There once was the Adat PCR card, but that has been discontinued. Maybe you could find one on ebay or some other auction site. It's a PCI card w/ adat sync I/O (Sony 9 pin) and Adat optical I/O.

Steer clear of the Adat-Edit card from Alesis. I've never had the pleasure of using one, but I have heard horror stories. Try something like the EMU 1212-M.

Will the Emu card deliver sample accurate syncronization? I'm not nick picking by no means, just trying to find a solution to a problem I'm also suffering from. I was use to having control over my Adat via DAW s/w. But until I upgraded the OS & upgraded to the latest version of Cubase, I lost that capability. My Adat is connected from a MOTU MTP A/V, so it's locking to the incoming SMPTE generated through the DAW program. I could access the Adats' transport through Cubase, never having to physically touch the Adat itself...it worked for me.

dabmeister music wrote: Will the Emu card deliver sample accurate syncronization?

If you are asking if the Emu card has the 9-pin Adat Sync, it does not. I do not believe the original posters situation would require it either. If you need Adat sync, some of the MOTU interfaces have it, as do the some of the RME products. I run an RME Hammerfall 96/52 card and I love it. Picked it up used for $300.

I currentley have (2) Layla 24's and Cubase. I have used the Layla to sync with a friends ADAT and it has worked flawlessley. I always make the Layla the Master clock and have never had a problem. The transport in Cubase controls the ADAT with no problems. Hope this helps.

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The Frontier Dakota card ... streets for around $300 ... has 2 ADAT ins and outs (in case you want to do 16 tracks at once .. I've had mine for 2 years now without a hicup .. great drivers ..

You should consider upping the RAM in your computer to 1 gig if you are running less than that now.

Anybody have any experience with the MOTU 828mkII?
I kinda like that you can rack it up with your ADAT and other
stuff and the firewire interface to the PC kind of appeals to me.
I've heard that the PCI bus on a PC can be kinda noisy for
music production. Any thoughts?

The MOTU 828mkII is certainly a viable option for you. As for PCI interfaces, I haven't heard any complaints of noise due to a PCI card, I would suspect other issues are causing noise.

Hey Big D, I want to ask you about that Adat sync from the Layla to the Adat. So you're saying that the optical connection from the Layla will provide the sync/clock data as well? I knew there was SMPTE & WORD being generated through digital connectivity but never thought of using the Adat optical connection to sync the transport. I know of guys who stripe track 8 w/ the sync data to control their DAW software from the Adat, but I like to do the opposite. I think I have a setup that's pretty close to yours, so I'll give that a try.

I have been considering a similar thing .... synching an Aardvark Q10 to a TASCAM DA-88. Has anyone tried this sort of thing? The TASCAM has the SY-88 synch card in it and can be synchronized via word clock or midi (as well as a couple of others).

Is it as simple as connecting the 'word clock out' from the Aardvark to the DA-88 with a BNC cable? If so, can I use the SONAR transport control to run the DA-88? I realize I would have to format the DA-88 tapes with word clock code.

I'll probably end up trying it I just wondered if anyone has any experience with this and/or suggestions?

Dabmeister, I'm sorry I haven't checked the DAW forum in a few days. The ADAT belongs to a buddy who does live sound and records the shows. He uses one of my Layla's to get the ADAT into his DAW (all 8 tracks) as he only has a 2 channel card w/ no ADAT.
I know he uses the optical connection and we set the Layla as master clock but I will have to check with him how he sync's the transport to the ADAT. He used to have 2 ADAT's and had them synced through a card in his PC and I believe he had transport control then also.