Crackling or like vinyl record with dust.

Sounds like there's a sync problem mate.

To use S/PDIF you need to set one device as the "master" and the other as the "slave".

This will ensure that the "clocking" is in-sync. IOW, both devices are generating individual samples at the same time and you should then be able to send the audio in either direction without clicks / pops.

Monkey Man wrote:

Sounds like there's a sync problem mate.

To use S/PDIF you need to set one device as the "master" and the other as the "slave".

This will ensure that the "clocking" is in-sync. IOW, both devices are generating individual samples at the same time and you should then be able to send the audio in either direction without clicks / pops.

Thanks mate...you were absolutely right. I was focused on the 18i16 and DAW when I totally ignored the Integra-7 Clock. Everything is rolling great. I don't know if you have more knowledge about the Integra but I will ask anyway.
Can I use all 8 physical channels as mono and the S/PDIF at the same time making that a total of 16 Physical Channels connected to my 18i16 so that they would show up as 16 audio channels? I don't want to invest in 8 Mogami cables unless this works as I use the Integra for Recordings through my DAW only.

Good stuff; glad to be of service mate.

As for the output-channel thing:

I can only speak for the analogue outs. In this case, you can have 8 mono channels or 4 stereo ones and everything in-between.

Sorry mate; it's all I have.

Monkey Man wrote:

Good stuff; glad to be of service mate.

As for the output-channel thing:

I can only speak for the analogue outs. In this case, you can have 8 mono channels or 4 stereo ones and everything in-between.

Sorry mate; it's all I have.

Thanks for that! I will try the outputs from the S/PDIF and post back here if I manage to have all 16 channels separately in the DAW.

No worries Theo.

Bear in mind that S/PDIF is stereo-only.

Yeah S/PDIF has a cleaner and lower signal than the analog or even USB through the DAW. Sad that the S/PDIF only works through Channel A output. The S/PDIF or Optical on this Device would have be wonderful going through an AUDIO Interface and then through the DAW. I have also noted that no update on the Integra 7 editor and USB driver has been done for so many years. I still have problems using it through my DAW. The editor gets the error connection constantly and works only if I uninstall DAW and reinstall with Integra 7 editor from scratch. Once I select my audio interface and then return back to the editor, it doesn't work.

I'd recommend grabbing one of the free 3rd-party editors then Theo.