Presonus Firestudio soundcard seen by ROON, but no sound return to soundcard,

[Jesper_Sloth]

Roon Core Machine

Imac 2020, 3,8 Ghz i7, 40 Gb RAM

Networking Gear & Setup Details

Apple AirPort Extreme, Imac on WiFi

Connected Audio Devices

Presonus Firestudio(StudioLive RM16AI)

Number of Tracks in Library

Description of Issue

I use Presonus Firestudio(StudioLive RM16AI) as a soundcard, and ROON finds it and accept it and it plays fine. But I don’t get any sound back to the soundcard.
When I play from Tidal bowser and choose Presonus Firestudio, it plays fine and send sound back to the soundcard.
Is it possible for ROON to send the sound back to the soundcard?

[Robert_F (Rob)]

@Jesper_Sloth, can you explain what you mean by “send the sound back to the soundcard”? Do you have the Firestudio set to Exclusive mode in Roon? If so, if you disable Exclusive mode, does the Firestudio perform how you expect it to perform?

[BlackJack]

Maybe you use the wrong channels?

Motu 828x mute with Roon

Roon is usually just using the first 8 channels. So do you hear sound when you connect something compatible to the analog 1-2 channel outputs? Note: Roon is not a mixer software. You may need something like a software that provides a virtual sound card (compatible/seen by Roon) and properly setup with/for your Motu multi-channel audio interface to be able to use it as you wish to. You can also find older threads about that on the forum: Search results for 'multi channel interface' - Roon Labs C…

What happens if you configure and use System Output in Roon instead of the external interface directly (assumes that the interface is configured as standard output device for your computer)?