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ShedBoyxx
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I'm on my continual journey to get the best home recording environment (I can afford) and was talking with another friend (session percussionist) about gear.
The subject of quality mic pre's came up (which I understand for the most part) but then along with it he said that a good sound was dependent on A/D Converters (Analog to Digital).
I need to understand this more clearly in context with my audio setup - which is the following:
G5 Dual 2 GHZ running OS 10.3.9
Digital Performer 4.1
MOTU 2408 w/ PCI -424
Presonus DigiMax 8 ch Mic Pre (running into 2408 via *ADAT Lightpipe)
Trying my best to get a good live acoustic drum sound(s) in a 'challenging room with OK mikes: AKG c430's for overheads, Beta 57 for snare, SM57 and AKG 300 for toms and Sennheiser e609 (?) for kick.
So I understand we are going in digitally via the *ADAT Lightpipe. However, where would I be able to improve quality via a better A/D converter? My understanding is that when you come in to the MOTU 2408 (or say a Pro Tools system) you have to use their inputs as A/D converter.
However it's fair to say that I'm ignorant about how the chain would hook up and work.
If someone could explain the way this gets connected. As of now it's Microphone-> Mic Pre->*ADAT Lightpipe to MOTU 2408. You can use a Digi 002 example if you want as I may purchase one of those in the future. I'm also thinking of buying either Geoffrey Dakin or some Brent Averill pre's in the future. I just want to know about the A/D thing.
TIA for all comments
Jim
*EDIT: I originally posted that I was connected via BNC (Doh!). It's ADAT Lightpipe and the word clock is synced via BNC (I think)
The subject of quality mic pre's came up (which I understand for the most part) but then along with it he said that a good sound was dependent on A/D Converters (Analog to Digital).
I need to understand this more clearly in context with my audio setup - which is the following:
G5 Dual 2 GHZ running OS 10.3.9
Digital Performer 4.1
MOTU 2408 w/ PCI -424
Presonus DigiMax 8 ch Mic Pre (running into 2408 via *ADAT Lightpipe)
Trying my best to get a good live acoustic drum sound(s) in a 'challenging room with OK mikes: AKG c430's for overheads, Beta 57 for snare, SM57 and AKG 300 for toms and Sennheiser e609 (?) for kick.
So I understand we are going in digitally via the *ADAT Lightpipe. However, where would I be able to improve quality via a better A/D converter? My understanding is that when you come in to the MOTU 2408 (or say a Pro Tools system) you have to use their inputs as A/D converter.
However it's fair to say that I'm ignorant about how the chain would hook up and work.
If someone could explain the way this gets connected. As of now it's Microphone-> Mic Pre->*ADAT Lightpipe to MOTU 2408. You can use a Digi 002 example if you want as I may purchase one of those in the future. I'm also thinking of buying either Geoffrey Dakin or some Brent Averill pre's in the future. I just want to know about the A/D thing.
TIA for all comments
Jim
*EDIT: I originally posted that I was connected via BNC (Doh!). It's ADAT Lightpipe and the word clock is synced via BNC (I think)
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