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not_so_new · 13th April 2004

Posted this over at the recpit but no response so I thought I would try here....

First off I cam really sorry for posting such a tired subject

but I have been looking all over this forum for a definitive answer to a few questions I thought it was better to just ask....

Here is the deal, I am on the edge of dumping Protools LE and moving to Samplitude (I have heard many good things about Samplitude and change is good right?? Hope I am making the right choice)...

I am about to pull the trigger on a Lavry blue a/d as my top 2 channel converter. I currently have an RME ADI-8 (yeah I know but…) and a PreSonus DigiMax ( I have some nice mic pre’s the DigiMax is for scratch vox and the like). I am thinking of getting an RME Hammerfall with wordclock i/o to get into the PC.

Two questions… First, the RME ADI-8 Pro, Hammerfall and DigiMax are all ADAT digital I/O. Some say the ADAT pipe “smears” and sounds very bad yadda yadda yadda. I do have a smearing effect in my Digi 001 but that could just as easily be the floating point on the summing or the ADI-8 converters?? Is ADAT digi I/O noticeably worse than AES/EBU and if so should I be looking into something other then the Hammerfall???

Second, assuming the Lavry is going to have the best clock (and assuming that I will be broke after buying it) do I really need to get a wordclock distribution unit or can I sync the RME ADI-8, Hammerfall and DigiMax all from the wordclock out of the Lavry with BNC T’s or daisy-chain?? It is my hope (am I asking too much??) that I can use the Lavry clock to improve the sound of the so so ADI-8. What would be the best way to do this and what would be the least expensive alternative if the solution is not one and the same??

Thanks, sorry again for posting such an overdone subject.

13th April 2004	#1
not_so_new Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,695 Thread Starter	ADAT I/O wordclock (I know I know) Posted this over at the recpit but no response so I thought I would try here.... First off I cam really sorry for posting such a tired subject but I have been looking all over this forum for a definitive answer to a few questions I thought it was better to just ask.... Here is the deal, I am on the edge of dumping Protools LE and moving to Samplitude (I have heard many good things about Samplitude and change is good right?? Hope I am making the right choice)... I am about to pull the trigger on a Lavry blue a/d as my top 2 channel converter. I currently have an RME ADI-8 (yeah I know but…) and a PreSonus DigiMax ( I have some nice mic pre’s the DigiMax is for scratch vox and the like). I am thinking of getting an RME Hammerfall with wordclock i/o to get into the PC. Two questions… First, the RME ADI-8 Pro, Hammerfall and DigiMax are all ADAT digital I/O. Some say the ADAT pipe “smears” and sounds very bad yadda yadda yadda. I do have a smearing effect in my Digi 001 but that could just as easily be the floating point on the summing or the ADI-8 converters?? Is ADAT digi I/O noticeably worse than AES/EBU and if so should I be looking into something other then the Hammerfall??? Second, assuming the Lavry is going to have the best clock (and assuming that I will be broke after buying it) do I really need to get a wordclock distribution unit or can I sync the RME ADI-8, Hammerfall and DigiMax all from the wordclock out of the Lavry with BNC T’s or daisy-chain?? It is my hope (am I asking too much??) that I can use the Lavry clock to improve the sound of the so so ADI-8. What would be the best way to do this and what would be the least expensive alternative if the solution is not one and the same?? Thanks, sorry again for posting such an overdone subject.