Time to get out of the box

[Ibi Sum]

I strongly recommend you check out the Presonus stuff - I’ve been very happy with my 2x FP10 units, which each give me 10x10 analog I/o over a single FireWire cable. They are quite functional as an in-rack digital mixer - don’t need to be connected to a computer for that to work - and they work seamlessly with my DAW (ardour5 on Ubuntu Studio)..

The newer Presonus stuff is very appealing, especially their mixers with built in effects and digital I/o, but you might be surprised at just how far you can go with a couple rack based I/o units..

Good luck and as always - let us know how you get along!

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> On Apr 15, 2018, at 22:36, Andrew Robinson <andrew at bml.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Thanks again Micke.
> 
> That combo connector is the key thing I didn't know about! 
> 
> As for budget, I have no idea. I just need something that does what I need to do, and I don't want to pay for a lot of other stuff I won't use. The only thing I've found so far that seems to fit my idea of a simple box that I can plug my analogue gear into with very few frills is the M-Audio M-Track Eight.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> - Andrew
> 
>> On 15 April 2018 at 19:39, Mikael Hansson <forums at deadmengods.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 15 Apr 2018, at 20:28, Andrew Robinson <andrew at bml.co.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks Mikael and Andrew
>>> 
>>> I feel like I'm starting to get to the point where I can ask some beginner questions...
>>> 
>>> 1) A lot of manufacturers use a naming convention: n x n but nobody seems to explain it anywhere. What do those two numbers indicate?
>> 
>> Mostly number of possible ins x outs, including ADAT expansion, SPDIF, Headphones etc.
>> 
>>> 2) To me, an ADAT was a digital audio VHS tape recorder that shouldn't have lasted into this millennium. Does ADAT now mean that 25 pin D connector that looks like SCSI?
>> 
>> ADAT expansion is connected through optical ports, like the ones on hifi equipment, but with another protocol. The 25 pin D connector is mostly just for multichannel (8) analog in/out
>> 
>>> 3) Why does everything have so many outputs? I feel like I'm missing something because a 4 in 8 out box sounds absurd to me. Am I wrong to just want lots of inputs but only a single digital out (and possibly a stereo pair to monitor)?
>> 
>> Yeah, I’ve also cursed this from time to time :-)
>> If you got some external fx, it can be utilised to route audio to it without having to change the cable around
>> 
>>> 4) Everything seems to have a connector I've not seen before. What is that connector that looks to be the size of a 3-pin XLR, but with a T-shaped hole called, and what's it for?
>> 
>> It’s a combo connector, XLR and jack.
>> 
>>> 5) My current thinking is that what I should be looking for is a box full of D/A converters with one 25-pin D connector on the back, and a 'snake cable' that converts this to jack plugs. Judging by the fact that I can't find such a thing, I'm worried if this is a sane conclusion to have reached? 
>>> 
>>> Thanks for bearing with me!
>>> 
>>> - Andy_R
>> 
>> Whats your budget btw?
>> 
>> /Micke
>> 
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