac~ or adc~.  I've checked in the I/O mapping and it only displays my analog in/outs. 
Is there some secret to using the digital in/outs? 
My sound card is a Presonus firebox if that matters. 

usinf-spdif-in-maxmsp

> I'm trying to use my sound card's S/PDIF connection to get two audio

> channels into Max. The problem is, I can't find anywhere in Max that

> will let me assign the s/pdif to the dac~ or adc~. I've checked in

> the I/O mapping and it only displays my analog in/outs.

Max doesn't know the nature of ins/outs, it doesn't claim its analog...

On all sound cards I know (except for the Mbox from a not so important

company) they are just the last two available inputs. I bet its the case

for the firebox as well. If I remeber correct, it has four analog and 

two digital ins - eight analog outs, two digital outs...

A [adc~ 5 6] and a [dac~ 9 10] should get you connected...

m_wadde schrieb:
> I'm trying to use my sound card's S/PDIF connection to get two audio
> channels into Max. The problem is, I can't find anywhere in Max that
> will let me assign the s/pdif to the dac~ or adc~.  I've checked in
> the I/O mapping and it only displays my analog in/outs.

On all sound cards I know (except for the Mbox from a not so important
company) they are just the last two available inputs. I bet its the case
for the firebox as well. If I remeber correct, it has four analog and 
two digital ins - eight analog outs, two digital outs...
A [adc~ 5 6] and a [dac~ 9 10] should get you connected...

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There is no difference between audio and digital in- and outputs from the view of Max. Doubleclick the dac~ object, select the Firebox in the "Driver" menu of the settings window. Then look into the "Channel" dropdown menus in the lower part of the window. They show all available audio ports of the selected interface. Two of the numbers are your SPDIFs. This is how it works on a Mac.

Usinf S/PDIF in Max/MSP