Digidesign 192/96

[Eide]

Hey!

Quick question. Did a search but couldnt find a specific answer.

Does the 192 have better converters than the 96?


Thanks!



Wick.

[T_R_S]

Yes,

[BruceTheProduce]

what kind of hard drives do you guys use to record at such rate? are they 7200 rpm, faster?

[djui5]

Originally Posted by BruceTheProduce

what kind of hard drives do you guys use to record at such rate? are they 7200 rpm, faster?

People don't buy the 192's to record at 192K. They buy them because they have better sounding converters.

For hard drives, you should be using no less that 10K, in either SATA or SCSI format.

[superburtm]

Originally Posted by djui5

People don't buy the 192's to record at 192K. They buy them because they have better sounding converters.

For hard drives, you should be using no less that 10K, in either SATA or SCSI format.

I have never had a problem with 7200.

[djui5]

Originally Posted by superburtm

I have never had a problem with 7200.

I think we've had this discussion :) I could be loosing it though...

That's great you haven't had any problems, but I wouldn't personally recommend it, and would never make a decision to use a 7200K drive for a session, ever.

[BruceTheProduce]

Originally Posted by djui5

I think we've had this discussion :) I could be loosing it though...

That's great you haven't had any problems, but I wouldn't personally recommend it, and would never make a decision to use a 7200K drive for a session, ever.

But 7200 handles 96k pretty well (I guess it also depends on how many tracks you are working with), hence my original question for >7200 drives, it does make sense to use faster drives with higher sample rates. why wouldn't you recommend 7200 drives djui5?

[doubledecker]

Originally Posted by djui5

I think we've had this discussion :) I could be loosing it though...

That's great you haven't had any problems, but I wouldn't personally recommend it, and would never make a decision to use a 7200K drive for a session, ever.

Yeah, i agree with that

[djui5]

Originally Posted by BruceTheProduce

But 7200 handles 96k pretty well (I guess it also depends on how many tracks you are working with), hence my original question for >7200 drives, it does make sense to use faster drives with higher sample rates. why wouldn't you recommend 7200 drives djui5?

Throughput, spindle speed, etc, especially with 96K. If your only working with 20 tracks, maybe it won't matter much, but when you get into higher track counts, 40 or more, you SHOULD be using professional drives with a fast spindle speed and more throughput.

I've never used a 7200 drive for professional recording, only for backup. It's just a personal decision. Do as you wish.

[Aearth]

Could you please tell us more about SATA drives...you convinced me about 7200 rpm drives.

As far as Digi 192 io box and 96 io are concerned, I have both of them and I really can't tell a big difference between them. But then I'm slaving the 96 io off the 192 io and using the my pres on the 192 io and comps on the 96 io. I'm recording at 48khz not higher.

Nick

[djui5]

SATA is a computer buss technology similar to your current IDE buss that came factory in older computers. The new G5's all come stock with SATA buss systems. They allow you to run 7200 and 10K RPM drives on the same buss, which was previously impossible. I installed a 10K SATA drive into the G5 in my mix room, and it ran in sync with the stock internal 7200 system drive, flawlessly. SCSI is the other buss system that allows speeds of 10K and higher, but is insanley more expensive than SATA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA

Try recording something through your 92 I/O sometime, with your pre's. Then switch to the 192 and try it again. Listen to the difference.

[Aearth]

Originally Posted by djui5

SATA is a computer buss technology similar to your current IDE buss that came factory in older computers. The new G5's all come stock with SATA buss systems. They allow you to run 7200 and 10K RPM drives on the same buss, which was previously impossible. I installed a 10K SATA drive into the G5 in my mix room, and it ran in sync with the stock internal 7200 system drive, flawlessly. SCSI is the other buss system that allows speeds of 10K and higher, but is insanley more expensive than SATA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA

Try recording something through your 92 I/O sometime, with your pre's. Then switch to the 192 and try it again. Listen to the difference.

Thanks dj. I'll look into it. I don't want to go SCSI...SATA looks ok. I have a G4 dual 867 mirror doors Mac. What would it take to convert a buss to SATA?

Nick

[djui5]

Originally Posted by Aearth

Thanks dj. I'll look into it. I don't want to go SCSI...SATA looks ok. I have a G4 dual 867 mirror doors Mac. What would it take to convert a buss to SATA?

Nick

You might be able to just stick an SATA PCI card in there. I'm not sure to be honest, haven't looked into it.