Time to get out of the box

[Andrew Robinson]

Cheers, it looks like the Presonus Firestudio might be ideal for me, it's
discontinued but I'm watching a few on Ebay.

Skipping Behringer ones due to bad reviews, I think the other front runner
at the moment is the Tascam US-16x08, it's a fair bit cheaper but it looks
like it does everything I need, and the XLRs give me room to add a whole
load more gear later.

Regards,

- Andy_R

On 16 April 2018 at 06:30, Ibi Sum <ibisum at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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!
>
> ;
> --
> seclorum
>
> 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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