[ddots-l] AW: Re: Need help deciding witch Soundcards I need
- From: "Patrick Schuppe" <p.schuppe@xxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:25:41 +0200
HI all and Phil ,
The system sounds very interesting. Do you know if it is blind user
friendly? Do you know people wo have it?
Do you know how the breakout boxes are connected? I mean if an 2th breakout
box will take an other PCI-slot? So what I would do with that system is to
connect an 2th breakout box and connect my micro fone and my cd-player there
and additional thinks that I may get later.
How are the midi in- and outputs with this system? Will I have 2 midi in and
2 midi outputs?
Best regards from Germany,
Patrick Schuppe
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Hi Jeff!!
I have a MOTU PCI 2408 system here. This system has the mkII interface.
I currently run 8 analogue inputs. I could ether run 8 analogue inputs plus
16 digital inputs together. That's the great thing about the MOTU systems.
You can run up to 24 inputs at once. Also, you can add different breakout
boxes. So, you could for example, if you had a box that has more analogue
inputs, run 16 analogue and 8 digital inputs. My MOTU system's digital
inputs and outputs, comprise both TDIF and ADAT. So, if I wanted to, I
could run 1 bank of TDIF, one of ADAT and one bank of analogue.
The mkII interface is not the newest one available. I can only run at 24
bit, and with sample rates of 44.1 and 48Khz. The newer mkIII interface can
run up to 24 bit 96Khz.
Now on to mixing concels. Well, personally, I was looking at getting a
Soundcraft 328 XD.
Advantages: The concel isn't very big at all. It's about a rack and a
half in width. It would easily fit into my studio here. It has 16 digital
outputs. It also has automated faders, and 2 lexicon affects units built
in, as well as affects such as compression and gates on each channel. It
also has lots of nice buttons that click and push in and out. It feels more
like an analogue concel. I know blind guys who are using it with great
success. It has 16 direct digital outputs and the digital support is built
in so, I wouldn't need to add any cards for that. It would simply be a case
of ordering it. All I would need to get then are the digital cables to
connect it to the MOTU system by using ADAT or, TDIF.
disadvantages, it only supports sample rates of 44.1 and 48Khz. That
would be fine for me though as my system doesn't do anything above that
anyway.
Also, I would have to make up presets for the control surface side of
things as it only seems to come with control surface implementation for
Logic, Qubass Pro Tools and Cakewalk Pro Audio 9. Not a big deal though, as
I could easily make up presets for the Cakewalk generic control surface with
it.
More info below:
Soundcraft 328XD digital mixing console, the next generation of the
popular Digital 328 production mixer, offering dynamics processing on every
channel,
group and mix path.
With the 328XD, Soundcraft has considerably built upon its already
impressive performance characteristics by further broadening the desk's
functionality
from straight sound mixing to production and control of sequencers and
desktop synths. This will enable it to be the production control center for
computers,
DAWs and dedicated hard disk recorders, including dynamic automation and
moving faders.
Three years ago, the low-cost Digital 328 introduced a brand new audience
used to the spontaneity of analogue mixing to the advantages of instant
total recall,
snapshot and dynamic automation, and onboard Lexicon effects -- styled
like a traditional and instantly recognizable eight-bus analogue console.
Thanks to its compact footprint, the digital mixer is ideal for
small-to-mid-sized professional studio setups and home studio recording use
alike. The Soundcraft
328XD is certain to also be a hit with commercial production facilities,
such as advertising agencies, voiceover studios and jingle houses.
Designed for use straight out of the box, the 328XD control surface needs
little explanation, and virtually all functions are easily accessible
through
the mixer's unique 'E-Strip'. This can act as a horizontal channel strip,
controlling EQ and aux sends, or a dynamics control panel, or as level
controls
for the tape returns.
The 328XD also boasts a new dynamics feature set, including: a Gate and
Compressor/Limiter on every channel; configurable direct outputs that
provide more
opportunities for recording feeds; two high-resolution Lexicon effects
processors; the ability to route effects to groups for recording; total
status recall
at power-up; and improved connectivity. For instance, the S/PDIF output
can be available on Optical port as well as RCA/Phono. Wordclock termination
is
available for systems using multiple clock connections, and the console
may be synchronized to embedded ADAT wordclock as well as numerous clock
sources.
While the 328XD is an outstanding controller with legendary sonic
performance for recording and mixing, its ability to control desktop
sequencers and synths
-- and, in turn, be controlled by them -- makes it possibly the most
versatile console in its class.
In fact, the 328XD has built-in interface capabilities to virtually all
digital formats: ADAT and TDIF, plus S/PDIF and AES/EBU stereo in/out.
The combination of all of these features will reassure discerning
producers and engineers around the world, who have come to rely on the audio
quality of
Soundcraft's electronics design, that the 328XD embodies a truly
no-compromise approach.
Regards, Phil Muir
P J Muir Productions
Music and audio production
URL: www.philmuir.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Molzow
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:03 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Need help deciding witch Soundcards I need
Hello Phil:
What is the name of that MOTU 24/24 PCI card?? That would solve much
light piping around here. And, which digital desk were you thinking of for
the extra 16 inputs/outputs??
Thanks
Jeff
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