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adat to usb interface i cant find
I'm looking for a way to interface 8 channels of audio I/O in the
format of ADAT optical with my imac. I've found many pci cards that allow this but the new imac doesnt have slots (it has a round base). I'm trying to interface the behringer ada8000 so i can record 8 tracks simultaneous and also mix down 8 tracks with the 8 analog outs on the unit. So i guess i have 2 questions: 1) is there a way to interface with the imac thats reasonably affordable? (i.e., just an adaptor, not another interface). 2) is there an adapter that allows you to use pci cards with a computer that doesn't have slots for them? As always thanks for any help guys (and girls)--MAtt |
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"Matt" wrote in message om... I'm looking for a way to interface 8 channels of audio I/O in the format of ADAT optical with my imac. I've found many pci cards that allow this but the new imac doesnt have slots (it has a round base). I'm trying to interface the behringer ada8000 so i can record 8 tracks simultaneous and also mix down 8 tracks with the 8 analog outs on the unit. So i guess i have 2 questions: 1) is there a way to interface with the imac thats reasonably affordable? (i.e., just an adaptor, not another interface). 2) is there an adapter that allows you to use pci cards with a computer that doesn't have slots for them? As always thanks for any help guys (and girls)--MAtt For the price, and given your equipment, looks like it's hard to beat the Behringer BCA2000. It's a small control surface that connects via USB 2.0 and gives you 8 channel ins and outs via ADAT lightpipe, as well as S/PIDF and AES/EBU: http://www.behringer.com/BCA2000/index.cfm?lang=ENG They should become available by the end of the month for around $220. John |
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"John_LeBlanc" wrote in message ...
"Matt" wrote in message om... I'm looking for a way to interface 8 channels of audio I/O in the format of ADAT optical with my imac. I've found many pci cards that allow this but the new imac doesnt have slots (it has a round base). I'm trying to interface the behringer ada8000 so i can record 8 tracks simultaneous and also mix down 8 tracks with the 8 analog outs on the unit. So i guess i have 2 questions: 1) is there a way to interface with the imac thats reasonably affordable? (i.e., just an adaptor, not another interface). 2) is there an adapter that allows you to use pci cards with a computer that doesn't have slots for them? As always thanks for any help guys (and girls)--MAtt is that the only solution? it seems to be such a waste to get a full standalone interface just for the adat I/O. I mean i dont want to spend about as much for the adapter as the interface. Anybody know of anything cheaper? For the price, and given your equipment, looks like it's hard to beat the Behringer BCA2000. It's a small control surface that connects via USB 2.0 and gives you 8 channel ins and outs via ADAT lightpipe, as well as S/PIDF and AES/EBU: http://www.behringer.com/BCA2000/index.cfm?lang=ENG They should become available by the end of the month for around $220. John |
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John_LeBlanc wrote:
"Matt" wrote in message om... I'm looking for a way to interface 8 channels of audio I/O in the format of ADAT optical with my imac. I've found many pci cards that allow this but the new imac doesnt have slots (it has a round base). I'm trying to interface the behringer ada8000 so i can record 8 tracks simultaneous and also mix down 8 tracks with the 8 analog outs on the unit. So i guess i have 2 questions: 1) is there a way to interface with the imac thats reasonably affordable? (i.e., just an adaptor, not another interface). 2) is there an adapter that allows you to use pci cards with a computer that doesn't have slots for them? As always thanks for any help guys (and girls)--MAtt For the price, and given your equipment, looks like it's hard to beat the Behringer BCA2000. It's a small control surface that connects via USB 2.0 and gives you 8 channel ins and outs via ADAT lightpipe, as well as S/PIDF and AES/EBU: http://www.behringer.com/BCA2000/index.cfm?lang=ENG This is by far the cheapest option. The only other option I can think of would be a MOTU 828. Those go for about $800 or so. The 828 is firewire, but I believe you have that, right? -- Eric Practice Your Mixing Skills Multi-Track Masters on CD-ROM www.Raw-Tracks.com |
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Laurence Payne wrote in message . ..
On 14 Jun 2004 09:01:52 -0700, (Matt) wrote: I'm looking for a way to interface 8 channels of audio I/O in the format of ADAT optical with my imac. I've found many pci cards that allow this but the new imac doesnt have slots (it has a round base). I'm trying to interface the behringer ada8000 so i can record 8 tracks simultaneous and also mix down 8 tracks with the 8 analog outs on the unit. So i guess i have 2 questions: 1) is there a way to interface with the imac thats reasonably affordable? (i.e., just an adaptor, not another interface). 2) is there an adapter that allows you to use pci cards with a computer that doesn't have slots for them? As always thanks for any help guys (and girls)--MAtt I realise it's a bit late now, but why did you choose to buy an imac? I didnt choose to, it was a gift from 3 years ago. I totally understand what you guys are saying too, I was just wondering if there was a little single toslink-usb adapter that i could run and grab at comp usa or something. It's just that I'm off of my job till september so I'm trying a little to conserve the green. Thanks for the tips-MAtt CubaseFAQ www.laurencepayne.co.uk/CubaseFAQ.htm "Possibly the world's least impressive web site": George Perfect |
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I'm looking for a way to interface 8 channels of audio I/O in the
format of ADAT optical with my imac. I've found many pci cards that allow this but the new imac doesnt have slots (it has a round base). I'm trying to interface the behringer ada8000 so i can record 8 tracks simultaneous and also mix down 8 tracks with the 8 analog outs on the unit. So i guess i have 2 questions: 1) is there a way to interface with the imac thats reasonably affordable? (i.e., just an adaptor, not another interface). 2) is there an adapter that allows you to use pci cards with a computer that doesn't have slots for them? As always thanks for any help guys (and girls)--MAtt I realise it's a bit late now, but why did you choose to buy an imac? I didnt choose to, it was a gift from 3 years ago. I totally understand what you guys are saying too, I was just wondering if there was a little single toslink-usb adapter that i could run and grab at comp usa or something. It's just that I'm off of my job till september so I'm trying a little to conserve the green. Thanks for the tips-MAtt It's not an adapter type of solution. ADAT is optical and USB is electrical. |
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(Matt)
I'm looking for a way to interface 8 channels of audio I/O in the format of ADAT optical with my imac. You got your IMac 3 years ago, I highly doubt it has USB 2.0 so you ain't likely to get 8 tracks in the puppy with a USB interface, USB 1.1 is just too slow. You need to look at a Firewire interface, and if the IMac is so old it doesn't have that you're priced out of the market with your $220 limitation. You *could* buy a Harmoni upgrade card for the Imac which gives older Imacs firewire and a modest speed bump for $300, but then you need a firewire device like the MOTU (around $800). Will Miho NY Music & TV Audio Guy Off the Morning Show! & sleepin' In... / Fox News "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits |
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I didnt choose to, it was a gift from 3 years ago. I totally
understand what you guys are saying too, I was just wondering if there was a little single toslink-usb adapter that i could run and grab at comp usa or something. It's just that I'm off of my job till september so I'm trying a little to conserve the green. Thanks for the tips-MAtt Besides, in addition to what Romeo said, you have to be careful because toslink is a 2 channel optical format that you could probably find, but it won't transfer 8 channels to usb, and older usb 1.0 or 1.1 isn't fast enough for 8 channels even if a toslink converter could do it. I'm only mentioning this because toslink and ADAT, although both optical, use different protocols and have different data transfer restraints. I realize your use of "toslink" could be a mis-statement, but for lurkers that might not know the difference, it's always preferable to simply establish the correct nomenclature. -- Roger W. Norman SirMusic Studio |
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Roger W. Norman wrote:
snip Besides, in addition to what Romeo said, you have to be careful because toslink is a 2 channel optical format that you could probably find, but it won't transfer 8 channels to usb, and older usb 1.0 or 1.1 isn't fast enough for 8 channels even if a toslink converter could do it. I'm only mentioning this because toslink and ADAT, although both optical, use different protocols and have different data transfer restraints. I realize your use of "toslink" could be a mis-statement, but for lurkers that might not know the difference, it's always preferable to simply establish the correct nomenclature. I was under the impression that "Toslink" was the name for connector, and the two different protocols are "S/PDIF" and "ADAT". -- Eric Practice Your Mixing Skills Multi-Track Masters on CD-ROM www.Raw-Tracks.com |
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17 Jun 2004 05:50:41 -0700, suggested:
: ospam (WillStG) wrote in message ... : (Matt) : : I'm looking for a way to interface 8 channels of audio I/O in the : format of ADAT optical with my imac. : : You got your IMac 3 years ago, I highly doubt it has USB 2.0 so you ain't : likely to get 8 tracks in the puppy with a USB interface, USB 1.1 is just too : slow. You need to look at a Firewire interface, and if the IMac is so old it : doesn't have that you're priced out of the market with your $220 limitation. : : My imac is a round based one with jaguar and 700mhz, this is not one : of those old multi-color models. It's the kind you could go to apple : today and buy. It most definitely has usb2.0. I've heard firewire is : faster but with my computer there jsut wont be that much difference : that its worth the extra pennies. Actually, if your iMac is 700MHz, it does not have usb2.0. The first iMac with usb2.0 was the 1GHz/1.25GHz revision that came out last fall. Apple waited a long time before they started including it in their hardware for some reason. -- agreenbu @ nyx . net andrew michael greenburg |
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(Matt) wrote in message . com...
ospam (WillStG) wrote in message ... (Matt) I'm looking for a way to interface 8 channels of audio I/O in the format of ADAT optical with my imac. You got your IMac 3 years ago, I highly doubt it has USB 2.0 so you ain't likely to get 8 tracks in the puppy with a USB interface, USB 1.1 is just too slow. You need to look at a Firewire interface, and if the IMac is so old it doesn't have that you're priced out of the market with your $220 limitation. My imac is a round based one with jaguar and 700mhz, this is not one of those old multi-color models. It's the kind you could go to apple today and buy. It most definitely has usb2.0. I've heard firewire is faster but with my computer there jsut wont be that much difference that its worth the extra pennies. You *could* buy a Harmoni upgrade card for the Imac which gives older Imacs firewire and a modest speed bump for $300, but then you need a firewire device like the MOTU (around $800). Believe me i would skip and optical interface and the connection to the computer totally if i could just get a motu but as u said MOTU (around $800) that's why im not getting it. Will Miho NY Music & TV Audio Guy Off the Morning Show! & sleepin' In... / Fox News "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits If it isn't usb 2.0 it isn't an option at all. I think M-audio makes the some pretty cheap firewire ones that have adat I/O. Mike http://www.mmeproductions.com |
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Sorry, been busy on the remodel. Technically, yes, although if one can
describe ADAT to mean both the optical connector AND 8 channels of up to 24/48kHz, then I use the same method to designate that toslink is 2 channels of 24/48kHz over optical. But if you use s/pdif as the protocol (which it is) some people get confused because that also is the protocol of coaxial. Easier to use the more generic although less technically correct terms, or at least it produces less confusion in my little brain. -- Roger W. Norman SirMusic Studio "EricK" wrote in message ... Roger W. Norman wrote: snip Besides, in addition to what Romeo said, you have to be careful because toslink is a 2 channel optical format that you could probably find, but it won't transfer 8 channels to usb, and older usb 1.0 or 1.1 isn't fast enough for 8 channels even if a toslink converter could do it. I'm only mentioning this because toslink and ADAT, although both optical, use different protocols and have different data transfer restraints. I realize your use of "toslink" could be a mis-statement, but for lurkers that might not know the difference, it's always preferable to simply establish the correct nomenclature. I was under the impression that "Toslink" was the name for connector, and the two different protocols are "S/PDIF" and "ADAT". -- Eric Practice Your Mixing Skills Multi-Track Masters on CD-ROM www.Raw-Tracks.com |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
In article writes: Technically, yes, although if one can describe ADAT to mean both the optical connector AND 8 channels of up to 24/48kHz, then I use the same method to designate that toslink is 2 channels of 24/48kHz over optical. Picky clarification here. Alesis has always referred to the interface as "Fiber optical" and "EIAJ jacks." The terms "ADAT Lightpipe," "ADAT Optical" or just "ADAT" or "Lightpipe" that most of us use are all industry jargon and nothing official. I guess that if ADAT is included in the name in print, it should have a trademark symbol along with it (which it rarely does). Actually Mike, this is not quite correct. Our company is under license agreement with Alesis. The official legal name they specify is "Alesis ADAT(r) Multichannel Optical Digital Interface", which is one "Alesis ADAT(r) Interface" (the other being their "synchronization" interface). Alesis most commonly refers to it as "ADAT optical", "Alesis optical format", "Alesis ADAT optical format" or however much they abbreviate the official lengthy name. The "Lightpipe" of "ADAT Lightpipe" is indeed industry jargon, which Alesis does nonetheless recognize and use themselves occasionally. |
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True. The original s/pdif protocol only handled 20 bit/48 kHz but the 4
extra bits were s/pdif specific and hand nothing to do with audio itself. There were an additional 4 bits of control data that ended up being squeezed into the utility of s/pdif, but it's well outside of spec. ADAT, however, using the same plastic optical cable and connector, always supported 24 bit/48 kHz data transfer for 8 channels of data, and even if it's not used with the Alesis name, ADAT specifics that set of data channels and bandwidth over plastic. When you look on the back of your Mackie MDR it says ADAT, not Alesis, and s/pdif is generally a coaxial cable on most units (haven't looked at the Mackie standalone recorders in a long time). It's just a matter of the market changing and using accepted norms that do not represent the IEEE/IEC specs for wiring, but it conveys a lot of information without all the addidional jargon. -- Roger W. Norman SirMusic Studio "Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1087741017k@trad... In article writes: Technically, yes, although if one can describe ADAT to mean both the optical connector AND 8 channels of up to 24/48kHz, then I use the same method to designate that toslink is 2 channels of 24/48kHz over optical. Picky clarification here. Alesis has always referred to the interface as "Fiber optical" and "EIAJ jacks." The terms "ADAT Lightpipe," "ADAT Optical" or just "ADAT" or "Lightpipe" that most of us use are all industry jargon and nothing official. I guess that if ADAT is included in the name in print, it should have a trademark symbol along with it (which it rarely does). TOSLink is Toshiba's brand of connector which has become the EIAJ (and pretty much world wide) standard for the plastic fiber optic cable. IEC-958 includes the use of this connector as one of the optional two-channel digital interfaces. "S/PDIF" is a term that's so convenient and so well understood that it won't die for a long time, but really nobody actually makes it exactly the way Sony and Phillips designed it any more. -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
ADAT, however, using the same plastic optical cable and connector, always supported 24 bit/48 kHz data transfer for 8 channels of data The original ADAT optical interface only handled 20 bits, I believe because of a limitation of their interface chip. (Garth?) It wasn't until a generation or two later that it could carry 24 bits. The original ADAT optical specification for which they filed for a U.S. Patent in 1992 (and were granted 2 years later: #5,297,181) specifies 24 bit audio. You might remember Alesis ADAT "SVHS" was 16 bits, as was Tascam "Hi-8" DTRS. Then recall that Alesis came out with their 20 bit version of the ADAT tape machine, excusing themselves in the various marketing literature for going all the way to 24 bits. This is probably what you are remembering. Their current interface chipset, the AL1401A and AL1402, does support 24 bits now. |
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Here's a little blurb from
http://www.mtsu.edu/~dsmitche/rim420...Interface.html Here is a short comparision table of AES/EBU and S/PDIF interfaces: AES/EBU S/PDIF (IEC-958) Cabling 110 ohm shileded TP 75 ohm coaxial or fiber Connector 3-pin XLR RCA (or BNC) Signal level 3..10V 0.5..1V Modulation biphase-mark-code biphase-mark-code Subcode information ASCII ID text SCMS copy protection info Max. Resolution 24 bits 20 bits (24 bit optional)As you can see, AES/EBU 24 bits, S/PDIF 20 bits as the original standard. Hey, I still do have the 2 brain cells, Mike! g IEC 958/II raises S/PDIF to 24 bits as part of the spec, rather than an option. -- Roger W. Norman SirMusic Studio "Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1087781135k@trad... In article writes: True. The original s/pdif protocol only handled 20 bit/48 kHz but the 4 extra bits were s/pdif specific and hand nothing to do with audio itself. There were an additional 4 bits of control data that ended up being squeezed into the utility of s/pdif, but it's well outside of spec. This is getting complicated. I don't know what S/PDIF (the REAL S/PDIF) actually supported, but the real AES/EBU only supports (officially) 20 bits. What you describe is true for AES/EBU. There's a channel status bit that tells the receiving device to interpret the "spare" bits as audio. IEC-958/II (the consumer version, which evolved from S/PDIF) has always had 24 bits that can legally carry audio data. IEC-958/I (the pro version, which evolved from AES/EBU) still defines 20 official bits for audio data, and the other 4 bits of a 24-bit data stream are carried elsewhere, with a clue to interpret them as audio. ADAT, however, using the same plastic optical cable and connector, always supported 24 bit/48 kHz data transfer for 8 channels of data The original ADAT optical interface only handled 20 bits, I believe because of a limitation of their interface chip. (Garth?) It wasn't until a generation or two later that it could carry 24 bits. -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo |
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The original ADATs were only 16 bit converters, as was the Tascam DA88.
Then Tascam came out with the DA38 with 18 bit converters and Alesis came out with the ADAT XT, which had 20 bits but only recorded 16. Then the next model that actually recorded 20 bits, then Tascam came out with 24 bit recording from 24 bit converters. And then digital multitrack tape ended! g -- Roger W. Norman SirMusic Studio "Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1087828126k@trad... In article writes: The original ADAT optical specification for which they filed for a U.S. Patent in 1992 (and were granted 2 years later: #5,297,181) specifies 24 bit audio. You might remember Alesis ADAT "SVHS" was 16 bits, as was Tascam "Hi-8" DTRS. Then recall that Alesis came out with their 20 bit version of the ADAT tape machine, excusing themselves in the various marketing literature for going all the way to 24 bits. This is probably what you are remembering. I remember the different models of ADAT, 16- and 20-bit. When the DA-78 first came out, TASCAM made a big deal about how ("unlike the ADAT") their interface has always been 24-bit-capable. While Alesis' patent may have covered a 24-bit interface (certainly a smart thing to do) it was my recollection that the original interface chips as built would only pass 20-bit data - not a big deal with a 16-bit recorder. It wasn't until later (maybe concurrent with the release of the 20-bit ADAT recorder) that it handled 24 bits. Their current interface chipset, the AL1401A and AL1402, does support 24 bits now. No argument there. -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo |
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In article writes: http://www.mtsu.edu/~dsmitche/rim420...Interface.html Here is a short comparision table of AES/EBU and S/PDIF interfaces: AES/EBU S/PDIF (IEC-958) Max. Resolution 24 bits 20 bits (24 bit optional)As you can see, AES/EBU 24 bits, S/PDIF 20 bits as the original standard. This part is backwards, at least according to my article in Recording. Who're you gonna believe? "Max resolution" is really kind of a bad way of describing the terms of the standard. "number of bits in the audio data word" is better, but they can't say that in 1/3 of a column of print. AES only has 20 bits in that chunk of data, and the other 4 bits are somewhere else. The S/PDIF format doesn't really specify word length, but there's room for 24 bits in that chunk. Nothing really to argue about though. Everybody knows how to send a 24-bit audio word down the pipe, and find all the bits when it gets to where it's going. With older systems, you had to watch out that the receiver knew not to interpret those "extra" bits as what they're supposed to be, but to pass them through as audio. There's a flag for that. I can't remember what they are if they're not audio (it's probably in my article) but it's something that's rarely missed. -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo |
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Actually, Mike, I'm going to believe Glenn Meadows, who told me the same
thing I was showing you. Or maybe Frank Wells, or Bob Katz. It's exactly the way I remember it from 1992 when I bought my first digital tape recorder. Now how it plays out internally, I don't know exactly, but IEC958's original specs were 20 bits with 24 optional while AES was a full 24 bits. Now maybe my two brain cells aren't working together on this one, but it was the way I remember it, and the quote was certainly a reliable source. But hey, I've been wrong before! g Well, I though I was, but I was mistaken. -- Roger W. Norman SirMusic Studio "Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1087867424k@trad... In article writes: http://www.mtsu.edu/~dsmitche/rim420...Interface.html Here is a short comparision table of AES/EBU and S/PDIF interfaces: AES/EBU S/PDIF (IEC-958) Max. Resolution 24 bits 20 bits (24 bit optional)As you can see, AES/EBU 24 bits, S/PDIF 20 bits as the original standard. This part is backwards, at least according to my article in Recording. Who're you gonna believe? "Max resolution" is really kind of a bad way of describing the terms of the standard. "number of bits in the audio data word" is better, but they can't say that in 1/3 of a column of print. AES only has 20 bits in that chunk of data, and the other 4 bits are somewhere else. The S/PDIF format doesn't really specify word length, but there's room for 24 bits in that chunk. Nothing really to argue about though. Everybody knows how to send a 24-bit audio word down the pipe, and find all the bits when it gets to where it's going. With older systems, you had to watch out that the receiver knew not to interpret those "extra" bits as what they're supposed to be, but to pass them through as audio. There's a flag for that. I can't remember what they are if they're not audio (it's probably in my article) but it's something that's rarely missed. -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo |
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Actually, Mike, I'm going to believe Glenn Meadows, who told me the same
thing I was showing you. Or maybe Frank Wells, or Bob Katz. It's exactly the way I remember it from 1992 when I bought my first digital tape recorder. Now how it plays out internally, I don't know exactly, but IEC958's original specs were 20 bits with 24 optional while AES was a full 24 bits. Now maybe my two brain cells aren't working together on this one, but it was the way I remember it, and the quote was certainly a reliable source. But hey, I've been wrong before! g Well, I though I was, but I was mistaken. -- Roger W. Norman SirMusic Studio "Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1087867424k@trad... In article writes: http://www.mtsu.edu/~dsmitche/rim420...Interface.html Here is a short comparision table of AES/EBU and S/PDIF interfaces: AES/EBU S/PDIF (IEC-958) Max. Resolution 24 bits 20 bits (24 bit optional)As you can see, AES/EBU 24 bits, S/PDIF 20 bits as the original standard. This part is backwards, at least according to my article in Recording. Who're you gonna believe? "Max resolution" is really kind of a bad way of describing the terms of the standard. "number of bits in the audio data word" is better, but they can't say that in 1/3 of a column of print. AES only has 20 bits in that chunk of data, and the other 4 bits are somewhere else. The S/PDIF format doesn't really specify word length, but there's room for 24 bits in that chunk. Nothing really to argue about though. Everybody knows how to send a 24-bit audio word down the pipe, and find all the bits when it gets to where it's going. With older systems, you had to watch out that the receiver knew not to interpret those "extra" bits as what they're supposed to be, but to pass them through as audio. There's a flag for that. I can't remember what they are if they're not audio (it's probably in my article) but it's something that's rarely missed. -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo |
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(Mike) wrote in message . com...
(Matt) wrote in message . com... ospam (WillStG) wrote in message ... (Matt) Do adat optical-ethernet interfaces exists? That would work with an imac/pro tools LE setup? 'Twould be nice. Thanks.--MAtt I'm looking for a way to interface 8 channels of audio I/O in the format of ADAT optical with my imac. You got your IMac 3 years ago, I highly doubt it has USB 2.0 so you ain't likely to get 8 tracks in the puppy with a USB interface, USB 1.1 is just too slow. You need to look at a Firewire interface, and if the IMac is so old it doesn't have that you're priced out of the market with your $220 limitation. My imac is a round based one with jaguar and 700mhz, this is not one of those old multi-color models. It's the kind you could go to apple today and buy. It most definitely has usb2.0. I've heard firewire is faster but with my computer there jsut wont be that much difference that its worth the extra pennies. You *could* buy a Harmoni upgrade card for the Imac which gives older Imacs firewire and a modest speed bump for $300, but then you need a firewire device like the MOTU (around $800). Believe me i would skip and optical interface and the connection to the computer totally if i could just get a motu but as u said MOTU (around $800) that's why im not getting it. Will Miho NY Music & TV Audio Guy Off the Morning Show! & sleepin' In... / Fox News "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits If it isn't usb 2.0 it isn't an option at all. I think M-audio makes the some pretty cheap firewire ones that have adat I/O. Mike http://www.mmeproductions.com |
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Do adat optical-ethernet interfaces exists? That would work with an
imac/pro tools LE setup? 'Twould be nice. Thanks.--MAtt Pro Tools only works with Digidesign hardware. The 002R has firewire and adat optical (Lightpipe) --------------------------------------- "I know enough to know I don't know enough" |
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In article writes: Do adat optical-ethernet interfaces exists? Yes. See http://www.audiorail.com That would work with an imac/pro tools LE setup? No. ProTools must talk to Digidesign hardware. -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo |
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