On 3/15/2012 4:55 AM, Bill wrote:
The Fast Track Pro is usb 1.1, not usb 2. This might make it
unsuitable for some uses (the OP said "at least 44.1 16bit
stereo").
Sure, if you want to record 8 tracks at 96 kHz sample rate
(if it even does 96 kHz). USB 1.1 works fine with six
streams at 48 kHz and will do stereo in or out (not all of
them will do both simultaneously) at 96 kHz.
I have an old Tascam US-144 that has "Digital i/o". I've
never used that function, but assume it would work well
enough. Maybe their modern replacements also have the feature?
Yes, the current US-144 MK2 also has S/PDIF I/O. But the
original poster was ranting about everything with S/PDIF
having mic preamps that he wasn't going to use. But that's
what they make so if you want one, you pretty much have to
take the other, or pay a lot more money and get other things
you probably don't want.
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