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AES vs. TDIF
Hi. Two questions:
1. I own and love my Radar II, and up till now I transfer files via TDIF and a MOTU 2408. It works well enough. I'm just thinking about picking up a 24 I/O AES card for the Radar and was wondering if there is an advantage to transferring this way? I believe AES/EBU carries it's own clocking right? Is one format a better choice for transfers back & forth? 2. Who makes an AES/EBU 24 I/O for mac. PCI or firewire? Any recommendations? Many Thanks, Erik |
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AES vs. TDIF
e.maynard wrote:
1. I own and love my Radar II, and up till now I transfer files via TDIF and a MOTU 2408. It works well enough. I'm just thinking about picking up a 24 I/O AES card for the Radar and was wondering if there is an advantage to transferring this way? I believe AES/EBU carries it's own clocking right? Is one format a better choice for transfers back & forth? AES/EBU carries two channels. TDIF carries eight. If you need to carry two channels, use AES/EBU or S-PDIF. If you need to carry more, use TDIF, Lightpipe, or MADI. Both AES/EBU and TDIF carry clocks. If you want to run a bunch of parallel AES/EBU lines you can do it, but it's a pain in the neck and you need to declare one line the master clock or provide external clocking. 2. Who makes an AES/EBU 24 I/O for mac. PCI or firewire? Any recommendations? I don't know, but if you need AES/EBU, you can buy a box from RME that will split your TDIF signal into multiple AES/EBU lines. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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AES vs. TDIF
Scott Dorsey wrote:
e.maynard wrote: 1. I own and love my Radar II, and up till now I transfer files via TDIF and a MOTU 2408. It works well enough. I'm just thinking about picking up a 24 I/O AES card for the Radar and was wondering if there is an advantage to transferring this way? I believe AES/EBU carries it's own clocking right? Is one format a better choice for transfers back & forth? AES/EBU carries two channels. TDIF carries eight. If you need to carry two channels, use AES/EBU or S-PDIF. If you need to carry more, use TDIF, Lightpipe, or MADI. TDIF is nothing but 4 AES pairs with a common clock source anyway. |
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AES vs. TDIF
e.maynard wrote:
Hi. Two questions: 1. I own and love my Radar II, and up till now I transfer files via TDIF and a MOTU 2408. It works well enough. Well enough ? It there some deficiency - do you suspect you are getting errors due to the interfaces and cabling ? I'm just thinking about picking up a 24 I/O AES card for the Radar and was wondering if there is an advantage to transferring this way? No, unless you think of more cables as an advantage. Distance maybe. I believe AES/EBU carries it's own clocking right? Is one format a better choice for transfers back & forth? TDIF has a common clock. If your channels are drifting then you have a much bigger problen than the interface type. geoff |
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AES vs. TDIF
Romeo Rondeau wrote:
Scott Dorsey wrote: e.maynard wrote: 1. I own and love my Radar II, and up till now I transfer files via TDIF and a MOTU 2408. It works well enough. I'm just thinking about picking up a 24 I/O AES card for the Radar and was wondering if there is an advantage to transferring this way? I believe AES/EBU carries it's own clocking right? Is one format a better choice for transfers back & forth? AES/EBU carries two channels. TDIF carries eight. If you need to carry two channels, use AES/EBU or S-PDIF. If you need to carry more, use TDIF, Lightpipe, or MADI. TDIF is nothing but 4 AES pairs with a common clock source anyway. Pretty much, yeah. But breaking those pairs out can be a pain. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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AES vs. TDIF
"e.maynard" wrote in message nk.net... Hi. Two questions: 1. I own and love my Radar II, and up till now I transfer files via TDIF and a MOTU 2408. It works well enough. I'm just thinking about picking up a 24 I/O AES card for the Radar and was wondering if there is an advantage to transferring this way? I believe AES/EBU carries it's own clocking right? Is one format a better choice for transfers back & forth? 2. Who makes an AES/EBU 24 I/O for mac. PCI or firewire? Any recommendations? Many Thanks, Erik Sounds like you've got a stable working system so there is no need to change anything. Of course, that never stopped me before! ;-) I can't think of any 24 channel card either. I have a Lynx AES-16 card that I would highly recommend but of course you'd need two of them. RME makes a similar item too (don't know if they support Mac though) And most of the firewire boxes come with converters. -- John L Rice www.DeliriumFix.com |
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