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Subject: Standalone D-A necessary?
Original Message Date: 21-Jul-03 @ 05:43 AM - Standalone D-A necessary?
JUST to set levels and panning pretty much, and the output buss. Maybe get one good compressor to put on the mains...
so..at first I thought maybe get like a hammerfall or something...say 16-24adat outs, and then maybe a Swissonic DA24 or the like
and then I thought well hell...two delta 1010s woud give me 16 outs..or two 2408s?
so my question is, are the DAs on these things "sufficient?" Is it really necessary to get standalone DA converters? Theyre not cheap!
another option would be the Hammerfall with a couple of the 8 out expansions?
and then that goes back to..is there really a point to breaking things out? does it really sound more "open"?
I guess thats why I want to try..to see if I like the way it sounds..you know...crank the channels a bit...see what the FX sound like comin off the PC through a mixer..etc?
hit me with some thought here, fellas! damballah? Psy? Mindspawn? Anyone else with experience with this?
Message 21/43 22-Jul-03 @ 11:41 AM - RE: Standalone D-A necessary?
as for having the converters on the card, inside the PC - not that important. the lynx cards have their converters onboard, and i don't know of any better sounding cards than those. the quality of design of the converter stage is FAR more important than where it's placed
Message 22/43 22-Jul-03 @ 01:49 PM - RE: Standalone D-A necessary?
-Craig
Message 23/43 22-Jul-03 @ 06:00 PM - RE: Standalone D-A necessary?
that makes me hesitant
but..the RME might be the cheapest solution. I wish I could put TWO AE8s on the 96/8, but alas, only one
Message 24/43 22-Jul-03 @ 08:38 PM - RE: Standalone D-A necessary?
Message 25/43 22-Jul-03 @ 09:04 PM - RE: Standalone D-A necessary?
argh argh argh argh ARGH!
Message 26/43 22-Jul-03 @ 10:16 PM - RE: Standalone D-A necessary?
Message 27/43 22-Jul-03 @ 10:52 PM - RE: Standalone D-A necessary?
whats your take on the internal conversion, d?
Message 28/43 22-Jul-03 @ 10:57 PM - RE: Standalone D-A necessary?
if you're still paranoid about internal converters, what about the RME PCI interface coupled with their external Multiface?
Message 30/43 23-Jul-03 @ 12:06 PM - RE: Standalone D-A necessary?
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