What about midi? Do you use a midi interface as well?
Yeah talking about MIDI, I just started a new thread where Iām wondering whether USB MIDI hubs will work with the Push 3. Maybe some of you guys here care to chime in:
I guess this belongs here.
So the number of inputs on the Push 3 are quite limited. I was thinking about expanding them as an aggregated device in my Mac, but had some reliability problems when doing that in the past.
Anyone know whatās the current status of the feature? Is it reliable?
SLiC
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Can you use the PUSH 3 ADATs to control a Eurorack (say via expert sleepers ES4) without aggregating the PUSH 3 as a āAudioā IO?
Can it just be done as in USB āControllerā mode?
I was wondering this myself. I havenāt been able to do this so far and havenāt had the time to look into it further. But I think it is not possible without using the push audio interface as an aggregated device with you main one.
Wanted to mention this here, but yes you can change the clock source on Push 3.
You have to first connect it to your computer as the primary audio interface.
I havenāt done this on Windows, only on MacOS, but via Audio Midi, and after selecting my interface I can change the clock source from Internal to ADAT.
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Burbus
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Ah that would be great. Iāve been having dropout issues when hooking up the Push 3 with EVO SP8 and Apollo Twin via ADAT. I am hoping setting the PUSH as the master will fix it.
Dibek
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They do, i have an old no-name USB Hub connected to the Push and run a really old Emagic AMT-8 Midiinterface and several USB Synths without any Problems.
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Dibek
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Sure, i have an Expert Sleepers ES-8 connected via ADAT and it works great.
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I think Iām getting an ES-8 next, but still wish Boredbrainās Optx v2 would be released first
Dibek
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i love the ES-8 but i believe using ADAT you only get four inputs, i might be wrong though, his whole expander-business is hard to understand for me 
I think only class compliant midi interfaces and instruments, right? So not the Roland System-8 for example?
Youāre rightā¦ only 4 inputs, which is why Iām hoping for Optx. Supposedly, itās keeping the same 8in/8out but itāll be 10hp, instead of 8.
If I donāt go this route, then Iāll look at ES-9 and just keep that in a 4MS Pod or something.
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Dibek
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Yes, class compliant only.
A bit of a windup on this questionā¦
With ableton live I frequently used it as a midi sequencer and live mixer. I had it sending midi to 4 different instruments, and had the audio from those four instruments running into my interface on 4 separate channels. I then had these four tracks processed by ableton effects, mixed and sent to stereo out of the audio interface.
This was all done live, so ableton itself never recorded any audio, just sent midi notes to the instruments, received audio live and then spit it out as a stereo mix. Could probably detect some lag if listening critically but I didnāt mind.
Would I be able to do this same setup using push 3 and an ADAT interface (ADA8200 for example)? Using the P3 to both send midi and receive/mix/output the audio live? Iāve read through this whole thread but apologies if this was addressed previously and I didnāt understand the answer. Iām not that familiar with ADAT.
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Dibek
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Of course, this is also how I start new tracks.
Thatās good to know! How do you like the push as a midi sequencer and mixer, does it work as you expected?
syso
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SLiC
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Looks neat, but it seems very expensive compared to the Expert Sleepers ES-3 MK4, does it have some advantages I am missing or is it just that itās stand-alone.
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syso
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