| The HD24 can do analog or digital in groups of two channels. The manual lags far behind the capabilities of the unit. If you check out the yahoo group dedicated to the HD24, you will learn everything you want to know. Marc Brevoort has written some excellent software to interface the hard drives with a computer. This is necessary because of:
One thing you might want to know about it is that it writes in a proprietary format to a hard drive. This is a slight drag, but the cool thing is that it writes 8, 16 or 24 tracks at a time in one big file so that it doesn't spend a lot of time dealing with disk allocation for each separate track. This makes it very efficient and very stable. There are some quirks with the machine, but once you get used to it, you will find that it's an excellent performer and the XR version does sound excellent. It's hard to find 24 channels of conversion that sound as good for anywhere near this money and many people have bought it for the converters alone.
Again, the Yahoo group is an excellent resource. Very knowledgeable and friendly people there.
HTH
Edwin |