| Using 8 Out Card... [message #73876] |
Wed, 11 October 2006 19:09  |
michael bliss
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channels of 24 bit Adat light Pipe I/O, and 16 24bit SP/DIF
>I/Os. I tried to convince EMU that Paris would be a more complete and professional
>system with mic pres with inserts and 24bit Adat light pipe I/O and 16 SP/DIFs.
> Later at a NAMM show, I talked Max in to walking with me over to see Malcolm
>Toft MTA and Rick Nafi at Presonus, about OEMing their mic pres. Max's
though
>that Mic pres might be too subjective. He told me for quite some time after
>that, that they were considering building it an
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| Re: Using 8 Out Card... [message #73878 is a reply to message #73876] |
Wed, 11 October 2006 19:49  |
animix
Messages: 356
Registered: September 2006
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>That's my 0.02
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>James
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>"Neil" <OIUOIU@.com> wrote:
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>>Been researching this one a bit...
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>>http://www.tcelectronic.com/Default.asp?Id=7618
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>>Seems pretty good, has onboard DSP, taking a load off your
>>CPU... has a nice monitoring interface - simpler than TotalMix,
>>coupla mic inputs & DI's, as well, BUT... only has 4 balanced
>>analog i/o's... so you gotta buy 4 of 'em to do 16 channels
>>pure. ALSO... no BNC/word clock... WTF? Trying to get
>>prorietary on us with a unit like THIS!!!??? We have to ONLY
>>use these together with each other? Can't sync anything-digital-
>>else???
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>>Handy, nice for "semiprosumer" applications, but another
>>opportunity to really go after the pro market wasted, IMO -
>>they have the technology, they have the tinker toy set, they
>>just didn't "go pro" with it... Paris didn't either at the
>>time, and neither did Emu with their 1812/1212, etc - although
>>the onboard DSP & good convertors plus a few other features
>>coulda got them there. Is everyone afraid of alsihad? Is that
>>it? Is that why
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| Re: Using 8 Out Card... [message #73879 is a reply to message #73876] |
Wed, 11 October 2006 19:51 |
animix
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all things like this come out as small-time
>>entrants targeted at price points in the home recording level
>>only?
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>>As the subject line says: Close, but no cigar.
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>>Here's the thing... Yeah there are other options like MADI
>>units that can get you 1,569,878,760,000 channels of i/o, but
>>who needs that much, and then you also need a half dozen
>>lightpipe interfaces, and stringing all that shit together &
>>making it hum is mickey-mouse, too, IMO.
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>>Someone needs to developthe following:
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>>***A superb convertor box with 16 channels in & out, throw in a
>>couple of d.i./mic pres & lightpipe/SPDIF ports if you want,
>>but really what the world needs is more single-box 16 channel
>>interfaces.. with 16 channels of pure analog i/o. Don't be
>>afraid of
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