Lynx Hilo

[ACO]

nice

[d1rtynyc]

Some more details....

[PopularDemand]

Nice combination of features. USB card for free but I assume that slot can be used for the HD card or upcoming Thunderbolt card.

[TRW]

Expensive!

[pmoon]

Phil from Lynx here. Hilo is being introduced today. Full details are up on our website. There is a LOT going on with this product that is a little hard to get your head around at first. Be glad to answer any questions. For a full look and feel, go to the video on You Tube at
YouTube - Kana

[trashman]

this looks fantastic

[pmoon]

$2495 is a chink of change, but you get an AD and DA with independent headphone amp + USB + Touch Screen operation, metering + specs that are industry-leading. I am not aware of any single product or combination of products that delivers this anywhere near this price.

And the specs are actual and verifiable, not preliminary or projected. The open-ended nature of the LCD screen is quite exciting, offering opportunities to add real time analyzers, phase meters, diagnostics and other value added features. Think of the aps on your iPhone.

Phil Moon
Lynx

[pmoon]

Yes, the LT-HD Pro Tools card can be substituted for the LT-USB card. As to Thunderbolt, we're still waiting in Intel for details. This is just one of many options that we are looking at - and the requests of our users will determine what comes next.

Phil Moon
Lynx

[rumleymusic]

Expensive!

Ehh. Most AD 2channels are $1000-1200 and the same for DA. Here you get AD,DA,Headphone amp, digitalIO, 32channel mixer, decent metering, and an option of interfaces for $2495 retail. Not that bad if you break it up. Seems like a good front end for an edit studio.

[bobx]

A real snoozer of a video

but the product looks awesome! i've actually been looking for something like this for my home mix/edit room.

[work2do]

Perfect for the home/mobile

[tsvisser]

Very cool product, looks like a great value. Have a mobile ADR rig in mind with this as the center piece. Big Island names are getting snatched up left and right I see. Maybe I should trademark Honokaa and Hawi and sit on the name.

[Duardo]

The open-ended nature of the LCD screen is quite exciting, offering opportunities to add real time analyzers, phase meters, diagnostics and other value added features. Think of the aps on your iPhone.

If you can get Angry Birds on there I'm sold.

[work2do]

The on screen "VU meters" are a nice touch.

[Surbitone]

Oh, will clearly end up with this!! For what it is, it's a snip!

[thedommer]

nice. is this compatible with the protools native card

[Janus]

I see at the picture in the PDF at the backside, the Hilo is also outfitted with a 4-pin XLR 12V battery power field operation?!?!
This makes it definetly very usefull for field usage! Wow..

[StewartFang]

Originally Posted by rumleymusic

Ehh. Most AD 2channels are $1000-1200 and the same for DA. Here you get AD,DA,Headphone amp, digitalIO, 32channel mixer, decent metering, and an option of interfaces for $2495 retail. Not that bad if you break it up. Seems like a good front end for an edit studio.

I don't get how this can compete with the UFX which is an 8ch converter w/18 additional digital i/o....and totalmix...oh right....a touch screen

[Alex.T]

A few questions for Lynx --

Do the analog monitor outputs and the line outs use the same converter?

Can this be used as a stand-alone monitor controller?

How is the software updated--through the USB socket?

[pmoon]

Answers for you...

Do the analog monitor outputs and the line outs use the same converter?

Yes. Line outs have 8 different trim options and the monitor output has volume control. Same converter and same (selectable) source. The headphone output has its own dedicated D/A converter and can have a different source.

Can this be used as a stand-alone monitor controller?
Yes

How is the software updated--through the USB socket?
Yes

Phil Moon
Lynx

[work2do]

Originally Posted by StewartFang

I don't get how this can compete with the UFX which is an 8ch converter w/18 additional digital i/o....and totalmix...oh right....a touch screen

rme and lynx aurora converters are on a totally different plain. so i'm quite sure these new lynx converters will make that divide even wider. i'll take quality over extra features any day.

[diogo_c]

Is this a new ad/da chip or is it the same of the Aurora series?

[imaginaryday]

questions:

(1) i have the audient asp008 with adat/aes card. can i take the adat out from the audient to adat in of the hilo?

(2) how many digital inputs does hilo have for tracking in daw?

thank you!

[Lindell]

Originally Posted by imaginaryday

questions:

(1) i have the audient asp008 with adat/aes card. can i take the adat out from the audient to adat in of the hilo? yes

(2) how many digital inputs does hilo have for tracking in daw? 12

[Janus]

Great you're here in the thread responding to questions Phil!

I saw your Youtube video about the Hilo, and it started with Lynx's wish to make a two channel interface, based on customer wishes.
Now in this multichannel times, I would have asked for a interface with at least 6 (5.1) channels out for monitoring. I mean, for "home" editing and in the field it's now for postproduction fellas (like me) very common to edit (and pre-level) in LCR, sometimes even at full 5.1.
Have you guys at Lynx considered this, or is the Hilo more directed towards the music market?

Cheers,
Jan

[imaginaryday]

thanks, lindell!

[Shaman]

2,5 k is a lot compared
to an avid omni at 2,9 k
which has the best converters ever,
low latency and 8 I/Os.

[diogo_c]

Originally Posted by Shaman

2,5 k is a lot compared
to an avid omni at 2,9 k
which has the best converters ever,
low latency and 8 I/Os.

Really?

[trashman]

Originally Posted by work2do

rme and lynx aurora converters are on a totally different plain. so i'm quite sure these new lynx converters will make that divide even wider. i'll take quality over extra features any day.

Yeah totally man. That was a weird tangent, huh? Not even the same product category.

This new Lynx offering looks pretty darn amazing.