Topic: Cannot use 2 RME Firefaces with Cubase 7.x.x and TI XIO2213A
When I connect a single Fireface 800 or 400 to a TI XIO2213A based Firewire 800 card, like the Syba SD-PEX30009 or SIIG NN-FW0012-S1, they work perfectly with Amplitube 3 and Cubase 7+.
When I connect my Fireface 800 AND 400, either individually to the card outputs or daisy-chained, they work with IK Mulitmedia's Amplitube 3 configured with IO from both cards.
However, when I open Cubase 7+, the Host LEDS on both interfaces flash for a couple of seconds, and when I open a project (just open, not play), I get:
a) constant flashing of the Host LEDs on the Firefaces, and
b) a never-ending stream of dialog boxes telling me that there were different sample rates and asking me to select how I wanted to handle it. Neither selection was palatable and neither solved the problem.
This occurred with either Firewire card with both:
a) Gigabyte GA-X58-UD4P, i7-920, 12GB, Win 8.x Pro, 3081 RME driver
b) Asus P9X79-E WS, i7-4930X, 32GB, Win 8.x Pro, 3081 and 3084 RME drivers.
When I used the GA-X58-UD4P's on-board Firewire from its TI TSB43AB23 chip, these problems didn't occur.
I have raised this issue in the Cubase forums as well.