i originally was planning on trying to snag an Aardvark Q10 off ebay for the studio i'm setting up for my school, but the folks here are kind of reluctant of spending that kind of money on used stuff, especially if it's an auction item, so i'm looking at alternatives. the Tascam fw1884 is a very attractive option, but a little pricey.

I'm using a Behringer ADA8000 to an E-Mu 1212M on the PC.. what kind of processor performance will this need? Is it going to do the processing on the ADA8000 or am i gonna need a monster computer to run this nicely?

okay, i've got a MOTU 828 with ADAT optical ins and outs. my question is, can i record onto the ADAT using the lightpipe? if so how? i'm wanting to record tracks onto the ADAT, and then transfer them into my computer for editing and mixing. oh, it's an ADAT xt by the way.

Been trying to post this here for a while. It lands up in the DAW forum... strange...

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I was wanting to know if all soundcards mantain the purity of digital
signals fed into them ?

I was wanting to know if all soundcards mantain the purity of digital
signals fed into them ?

Say I have an entry level 4 I/O recording interface. (I actually have
one) which has SPDIF input and output. I purchase a good 2 channel ADDA
external converter. Feed the soundcard with this converter and monitor
off it too.

question for yous guys, i just purchased an ADAT xt, and i also use sonar3 producer. i dont use an external mixing board, just the one in sonar. i was wondering if there was any way to slave the ADAT to sonar. what I'm wanting to do, is do all the mixing, eq, and effects in Sonar but record to the ADAT. is this possible? my motu828 has ADAT outs if that helps any?

I have a small home studio. I need some sort of digital interface for my ADAT so that I can use software.

whats the cheapest 1 i/o optical ADAT card i can buy to stick in my computer for use with the Behringer ADA8000? any help is appreciated.

hey all,

just wondering, I dont have any gear with AES/EBU and I havent really used that protocol much, is there a substantial difference in quality between AES/EBU and ADAT, I hear a lot of people saying pro's will not use ADAT, just after a bit of clarification.

cheers,

Sammyg

I have some questions about the ADAT. First off...what exactly is the optical in and outs for? I have them on my sound card. Secondly. if i were to record drum tracks on an 8 track ADAT machine how would i transfer them to my pc? I'm sure i need a firewire port but i think i'm curious as to how u convert the tracks to the pc insync with each other.