On 7 Dec, 2012, at Fri 7 Dec 03:12 , Augustine Leudar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the replies. > Actually the Behringers are petty good despite being Behringer they > actually outperformed an AD converter 20 times their price in a blind test > recently which left many engineers redfaced . Read the hilarityor even try > it yourself here > <http://www.gearslutz.com/board/gear-shoot-outs-sound-file-comparisons-audio-tests/335267-lynx-aurora-16-vs-behringer-ada8000.html> I would be quite surprised, particularly on the A/D end. Although the differences between converters may be getting subtler nowadays, I have come across a few online blind listening tests and measurements prepared by users, which differ significantly from you actually get at home. Note that there are people reporting different results on that thread. OTOH, it is up to you to decide if your application does not require this level of refinement. > I will take a closer look at Andiamos stuff - however each RME madi carries > 64 channels - so anything it connects to has to have at least 64 outs - Why? you can easily bridge two units to get the 64 channels. > whether the be analogue or digital. > Anyway I am quite liking this solution at the moment : > > > Focusrite RedNet PCIe > > Focusrite RedNet PCIe Host Card | > DV247<http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/focusrite-rednet-pcie-card--82689> > > and 8 of these: > > https://www.kmraudio.com/focusrite-r...-interface.php<https://www.kmraudio.com/focusrite-rednet-5-interface.php> > > might be good though :- down to £10,000 ! > > that is of course assuming you can run two at once on the same computer.... > > > > On 6 December 2012 23:47, Gregorio Garcia Karman > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >>> Question 1 >>> anyone know how to do a 256 channel system ? - can you expand the rme >> with >>> an extra 64 channels somehow ? They would all need to be controlled by >> the >>> same clock so they were perfectly synchronised - perfect timing is even >>> more important than usual in WFS systems. >> >> p 33 of the RME HDSPe MADI FX english manual: you may use up to three MADI >> FX on one machine using OSX aggregation: "The current driver supports up to >> three HDSPe in any combination...." There seem to be people out there >> successfully running at least three cards on one mac ( >> http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16009). No idea what the >> situation is on other platforms. >> >>> Question 3 : >>> Can anyone think of a cheaper way of doing this: >>> >>> RME ADI 648 MADI Breakout MADI to ADAT (64 channels each) 4 * £ 1,749.00 >>> RME HDSPe MADI FX £1099 >>> 32* behringer ADA8000 ADAT converters : £4800 >>> >>> Total £12,966 (ish) >> >> ADAT cabling has to be kept short, so I imagine this may condition the >> system design and size of your array. In you budget you forgot to include >> the second HDSP for a 256 channel count; when comparing two setups cabling >> will probably not turn the coin but is surely not neglect-able (256 XLRs >> vs. ?) >> >>> I was thinking if I could cut down on the madi to adat boxes or DA >>> converters - is there something which uses D-SUB 25 out for example ? >> Some >>> sort of Madi-analogue converter with lots of outs maybe ? >> >> There are a few MADI to analogue breakout boxes out there, many of them on >> dsubs. With the RME M-32 AD or the Direct Out Andiamo line of converters, >> you would only need 8 pieces of equipment vs 36. For instance a setup with >> 8 Andiamos, means about five times less rack space and cabling. If you make >> the calculation I think it would be about ca. 2x - 2.5x more expensive >> (only); I bet you would have a more solid setup and much better sound if >> quality matters. >> >> G. >> >> >>> -- >>> 07580951119 >>> >>> augustine.leudar.com >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20121206/50a58969/attachment.html >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sursound mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sursound mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound >> > > > > -- > 07580951119 > > augustine.leudar.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20121207/435e892c/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
