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I'm posting an update just in case someone else has a similar issue. The only conclusion that I can arrive at with this whole experience is that sometimes the complexity of computers means that sometimes things don't work when they should, and even more rarely, sometimes things work when they should...

Update: the mk3 doesn't have an issue with external synching. It has a problem with not being the Master Clock Source. I bought an external sync generator (ART Pro SyncGen). If I set the Master Clock Source to "896mk3 #1: Wordclock" and the 896mk3 #2 Clock to "896mk3 #2: Wordclock&quo...

I would go through the manual and look at every mention of clock (263 of them) to see what may or may not apply. Control f, type in clock and scroll through the listings. https://cdn-data.motu.com/manuals/firewire-usb-audio/896mk3_Hybrid_Manual_Win.pdf I love searchable PDFs and never use paper man...

For years my setup was an 896 HD and an 896 mk3 Firewire. I always had to use the mk3 as the clock master, as using the HD as the master caused audible pops on any of the mk3 outputs. I always assumed that the problem was the quality of the clock signal coming from the HD. I recently acquired a seco...

Try it. If it doesn't work return it. Thoughts are endless . . . So I bought 2 of those cards you recommended and they don't work. Well, one of them works fine with my 896HD and the standard 15 foot cable. My mk3 still doesn't work with the 75 foot cable. Yes, it works fine with the standard cable....

I used to use a setup with FW/Enet adapters: FW < -- > Enet < -- > FW. Worked very well. I don't recall what the adapters were but Google might help. **Leigh Thanks for the suggestion, but again, the cable that I have does work with another computer, so I'm really just concentrating on reasons why ...

https://smile.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Port-Express-FireWire-Adapter/dp/B000WCT5HK Also, the product page for this card on the StarTech website says: "The 2b, 1a card features a native (single chip) PCI Express chipset - resulting in faster, more reliable and cost effective performance than exp...

Maybe try one of the older format cards that provide line power even though you won't need to connect to the old style 4 pin power connector (the 896 doesn't need it). Tolerances on the older design cards are probably very different if capable of supplying power. I don't have a long cable but I use...

A 100' long audio snake could be the answer... I mean, theoretically, ya. In reality, I have a girlfriend that just barely accepts a small rack with my other interface (896HD) in the living room, only because she gets to use my near fields and sub woofer when she watches movies. Not to mention that...

I have a 75 foot long 6-to-6-pin Firewire cable. When I use it with my laptop (HP Elitebook 8760w, with HT-Link E132JMB 2-port Firewire card in ExpressCard slot), it works perfectly with my 896 mk3. (There is no information on this card anywhere I can find on the net, although I know It has a VIA ch...