On Mi, 2012-04-04 at 12:05 -0400, Al Thompson wrote:
On 04/04/2012 11:55 AM, Gerald Mwangi wrote:
Hi guys,
I want to buy a usb sound card with the following specs:
16 input channels :
at least 8 Mic ins,
the rest line ins, intrument ins or ADAT ins (optical)
no spdif
output channels:
8 would be nice but not a must
price: 300-350 €
I have these on my list:
http://www.thomann.de/de/256918tascam_us1800.htm (has no ADAT, but
only spdif)
http://www.thomann.de/de/phonic_firefly_808_retour.htm (unkown
manufacturer, at least to me)
Neither of the two you list meet your criteria. The Tascam only
provides 14 inputs (not counting the S/PDIF), and the Firefly is
Firewire only.
I don't know of a 16x4 USB device right off hand.
Well the 'no spdif' criteria is a weak one, since i have an
spdif/ADAT<-> 8 channel mixer (Fostex vm200). But I don't really want to
use the mixer just for 2 channels. The firefly 808 u is usb and
firewire.