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The term ADAT has come to stand for both the original digital tape machines and also for the lightpipe data transmission system. The ADAT lightpipe has become an audio industry standard for digital data transmission between units other than the original ADAT tape machines.

Decide between Akai DSP16 or ADATs/Analog Mixer and Outb

My band is about to record a 10 song demo and we are faced with a big decision about which recording rig to use.

I have a rig consisting of 3 20 bit ADATs, a Tascam M-1516 mixer, several RNCs and other decent compressors, Drawmer noise gates, several Digitech TSR-24 and Lexicon reverbs, several Rane SP-15 parametric EQs, and some other good quality rack gear.

Cable length and signal degradation?

I'm using Pro Co Excalibur cables currently, which are 20'. I'm wanting to cut down on excessive cable length to ensure the highest quality recordings as possible on my home studio budget.

1) Including the patch cable, and entire routing, what total cable length should I be shooting for, with an unbalanced cable?

Digital Mixer + Adat

Hey, i am a newcomer to the board and was wanting some advice. I've been doin some local recording for about a year now, using my digi001. I am wanting to upgrade to a digital mixer and hard disk. I've been looking at the Tascam DM24 as well as a panasonic board, and for the hard disk, i was lookin at the Tascam mx2424 and the Alesis HD24 as well as a fostex.

Split ADAT Optical Signal?

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I'm trying to find a device that would split an 8 channel lightpipe signal into 2. I have an 8-channel preamp with 24-bit/44.1khz ADAT Lightpipe output.

I need to send a signal to my computer for recording and also to my digital mixer for monitoring. I just need a simple 2-way splitter, but it needs to not affect the signal in any way.