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666666 · 15th August 2008

Thanks for all the replies. Great info!

I also wanted to mention that I'd want midi I/O as well so I can listen to midi files out of PTLE and possibly other programs too. I suppose I should have mentioned this earlier but it slipped my mind.

So I guess the revamped question is, what is the cheapest way to run M-Powered PTLE via Firewire and also have 96k support, 32-tracks and midi I/O? Perhaps the M-Audio 410? I've been looking at the 410 and the Lightbridge as possible options. Would anyone vote for one over the other for any reason? Is one perhaps more stable or just easier to deal with overall? They're only $100 apart in price, it wouldn't bother me to get the Lighbridge over the 410 if for some reason it WAS truly "better" in some regards.

Here's an important question... the Lightbridge appears to have Word Clock I/O... which I'd like to have if possible... the 410 does not. However, the 410 has SPDIF I/O. Is it possible to add a "word clock to SPDIG RCA adapter" to the SDPIF port and be able to take or feed just the clock only? I've seen some other converter units that had an arrangement like this... I think the Benchmark DAC-1 is like this, has SPDIF ports, but comes with a press on adapter that converts the SDPIF to a word clock jack... or am I smokin' crack here? Someone please set me straight on this. Beause IF I can run word clock I/O using ther 410's SPDIF ports, then the 410 might be fine for me.... otherwise I might vote for the lighbridge just to have word clock ports for when needed. I'll likely be running the system off a high-end clock.

Thanks!

(Again, sorry my question has "evolved" here, but initially I had overlooked certain needs - it's all good because all the info posted here is interesting and helpful to me and others - so, no wasted bandwidth

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15th August 2008	#14
666666 Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,560 Thread Starter	Thanks for all the replies. Great info! I also wanted to mention that I'd want midi I/O as well so I can listen to midi files out of PTLE and possibly other programs too. I suppose I should have mentioned this earlier but it slipped my mind. So I guess the revamped question is, what is the cheapest way to run M-Powered PTLE via Firewire and also have 96k support, 32-tracks and midi I/O? Perhaps the M-Audio 410? I've been looking at the 410 and the Lightbridge as possible options. Would anyone vote for one over the other for any reason? Is one perhaps more stable or just easier to deal with overall? They're only $100 apart in price, it wouldn't bother me to get the Lighbridge over the 410 if for some reason it WAS truly "better" in some regards. Here's an important question... the Lightbridge appears to have Word Clock I/O... which I'd like to have if possible... the 410 does not. However, the 410 has SPDIF I/O. Is it possible to add a "word clock to SPDIG RCA adapter" to the SDPIF port and be able to take or feed just the clock only? I've seen some other converter units that had an arrangement like this... I think the Benchmark DAC-1 is like this, has SPDIF ports, but comes with a press on adapter that converts the SDPIF to a word clock jack... or am I smokin' crack here? Someone please set me straight on this. Beause IF I can run word clock I/O using ther 410's SPDIF ports, then the 410 might be fine for me.... otherwise I might vote for the lighbridge just to have word clock ports for when needed. I'll likely be running the system off a high-end clock. Thanks! (Again, sorry my question has "evolved" here, but initially I had overlooked certain needs - it's all good because all the info posted here is interesting and helpful to me and others - so, no wasted bandwidth )