Dual Tascam US-122's?

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I've been happily using my US-122 for the past several months after hearing about a friend's luck with his. Recently it came to mind that we should be able to connect both of them to different USB ports on a single machine, thus getting 4 inputs. Sadly, everything that I've tried doesn't allow me to see both devices.

I'm still hoping that there would be a way to define each as a separate bus and have channels 1 + 2 on bus 1, channels 3 + 4 on bus 2 -- but it just doesn't work. Is this a limit of my friend's software ( Cubase SX ), or might it be a problem with Windows ( XP Home Edition ) not differentiating because they're essentially the same piece of hardware? Would I have better luck if I used a US-122 as one device and a DIFFERENT 2-channel USB device as the other inputs?

Just trying to be a bit frugal and not blow a bunch of cash on a new 4-channel device if these two 2-channel devices can be rigged up to do the same job.
 
miseaujeu said:
I've been happily using my US-122 for the past several months after hearing about a friend's luck with his. Recently it came to mind that we should be able to connect both of them to different USB ports on a single machine, thus getting 4 inputs. Sadly, everything that I've tried doesn't allow me to see both devices.

I'm still hoping that there would be a way to define each as a separate bus and have channels 1 + 2 on bus 1, channels 3 + 4 on bus 2 -- but it just doesn't work. Is this a limit of my friend's software ( Cubase SX ), or might it be a problem with Windows ( XP Home Edition ) not differentiating because they're essentially the same piece of hardware? Would I have better luck if I used a US-122 as one device and a DIFFERENT 2-channel USB device as the other inputs?

Just trying to be a bit frugal and not blow a bunch of cash on a new 4-channel device if these two 2-channel devices can be rigged up to do the same job.
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I think you've hit the nail on the head....the comp is seeing both US 122 as essentially one device. Now, if there was a way to get into the USB handler and rename one of them, then you might be able to pull this off. I've never tried this tho.
I love the 122...
 
Two big issues:

The USB 1.0 that the 122 uses ain't fast enough for four channels.

The 122s have no provision for a master clock; they cannot be synced.

If you really need more channels, you can get a Presonus Firepod for $600, and have a bit nicer pres.
 
I thought the 122 was USB 2.0.
Had not thought thru the synching issue. Thanx APL! :D
 
apl said:
Two big issues:

The USB 1.0 that the 122 uses ain't fast enough for four channels.

The 122s have no provision for a master clock; they cannot be synced.

If you really need more channels, you can get a Presonus Firepod for $600, and have a bit nicer pres.
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A bit nicer :) ? I've been using a Firepod for a few weeks now and the thing kicks - pre's are great and have great headroom.

miseaujeu, as far as the two 122 thing goes - I'd give up hope for that. If you need more channels simultaneously, you'll need to look to another interface.
 
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