[LAU] Using an RME Multiface II as a DAC/ADC converter box

[Florian Paul Schmidt]

On 12/07/2012 06:49 PM, Brent Busby wrote:
> Currently my recording setup is an RME Multiface II connected to their 
> PCI-E card, which of course works great in Jack.  I'd like to find a 
> way to take advantage of the 8 ADAT i/o's so I could have 16 i/o's in 
> use total.
>
> The funny thing is though that almost all the standalone converter 
> boxes made by RME, Lynx, and just about everyone else that have 8 
> i/o's and an ADAT port are around $1700-2000 USD.  It seems odd that 
> RME can manage to put 8 analog i/o's with nice converters into a 
> Multiface II box and sell it for $700-900 but they can't give you the 
> same thing without the computer uplink for less than $1700.  Look at 
> the comparative prices to see what I mean:
>
> http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Multiface2
>
> http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ADI8ProDS/
>

Maybe patent licenses? ADAT isn't an open standard AFAIK..

Flo



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