Woodgrain Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 I have a Hammerfall 96/52 and a Soundcraft Digital 328. On the last 8 ADAT out's from the Hammerfall I would like to convert the Digital ADAT signal to analog so I can use outboard gear on playback/ and mixdown. After the signal has passed from the converters and through the outboard gear, I would like to send the signal into the 328 and back through the Hammerfall and saved as a .wav. What are some options for converters for 2-8 Channels for about $1000 U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotobonhome.com Posted March 26, 2001 Share Posted March 26, 2001 Originally posted by Woodgrain: I have a Hammerfall 96/52 and a Soundcraft Digital 328. On the last 8 ADAT out's from the Hammerfall I would like to convert the Digital ADAT signal to analog so I can use outboard gear on playback/ and mixdown. After the signal has passed from the converters and through the outboard gear, I would like to send the signal into the 328 and back through the Hammerfall and saved as a .wav. What are some options for converters for 2-8 Channels for about $1000 U.S. This is one of those rare threads that actually didn't get touched in Craig's forum for 4 days! I'll try to help. First I want to make sure you're aware of the potential latencies involved in using analog gear in the fashion described. The dma or asio buffers on you RME are going to create latencies at either the input or output cponversion, and you Soundcraft is also going to have some latencies in conversion. So plan on either moving tracks around or trying to pinch every last milisecond out of your card via buffer settings. As far as Litepipe A/D/A's are concerned, there's a million and 1 for every price range. If you go 8 i/o, plan on spending $1000-2500 for decent quality, and $3000-sky's the limit for cream o' da crop. Avoid or research diligently low cost 8 i/o boxes as there's usually something lacking, like word clock... Swissonic, Panasonic, RME, all make very nice 8 i/o boxes in the mid range. Make sure also you operate stand alone stuff at the right sample rate even if you're just sending to analog... jitter jitter... -rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted March 27, 2001 Share Posted March 27, 2001 Also Lucid Technology makes the kind of box you describe. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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