A form of data transfer developed by Alesis for use in their ADAT machines. Using light as the carrier signal, ADAT optical is similar to TosLink two channel formula and uses a similar connector, but is optimized to include up to eight discrete channels of digital audio. Used today as one of several digital transmission protocols for linking digital audio devices.

A type of audio processor where a light source is used as a means of controlling the amount of attenuation applied to the audio signal. A form of compression developed in the late 50's and while found mostly in high-end equipment, reissues of "vintage" opto compressors have seen a resurgence lately.

Is there an inexpensive way that I can send an optical output from my 01V into my PC? Maybe a USB interface or a PCI card? I would look at the soundblaster x-fi's because they have optical in/out, but I do not have PCI express since my computer is a few years old.

I was trying to connect these two units together, M-audio being a main interface connected to PC through firewire. I connected MOTU 8-pre out into M-audio IN with optical cable. Pro Tools were running and froze right away. So I restarted computer, and can't seem to find any sign of MOTU connected on the PC. Pro Tools say that paths for inputs 5 - 32 are not found.

I had some pops and clicks last night that I traced to the optical cable in my ADAT connection. Anyone have any insight into good quality cable brands for optical?

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No sound. I paid for a twenty dollar optical cable hoping these connections would get me a digital audio* connect. The Tascam fw-1804 won't even read a signal coming in.
Am l doing something wrong?

I am currently using Pro Tools LE 7.4 with a Digi 003 on a Mac Pro (2.66ghz quad; 4GB Ram).

My was using a Roland XV-88 but found that it's hum and buzz was intolerable, so I bought the XV-5050 which has all the same sounds, but an optical out.

Before I set out on my current project I need some answers to the following questions:

Hi Everyone,

I wonder if anyone knows a way to accomplish the following:

I have an audio source going to the input of an Apogee Duet connected to an iMac 2.4 Mhz Core 2 Duo via firewire but would like to send that signal out on an the iMac optical out - any ideas?

Thank you for your help.

Kind regards,

Martin.

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First of all i'd like to say hello this is the first time on the site just found it like a hour ago wish i woulda found earlier.

Is anybody out there recording straight into their Macbook Pro's optical SPDIF?

Is it possible to hook up a system that goes: preamp ---> A/D/A ---> Macbook Pro optical SPDIF?

If so, what are the drawbacks to this? Are there any quality issues? Would I be better off with a two-channel firewire system?