| rock and roll converters / cheap AES/EBU A/D/A's? [message #339654] |
Wed, 07 May 2008 18:30  |
 breathe
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Registered: April 2004 |
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I own the Lynx Aurora 16 converters. I also own the Benchmark DAC1. When I mix, I mix out of the Aurora's DACs into all my gear and Yamaha PM2000 back into the Aurora ADC and monitor the mix through the Benchmark DAC. I know that the Aurora's ADCs are very transparent because the sound of my mixer going directly into my Coleman monitor controller is very similar to my mixer going back into the Aurora ADC and being monitored on the Benchmark DAC going into the Coleman monitor controller. The DAC on the Aurora is okay, but when I really need the tracks to gel together, it's damn near impossible. The most success I've had with the Aurora is on projects I've done with classical music instrumentation where having the individual sounds be really distinct is desirable.
I want to get back into Apogee land. I miss the sound of my old Apogee AD8000. One of you said you sold your 96k Rosetta 800's for $1800 a piece? I want to get out of my Aurora 16 as soon as possible. Is there a cheap 8 ch A/D/A with AES/EBU or firewire interfacing that I could pair with a 96k Rosetta 800? I'd get one of those MOTU boxes, but those only work with Digital Performer, right?
Someone please help me!!!
Nicholas
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| Re: rock and roll converters / cheap AES/EBU A/D/A's? [message #340091 is a reply to message #339654 ] |
Fri, 09 May 2008 14:09  |
burp182
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The other clock to consider is the Antelope Isocrone. That thing makes a real change in most A/D/A applications. About the same $ as the Big Ben.
Try both and see if either gets it for you.
Usually, mixing outside the box tends to fix the "tracks sounding distinct rather than mixed" kind of problem. It seems odd that a trip thru a PM2000 wouldn't make clock issues rather minor.
Thoughts?
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| Re: rock and roll converters / cheap AES/EBU A/D/A's? [message #340489 is a reply to message #339654 ] |
Sun, 11 May 2008 19:15 |
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Fletcher
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Registered: April 2004
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The Antelope is indeed a bad ass!! I can't say it's better than the Big Ben but it is definitely as good as the Big Ben... which you prefer will be a matter of your taste vis a vis the sonic textures and qualities of the music on which you're working... they're both fantastic products!!
Peace.
Fletcher
Mercenary Audio
mwagener wrote on Sat, 11 September 2004 14:33
We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid
"Recording engineers are an arrogant bunch.
If you've spent most of your life with a few thousand dollars worth of musicians in the studio, making a decision every second and a half... and you and they are going to have to live with it for the rest of your lives, you'll get pretty arrogant too. It takes a certain amount of balls to do that... something around three"
Malcolm Chisholm
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