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Originally Posted by Stuart Wild  This desk looks so very well balanced for a small-mid studio! I'm seriously considering getting one within the next 6 months.
I've got a couple of questions, sorry if I sound fairly newb here, but I'm very used to being all inside the computer, I'm now dragging myself out into analogue world after discovering a friend's Moog Voyager and especially his Sherman filterbank. One of the main reasons I'm going with this desk is it's true analogue signal path, but I have to wonder about the AD conversion...
I'm sure it's been mentioned (and if so, please feel free to point me to the page number - such a large thread!), but how does the AD conversion rate with this desk?
For my project studio this desk is perfect. I'm really thinking I should also be looking at an outboard mic preamp for vocals/guitar.
If I were to run an outboard mic preamp like an Avalon VT-737SP or a Universal Audio 6176, what would be the most appropriate way into the desk? Via AD/DA converter (e.g. crane song) into the ZedR16's ADAT, or maybe just straight into a channel?
Sorry if this post was a little off topic, but these are the things I'm considering in direct conjunction with this mixer.
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Hi Stuart,
The channel ADCs are Cirrus Logic CS5368, 114dB dynamic range, 24bit and we run them up to 96kHz sample rate. The DACs are Burr Brown PCM4104, 118dB D/R again 24 bit and up to 96kHz.
The digital conversion performance is closely matched to the analogue circuit performance so as not to degrade either the dynamic range or linearity.
Regarding the pre-amp question, I would try the on-board pre-amps first before making additional purchases - the circuit is super-linear, having active feedback on both phases, has an EIN figure of -128.5dBu (minimal self noise), and maintains excellent performance across its wide gain range. The pre-amps and EQ are the main features on which the rest of the mixer is based! Not wanting to do anyone else's pre-amps down at all, but try ours first before shelling out more dosh!
I hope that helps,
Kind Regards,
Mike.