Hi,

Congrats. MADI will add a lot of flexibility to your H9000.

1) From RME: “The 96k frame setting affects outgoing MADI signals at sample rates 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz. At other sample rates, the setting is not relevant and does not affect the outgoing signal.”

I’ve selected 96K frame (and madi format 64 (32) ch.), and running mostly at 48kHz. Works beautifully.

2) I didn’t even remember this daisy chaining limitation, but because the H9000 MADI expansion is limited to 32 channels and the UFX+ / III supports 64 channels, I’m using the split mode on my UFX+. This allows me to connect 32 channels to and from the H9000 using coaxial, and I have still have the other 32 channels available on my UFX+ to freely route and connect other devices via MADI optical. If your H9000 and UFX are not too far away, I’d suggest trying that out. I’m clocking my H9000 via the MADI coaxial without any problems, so there’s really no need to use the word clock, unless there’s something in your setup that I’m missing. (Just make sure to have one master clock and others slaved to that, but I’m sure you already know this.)