28 May
2008
28 May
'08
2:06 p.m.
drew Roberts wrote:
On Wednesday 28 May 2008 10:56, Pieter Palmers wrote:
Sounds great, but where can I find a firewire interface that will let me
record 24+ tracks at once. I am in the market for one if my pocket can handle
the cost... (This is in no way related to to USB comparison...)
There are none that have 24 preamps. However, there are plenty that can
handle +24 channels with the use of external preamps. The magic number
seems to be "26", being "8 preamps, 2x ADAT, 1x spdif". Then there are
some devices that provide 4x/4x ADAT I/O.
I'm only going to give one device name since that's the only one on our
supported device list: Focusrite Saffire PRO26.
To get a more broad overview of the market I would suggest you look at
the offerings from TC Electronic, Presonus and M-Audio too if you look
for something like this. I can name at least 5 devices that do 24channel
(spdif doesn't count for me) I/O if you have 16channels of external
preamp. All at 48k of course.
Greets,
Pieter
Loki Davison wrote:
> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Al Thompson <biggles58(a)sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
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> From: Loki Davison <loki.davison(a)gmail.com>
> To: schoappied <schoappied(a)gmail.com>
> Cc: Al Thompson <biggles58(a)sbcglobal.net>et>;
> Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:04:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [LAU] hardware: recording voice and acc. guitar
>
>> wow. This is so wrong it hurts... You say phantom power not possible
>>
> >from a pci slot or computer power supply but with usb mixer? ARRG! USB
>> is a great way to plug in your mouse. For audio, go pci, or if you
>> can't got pci, firewire or pcmcia.
>>
>> 10 channel in 14 out. and yes, to Al, ......... phantom power on both
>> mic pre's from a pci card! wow.... like standard... The linux mixer
> Just out of curiosity, where is the 48V coming from? There is no 48V
> available internally. There is 12V, if you want to limit yourself to
> AKG and Shure mics, but I wouldn't want to draw that much current from a
> computer supply.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-DC_converter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_converter
How do you think a bus powered USB device does it? USB bus power is 5V.
>> usb = crap. Oh, just in case you missed
it. I think usb is a bad
>> choice.
> What's your dislike of USB? You can do 2x2 even over USB 1.1. Until
> the latest version of the Firewire standard, it couldn't hold a candle
> to USB.
my firewire alarm triggered here...
What latest version are you talking about? The 1995 version (400Mbit/s)
can handle >200 channels at 48k, providing both phase and rate accuracy
for all channels throughout the system. There is not a doubt about the
fact that FireWire is technically superior to USB in general, and
definitely regarding audio.