Mytek 8X192ADDA Review in Pro Audio Review

[mytek]

There is a new review of Mytek 8X192 ADDA by Dave Martin here:

http://mag1.olivesoftware.com/Active...ndowHeight=750

Happy Holidays


Michal www.mytekdigital.com

[Søren Bendixen]

Originally Posted by mytek

There is a new review of Mytek 8X192 ADDA by Dave Martin here:

http://mag1.olivesoftware.com/Active...ndowHeight=750

Happy Holidays


Michal www.mytekdigital.com

Congratulations!
it is mentioned in the review that there is this firewirecard..?
Is it released or..

I´ve been waiting for an AES/EBU PCIe solution from either Lynx or RME.(I´m on a Mac Pro now) cause it seems to be a commen opinion that the lacenty of any firewire solution is "bigger" than the AES/EBU solution. But it seems like some are making firewire solutions that minimize the latency.
Can you comment on that re. Myteks firewiresolution and maybe even give me a releasedate?

At the moment I´m working on getting the Mytek connected with the Mac Pro using the digital I/O on the computer.

Happy newyear.

Søren Bendixen

[andremattos]

Originally Posted by mytek

There is a new review of Mytek 8X192 ADDA by Dave Martin here:

http://mag1.olivesoftware.com/Active...ndowHeight=750

Happy Holidays


Michal www.mytekdigital.com

Great!!
I love Mytek Sound!
I have a 8x96 adc

[Allen Wrench]

I'm digitizing a project over from my EVIL MCI JH-16 to my 24 channnels of Mytek 8x192 as we speak!

- ALLEN WRENCH -
international superstar

[mytek]

Originally Posted by soebx

Congratulations!
it is mentioned in the review that there is this firewirecard..?
Is it released or..

I´ve been waiting for an AES/EBU PCIe solution from either Lynx or RME.(I´m on a Mac Pro now) cause it seems to be a commen opinion that the lacenty of any firewire solution is "bigger" than the AES/EBU solution. But it seems like some are making firewire solutions that minimize the latency.
Can you comment on that re. Myteks firewiresolution and maybe even give me a releasedate?

At the moment I´m working on getting the Mytek connected with the Mac Pro using the digital I/O on the computer.

Happy newyear.

Søren Bendixen

I don't know how will our card do with latency compared to PCI/PCIe cards. I know we are using the fastest available chipset from TC (DICEII) so it'll be most efficient when compared to other firewire solution. In terms of release , physical card exists but derivers/firmware are being still debugged by developer. I'd refrain of giving exact date as bugs are not always predictable but it's around the corner. The reviewer tested the 8X192 with the Protools HD card which has been available for a while.

Regards, Michal www.mytekdigital.com

[GYang]

Originally Posted by mytek

I know we are using the fastest available chipset from TC (DICEII) so it'll be most efficient when compared to other firewire solution. [/url]

Let us hope, but my experience with TC Firewire solution is far from being excellent, also, read on apllicable forums related to TC Powercore where many users reported on bugs and problems (for already two years).

Also, from my experience only working solution with FW issues resolved is Apogee.
BTW without FW functionality in neutral ADC converters shootout we accomplished, Lavry Blue was on par or slightly preferable to Mytek 192 ADC on acoustic instruments and some vocals. Apogee AD16X won on electric guitars and drums, so I use both. Actually it can be just matter of taste.

[Søren Bendixen]

Originally Posted by mytek

I don't know how will our card do with latency compared to PCI/PCIe cards. I know we are using the fastest available chipset from TC (DICEII) so it'll be most efficient when compared to other firewire solution. In terms of release , physical card exists but derivers/firmware are being still debugged by developer. I'd refrain of giving exact date as bugs are not always predictable but it's around the corner. The reviewer tested the 8X192 with the Protools HD card which has been available for a while.

Regards, Michal www.mytekdigital.com

but thanks for answering me quickly. I´ll just wait and see who get there first with a solution, Firewire or PCIe,, either you, RME or Lynx!

Regards

Søren

[GYang]

Originally Posted by soebx

I´ve been waiting for an AES/EBU PCIe solution from either Lynx or RME.(I´m on a Mac Pro now) cause it seems to be a commen opinion that the lacenty of any firewire solution is "bigger" than the AES/EBU solution. But it seems like some are making firewire solutions that minimize the latency.

Little bit out of scope of your question, but from my experience.
Firewire is great, (with Apogee), but I found out that for more than 16 ch. ins/outs (and I need in average around 30 ch at 96khz sample rate) Firewire 400 is already on its limits (probably not just bandwidth issue). I use Firewire 800 card via PCIe, but neither Apogee or other gears doesn't support 800 MB transfer.
I found way out only with RME. I used RME before and was absolutely satisfied with stability and reliability of their PCI cards.
Solution is ADI-642 MADI PCI (soon PCIe) card with ADI 6432 MADI to AES/EBU converter.
Speed and lack of latency with this solution are second to none.
If you need 64 ch. you can drop sample rate to 48 khz (what is basically enough for most projects) and you have bi-directional 64 ch of AES/EBU.
I have this rig on testing now and I think I will replace existing Firwire setups due to some inconsistencies and latency/bugs problems with several Firewire devices connected to DAW simultaneously.
At first sight price for this system seems huge, but when you see real functionality and professional level/consistency of such DAW solution (in line with expandibility) than price is fully justified.

[mytek]

Originally Posted by GYang

Let us hope, but my experience with TC Firewire solution is far from being excellent, also, read on apllicable forums related to TC Powercore where many users reported on bugs and problems (for already two years).

Also, from my experience only working solution with FW issues resolved is Apogee. .

If I'm ot mistaken TC Powercore is a different thing, an earlier design than DICEII. DICE II s the only chip I know that'll do 16 chan of 192k. AFAIK Apogee uses a different chipset for Firewire.

Once it's done and used for a while we will know.

Regards M www.mytekdigital.com

[Jax]

Is there Pro Tools HD delay compensation for the 8x192 yet?

[Søren Bendixen]

Originally Posted by GYang

Little bit out of scope of your question, but from my experience.
Firewire is great, (with Apogee), but I found out that for more than 16 ch. ins/outs (and I need in average around 30 ch at 96khz sample rate) Firewire 400 is already on its limits (probably not just bandwidth issue). I use Firewire 800 card via PCIe, but neither Apogee or other gears doesn't support 800 MB transfer.
I found way out only with RME. I used RME before and was absolutely satisfied with stability and reliability of their PCI cards.
Solution is ADI-642 MADI PCI (soon PCIe) card with ADI 6432 MADI to AES/EBU converter.
Speed and lack of latency with this solution are second to none.
If you need 64 ch. you can drop sample rate to 48 khz (what is basically enough for most projects) and you have bi-directional 64 ch of AES/EBU.
I have this rig on testing now and I think I will replace existing Firwire setups due to some inconsistencies and latency/bugs problems with several Firewire devices connected to DAW simultaneously.
At first sight price for this system seems huge, but when you see real functionality and professional level/consistency of such DAW solution (in line with expandibility) than price is fully justified.

Thanks for the info.
I´m building a small high end studio (in progress!) and my aim is to get 16 ch I/O, so wouldn´t it be ok with the upcoming (hopefully!) PCIe version of RME AES 32?

I expect to work with a maximum of 8 Ch I/O for the next year, so even the firewire solution from Mytek (although we don´t know the issues re. latency yet) would do..?
Soebx