Trouble using a MOTU 896 on a PC

[BlackHills]

I found MOTU 896 at a pawn shop for a steal… Now, (unfortunately) I’m trying to use it on a Gateway laptop with Windows XP -- mixing on Adobe Audition.

My firewire card seems to work fine - the sound I'm recording is great, but at this time I can only record on to the computer from 2 channels at a time. It seems that the “MOTU Audio Console” program only lets me select 2 tracks for input – it’s like there are no options to open it up to listen to more inputs.

I'd like to be able to use all 8 inputs – I don’t know if the CueMix feature works with the 896? The CueMix program has installed but it won’t open on this PC. I've tried to re-install but it didn't help.

As I'm sure you can see -- I'm new to all of this -- maybe this is something very simple that I'm missing?

Thanks!

 

[Tukkis]

What sampling rate and bit depth are you running?

 

[BlackHills]

512, 16-bit

The “FW Audio Console” says my sample rate per buffer is 512..... I'm recording in 16-bit right now...

Could this effect how many channels I can record off of from the MOTU?

 

[Tukkis]

Sampling rate as in 44.1khz,48khz etc in your hardware mixer.

Could this effect how many channels I can record off of from the MOTU?

Not sure about the Motu but some soudncards when using 48,98khz sampling rate give you less inputs because of the increased info.

 

[BlackHills]

Oh yea, thanks.... duh..

I've been using 44.1...

but I'll double check..