<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Peter just get the best audio interface you can afford and then get a patchbay. I have a bunch of equipment and my interface is 8 inputs - which is quite normal. Inputs, and large modulation matrix’s are overrated. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 19, 2021, at 4:11 AM, Peter Korsten <peter@severity-one.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hey guys,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the advice. It's pretty much as I expected: individual outs on synths are nice but unused; on a drum module, they make sense.</div><div><br></div><div>Which means that I'm looking at a minimum of 24 analogue ins. There are some options:</div><div><ul><li>MOTU 24Ai (USB2 + AVB; needs snakes)</li><li>MOTU 16A + 828es (USB2 + TB3 + AVB)</li><li>Presonus Quantum 4848 (TB2 so I need a converter; needs snakes; no networking)</li><li>Considerably more expensive options<br></li></ul><div>Compact ADAT A/D converters with rear panel inputs cost about the same as a MOTU unit.</div><div><br></div><div>All of these would cost an amount of money that I cannot justify for the rest of the year, so I'm not going to. As for the networking, there is the choice of either spending a lot on Dante, or a lot on AVB switches (and it looks to be a bit like the Betamax of audio networking), or just forget about the whole thing, which seems the most prudent solution.</div><div><br></div><div>It's pretty obvious that studios have moved largely from racks to software. My particular use case isn't a popular one.<br></div><div><br></div><div>- Peter<br></div></div></div>
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