[ardour-users] portable 2 (or more) channel audio interface recommendations?

[Mark Knecht]

I sync 3 independent external units off of my HDSP 9652 using ADAT. It
works fine.

Personally I have never had any audio problems that I can hear using
the ADAT optical sync but I'd always prefer a new device have at least
a word clock input for future improvements.

My 2 cents,
Mark

On 6/4/07, david headon <davidheadonuk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hold the phone!
> does the HDSP not just do ADAT sync with additional units?
>  I have mine running as master, and as soon as it sees the 8pre it locks in
> straight away.
>  I'd have thought annother 8pre would simply slave to the HDSP no?
>
>
>
>
> Dan Tepper <dan at wintaper.com> wrote:
>  Yep - agree with Jesse...
>
> I looked at the 8pre -- nice unit, but without Word Clock there is no
> way to sync more than one thru the hdsp.
>
> Also, anything with Firewire scares me (read:prosumer). I just setup a
> friends 8pre (via firewire on winders) - it is a nice unit - but not
> nearly as plug and play (and flexible) as the octopre/hdsp/linux.
>
> The big problem with firewire is the proprietary apps needed to make
> adjustments are all windows or mac apps, so you end up losing some
> functionality. (knobs are so 20th century)
>
> IMHO
>
> -dan
>
> Jesse Chappell wrote:
> > On 6/4/07, Justin M. Streiner wrote:
> >
> >> That's pretty much the direction I'm heading with my larger rig. My MOTU
> >> 8pre should be showing up tomorrow, so I'll find out how well it plays
> >> with my digiface/HDSP cardbus setup. If everthing works out well, I'll
> >> order two more 8pres later this summer. The only thing I don't like about
> >> it is that there's no word clock on the box. Looks like I'll have to sync
> >> over the lightpipes.
> >
> > How will you sync when you have more than one 8pre? Seems like word
> > clock is a critical feature when using multiple units like this and an
> > interface like the digiface or hdsp9652, and I would be hesitant to
> > buy any hardware without it.
> >
> > jlc
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