[Dirk Bruere at NeoPax]

Any way to get spdif/aes input without buying an expensive soundcard? ie
one costing more than $15.

--
Dirk

http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show

[Mike Rivers]

Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
Any way to get spdif/aes input without buying an expensive soundcard? ie
one costing more than $15.

Yeah. Buy a computer that has a built-in sound card with S/PDIF input.
The Mac Mini does.

If you're willing to spend $100, you could get a Cakewalk (formerly
Edirol) UA-1G USB interface
that has stereo anaog and S/PDIF I/O. Or buy something used and old, but
you might need a computer
running Win98 in order for its drivers to work.

It's tough to buy less for less than what everyone else wants.

--
"Today's production equipment is IT based and cannot be operated without
a passing knowledge of computing, although it seems that it can be
operated without a passing knowledge of audio." - John Watkinson

[Dirk Bruere at NeoPax]

On 06/03/2010 19:35, Mike Rivers wrote:
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
Any way to get spdif/aes input without buying an expensive soundcard?
ie one costing more than $15.

Yeah. Buy a computer that has a built-in sound card with S/PDIF input.
The Mac Mini does.

I'm going with a mini-itx Atom powered with 12V only.
Embedded OS. Line in, line out, mic, spdif out. No spdif in.

If you're willing to spend $100, you could get a Cakewalk (formerly
Edirol) UA-1G USB interface
that has stereo anaog and S/PDIF I/O. Or buy something used and old, but
you might need a computer
running Win98 in order for its drivers to work.

It's tough to buy less for less than what everyone else wants.

True.

--
Dirk

http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show

[Mike Rivers]

Soundhaspriority wrote:

The cheapest I come up with is $22.95

Geez, where does this stuff come from? Yeah, I know, "shipped from our
China warehouse."

--
"Today's production equipment is IT based and cannot be operated without
a passing knowledge of computing, although it seems that it can be
operated without a passing knowledge of audio." - John Watkinson

[Dirk Bruere at NeoPax]

On 07/03/2010 04:07, Mike Rivers wrote:
Soundhaspriority wrote:

The cheapest I come up with is $22.95

Geez, where does this stuff come from? Yeah, I know, "shipped from our
China warehouse."

Thanks guys.
Cheap enough, and looks good.
Only problems might be that I need 24/96, and continuity of supply.
It looks like the kind of device that might suddenly disappear next
week. So I guess if we go for it we'll have to buy a bunch of them.

Still, a USB solution has its advantages - most notably lack of a big
fat card sitting on a mini-itx board.

--
Dirk

http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show

[Richard Crowley]

"Mike Rivers" wrote...
It's tough to buy less for less than what everyone else wants.

Nominated for r.a.p Quote of the Year. :-)