The digital outputs of the Audio 6 work great. The Babyface was the only thing I could find that met all my requirements for portability, direct monitoring, signal routing flexibility, amount/type of I/O, USB, and works with all my existing gear. And they have direct monitoring of the digital inputs via software mixer. Both of those receive the TOSlink signal coming from my TC Electronic. I've tested the Babyface digital input as well as my previous interface (Motu 828mkII). And I needed something that worked with my existing gear now, rather than waiting for a driver fix that may or may not come. I had to buy an RME Babyface because I absolutely needed the 2 things above.

The conclusion was that I tried everything & maybe the driver can be updated to improve external sync. I spent several hours on it & contacted support. I was able to get signal directly from a Lavry converter SPIDF output, but the Audio 6 will not lock to a TC Electronic rack FX via SPIDF.

I shouldn't have assumed just because it says direct monitoring that it's for all the inputs.Ģ.) The clock of the digital input is unreliable syncing external to the incoming device. This is just the way it is, but was not obvious to me before purchasing. There is no software 'control panel mixer'. You are only able to directly monitor the analog inputs via the knobs on the hardware. I have one, I had intended to use it as my only audio interface but I ran into a few issues concerning the digital inputs.ġ.) Direct (latency free) monitoring is not supported with the digital inputs.

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