8 ch A/D converters

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 1:27 am

Which A/D converters with 8 or more channels are out right now? Which one do you guys recomend? I know about the:
- Alesis AI-3 ($400) - this one might suck Smile

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 5:11 am

Check out Mark Of the Unicorn. Used to have ehh.. was it MOtU 8812? or something. That piece was excellent.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 5:29 am

My advice: Stick with Digi's 24 bit 888. Affordable, and almost everyone has one, so if you run into trouble, support is everywhere.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 5:56 am

jeronimo writes:
<blockquote>quote:<hr>Any more converters to add to the list? <hr></blockquote>Mytek 8x96, supposed to be very good... big dollars though!Tim L

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 7:58 am

Now I see where all the DUC'ers went. Wink

You still using the 001? Ok, then get the REM ADI-8 Pro. Serious bang for the buck! DA is important to have if you ever want to use outboard processing. You can also monitor your mixes through the DA too instead of the 001, which makes a big difference. Cool

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 10:11 am

Even the alesis AI 3 is supposedly a tiny bit better then the converters on the 001. If you're not in the market for anything really high dollar maybe you should get the Alesis with a lucid clock (which will improve your whole set up) and later when you have more money get the lucid 8 channel and not take a huge loss since you only spent 400 on the alesis. Plus then you'd still have an awesome master clock which with the lucid its supposed to rock. I was looking into the rme stuff awhile ago before i decided on the spider and heard from a lot of people its not too much better then the motu converters. Good luck in your search.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 10:16 am

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by jeronimo:
- RME ADI-8 Pro ($1.3K) - heard good things and is affordable
- Lucid 8824 ($2.5K) - heard good things... a little out of range<hr></blockquote>I understand the Lucid is far superior (I own three of them, my partner has an RME at his house), and the most I've ever seen it for is $2150.mb

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 10:20 am

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by jeronimo:
- RME ADI-8 Pro ($1.3K) - heard good things and is affordable
- Lucid 8824 ($2.5K) - heard good things... a little out of range<hr></blockquote>I think the Lucid is far superior, and the most I've ever seen them for is $2150.mb

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 11:01 am

I've been wondering the same thing about the Spider - when mine gets here I'll know. If I remember correctly there are channel inserts which will allow you to bring in signals post pre.Scott

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 11:15 am

I made a mistake, I was looking at the wrong model of the Lucid 8824, the ADAT version is aroun $2100. The Spider might be awsome, BUT, again, far away from my reach. Isn't it around $6k? Yes bassmac, I still have the 001, unfortunatelly, but one day I'll get there Smile

! I was looking around and I found the HHB nanosync (or something like this), and it has WC outs and SPDIF outs as well... so, it might owrk perfect with the 001 and a converter with WC in right?

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 11:24 am

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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 11:34 am

'You can also monitor your mixes through the DA too instead of the 001, which makes a big difference.'- BassmacI think that is very important, good point! Smile

Jules

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 11:28 pm

I would like to add the following:
- Panasonic WZ AD96 (I don't know the price)
- db Technology M AD824 (Don't know the price either) - This one looks cool, because you can build your conversor 2 channels at a time.c'mon guys... comments

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2001 3:57 am

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the best ADC I've ever heard. The Prism Dream ADA-8. The only downside is that it lists at over $9k!Greg

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2001 4:27 am

I stood next to 7 of them last week!At a hire Co here in londonMEGABUCKS! Smile

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