stevieboi Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Hi has anyone used the emu1820m? what do you think of it? is it possible to connect something like the behringer ada8000 to the emu using the adat connection to get more preamp inputs? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPAman Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Not used one. Looking at the spec though, it says ADAT is 192kHz, (so that's only two channels) which the ada8000 will not do, only 44.1 or 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 192kHz max. It will happily run full 8 channel ADAT at the usual rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieboi Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 so I could connect the ada8000 to the emu? so do the 8 extra preamps created by the behringer then appear in the software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPAman Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 192kHz max. It will happily run full 8 channel ADAT at the usual rates. Quite right, found a better web site with the full spec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieboi Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 just going slightly off topic, I currently have the original soundblaster audigy card with the breakout box that fits in a drive bay. could I get a behringer ada8000 to connect to this using the optical input on the breakout box and record in software ie cubase / wavelab etc? or am I better of to go with a more up to date soundcard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 AFAIK, the optical in on the Audigy is S/PDIF, not ADAT and the card itself can only process 4 inputs. In any case, the Audigy is really a gamers/DVD watchers card. The audio performance is pretty poor for recording purposes and not really up to any serious work. For recording, there are far better choices for similar money. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Langfeld Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 For recording, there are far better choices for similar money. What would you suggest for 16 channels ADAT @ 48kHz? I can't seem to find many (any?) PCI ADAT interfaces. Ta,Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I use a Frontier Design "Dakota" card. See details HERE.. If you need more than 16 channels, there's an expansion called "Montana" that takes you up to 32 ADAT channels. I know that RME also make a very well thought of card but I've not played with it personally. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gistybit Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 What would you suggest for 16 channels ADAT @ 48kHz? I can't seem to find many (any?) PCI ADAT interfaces. Most of the people I know use the RME Hammerfall series (9632 will set you back £300). Frontier has the Dakota series, but I haven't got any experience with those. Both can be expanded (9632 to 9652 gives an extra input and an output adat port, Frontier has an expansion with two of each). The other solution would be to buy two cheap PCI interfaces like the emu1212m, which will cost you about the same with no expansion capabilities. People seem to be very satisfied with the RME Hammerfall interfaces. edit:ahh too slow, but I see that I have experience with the RME, and Bob has with the Frontier, so ask away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Langfeld Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Thanks for the recommendations guys. Will bear them in mind, and hope that the budget will stretch that far. If not, an E-MU 1212M it will have to be, and I'll have to settle for 8 channels. Ta,Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueShift Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Marian Marc A has 16 channels of ADAT and is only around £100. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Langfeld Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Marian Marc A has 16 channels of ADAT and is only around £100. Cheers The Marc A actually has 8 in and 8 out. Not what I was looking for. Thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieboi Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 does the marc a come with any software - ie cubase versions etc??? I'm guessing I could connect the ada8000 to this card? also could I install more than one of the same card in the same pc to get more inputs with another ada8000???? is there a manufacturers website / instruction manual online? I found a picture of the card online, what is the other port on it apart from the digital in/out? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Thanks for the link about the Marian Marc A. Two of them (providing 16 channels) would be almost exactly half the price of the Frontier Dakota I use. It doesn't have things like S/PDIF or MIDI, but my application doesn't need them anyway. Has anyone actually used them and able to comment on reliability? Since they're only passing bits (the A/D D/A is elsewhere) I assume sound quality is a non issue, but I'd love to hear yay or nay about the build quality. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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