Combining audio interfaces on M series Mac

I have the following I'd like to hookup (permanently)
Piano - Left & Right
Synth - Left & Right
Quad Cortex Left & Right
And a couple of Microphones

However I'd like to use the DI facilitie on the QC, i.e. DI signal over USB (which would mean I'd have to switch it to an interface.

I currently have a Behringer 8 channel interface and a patch bay. All of the outs (bar the microphones) are normaled to the ins.

My aim is to capture both the Audio (QC Audio + DI so I can re-amp), and the Audio + midi of the piano and synth.

The obvious answer is another 8 channel converter and buy a DI Box/splitter.

If I combine the QC and my Audio interface it could free up two inputs, leaving room for any other stuff.

Also do most DAWs allow you to bind two/three record buttons together? So I can  arm 3 tracks at once, e.g. Piano L+R+Midi?
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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2510
    Core Audio on a Mac will let you create an Aggregate Device, which is a virtual interface that addresses two or more physical interfaces. So, yes, that's pretty straightforward, at least in theory.

    And yes it's possible to arm mutiple tracks at once in every DAW I know of.
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  • Axe_meisterAxe_meister Frets: 5019
    But how well do aggregate devices work with lower end audio interfaces that don't have a sync clock?
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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2510
    I'm not sure what you mean. All digital audio devices have a clock, otherwise they wouldn't work. Core Audio is able to resync audio from multiple sources simultaneously which is why aggregate devices are possible. So there's no need to use something like word clock. I've not really tried it myself but anecdotally it works pretty well, you may not get such low latency as when using a single device though.
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