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azuretech
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 Posted - Wed Jan 15, 2003 2:46 pm
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I'm a computer consultant, not a sound engineer, so I'm a bit out of my element here. My client owns a recording studio, and is looking to add CEP's capabilities to his existing operation. This means he needs to be able to connect his PC to his Fostex multi channel recording deck via the ADAT connection. We've been investigating multi-channel sound card options, and are leaning towards the offerings from RME such as the Digi 96/8 or possibly the HDSP9652. Before I make a final recommendation to my client, I need to know if either or both of these cards will do multi channel (8 channels) simultaneously into CEP, for our purposes, is there a big difference (other than price) between the Digi 96/8 and the HDSP9652? Is anyone using any of RME's products who could offer some input here? Is there perhaps another option/manufacturer who I'm overlooking? Better price options? etc. I don't even know if the RME products will work with CEP.... I'm assuming so, but I don't like to leave my clients making $500 purchases based on only assumption. Any assistance would be appreciated. Any hardware options would be required to work in a Windows XP Pro environment.
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post78
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Posted - Wed Jan 15, 2003 4:10 pm
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I believe that any ADAT optical input can transfer 8 channels at a time.
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Havoc
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Posted - Thu Jan 16, 2003 4:28 am
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RME is a valid choice. 1 ADAT channel will transfer 8 (mono) audio channels up to 24/48. If you go to 88.1 or 96KHz it drops to 4 (mono) channels. Distance limited to 10m.
The digi96/8 has 1 spdif and 1 adat. The hdsp9652 has 1 spdif and 3 adat's. The latter also offers wordclock and adat sync and the internal monitor mixer and midi (also more recent device). So it depends on your needs.
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VoodooRadio
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Posted - Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:30 am
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I don't know if Fostex makes one but..... Alesis makes an ADAT PCI Edit card for they ADAT's. It allows you to "fly" 8 tracks at a time and you can use as many cards as you have PCI slots and ADAT decks. You might check their website and see if they will work with other manufacturers decks. They cost @ $150!! Sounds like a good deal. 
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post78
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Posted - Thu Jan 16, 2003 1:39 pm
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Last I checked out the ADAT edit card (funnily enough, a week ago), it was only 95/98 compatible, with no plans to make it 2000/XP compatible. Something to keep in mind.
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Neil G
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Posted - Wed Feb 26, 2003 9:50 pm
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Hi,
Havoc wrote:
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RME is a valid choice. 1 ADAT channel will transfer 8 (mono) audio channels up to 24/48. If you go to 88.1 or 96KHz it drops to 4 (mono) channels. Distance limited to 10m.
The digi96/8 has 1 spdif and 1 adat. The hdsp9652 has 1 spdif and 3 adat's. The latter also offers wordclock and adat sync and the internal monitor mixer and midi (also more recent device). So it depends on your needs.
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The RME HDSP 9652 is a great card, BUT!!! I haven't been able to get CEP 2.0 to run if I have mine active (Win2kPro, single 2.4 GHz P4, Intel mobo). It works just fine with CEP 1.2a, but 2.0 just crashes after the splash screen appears, generating errors. :(
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