So..How are the Lynx Auroras Holding up?

[r0ck1r0ck2]

well they've been out for a few years now..

any issues that can't be resolved?

any gripes?

do let me know..

[seaneldon]

i use an aurora 16 every day. it gets hotter than steaming shit, but with zero problems so far. we've had it for 3 months i believe. not exactly enough time to judge whether or not it'll hold out, but i've got a large "inkling" that it will. oh, and it sounds wonderful.

ciao, baby
sean eldon qualls
chief engineer, deepwave music productions

[r0ck1r0ck2]

thanks sean

keep them coming...

i would really like to hear from someone with more than a years worth of use..

just out of curosity...

and how long do the converters take to break in..
you know like a guitar string..



ooohh!
that's the new audio myth i've just started..

someone will fall for this i'm sure...

"my CD's take at least 100 plays before they sound good."

[AB3]

I got one of the first ones and it is holding up well. It does not get too hot at all. I use it with an Isochrone Clock.

NOT ONE PROBLEM.

I use it with the Lynx AES16.

The Lynx people are fantastic. They answer phone calls, talk to you as long as you need and listen to new ideas.

Do you need an external clock - no.

BUT I got spoiled with the Isochrone.

[thermos]

Had mine for 4 months. Not long really, use it everyday. 100% happy.

I found that the clock of the Aurora actually sounds really good. They recommend that you clock it to the aes 16 card, which I what I was doing that I thought didn't sound good. But if you clock the AES 16 card to the aurora's clock, it sounds great.

[3rdeyeKnight]

I have an Aurora16 connected to an AES16 and it's been working very well for the most part. I do experience an occasional pop or click when playing some VSTi's through Sonar but after a little investigating, I almost always find it to be a fault in the program and not the converter. A little tweaking of the sample rate and buffer adjustments and it's smooth sailing. I have it clocked to an Apogee Big Ben, but for what it's worth, I think the syncro-lock feature in the AES16 is impressive without external clocking.The routing features open up all kinds of possibilities. I've downloaded the latest driver updates and fixes just to cover all of my bases. The Aurora16 gives off just enough heat to warm up my little one bedroom apartment. I should be able to save a bundle this winter in utility bills.

[AB3]

When you guys use the Aurora internal clock - do you turn the synchrolok OFF on the AES16?

I know in order to get the benefit of the Isochrone, I have to turn OFF the synchrolok on both the Aurora and AES16 - so I assume if you are clocking to the Aurora, you would turn OFF the synchrolok on the AES16, otherwise the clock on the Aurora is not making any improvement to the AES16. Makes sense?

[3rdeyeKnight]

I don't have the manual near me, but that sounds right. The synchrolock on the AES must be turned off for any external clocking to play slave-driver.No exceptions for the Aurora16 eventhough it's Lynx family.

[r0ck1r0ck2]

thanks to all!

lovely to hear the good news..

i'm sure i'll be clocking to my MytekStereoAD 96

unless of course you gents talk me out of it...

keep em coming..

[DAWgEAR]

Originally Posted by thermos

I found that the clock of the Aurora actually sounds really good. They recommend that you clock it to the aes 16 card, which I what I was doing that I thought didn't sound good. But if you clock the AES 16 card to the aurora's clock, it sounds great.

Agreed.

I've had mine for a few weeks, so I can't comment on long term issues.

And it does get hot. They aren't kidding about leaving an empty rack space above and below.

[beruang]

I've got the Aurora 16 and AES 16 running on Nuendo 2. The sound is very nice, far "clearner" than the 002 I switched from. I have been running this system for about 6 months with plenty of 16 channel recording sessions and plenty of analog summing out using a console. I like using it-the only problems I encounter are sometimes thechoice of digital/analog settings on the front panel kooky-it had caused me some difficulty once or twice when the thing switched from single wire to dual wire on startup-but now I know what to look for and it happens very, very rarely.

The sound is good-it is very transparent as you'd expect and the clocking ability using the AES16 OR the Aurora 16 is nice-if you use the AES16 the clock changes are very fast (but the synchrolock takes some time to sync up). Its a nice system, and they have recently released the Lslot HD card for PT HD connection if that suits you-all you need is the HD core card and some software. Ultimate compatability! I hope they release an Lslot firewire so I can take this on location jobs.

I had great help from the support section at lynx too-far better than other companies (MOTU, Digidesign) that I have worked with.

My 2 cents!

[not_so_new]

Sorry to get off topic....

Originally Posted by AB3

When you guys use the Aurora internal clock - do you turn the synchrolok OFF on the AES16?

I know in order to get the benefit of the Isochrone, I have to turn OFF the synchrolok on both the Aurora and AES16 - so I assume if you are clocking to the Aurora, you would turn OFF the synchrolok on the AES16, otherwise the clock on the Aurora is not making any improvement to the AES16. Makes sense?

I have a Apogee AD and DA 16X and things seem just slightly better with synchrolok off to me so I run it that way all the time....



Back on topic......

Everything that I have heard about the Aurora (besides one slightly negative review from GYang) has been very positive. As I said I already have 16 Apogee channels but I am going to get an Auroa 8 for cue mix etc. Lynx service is top notch and I hear the Auroa sounds great so I don't think you can go wrong here.



My only complaint would be that the AES16 card can only monitor 4 inputs / outputs in latency free mode. The Lynx folks say that there is a firmware update in the works, we will see but that is really not a fault of the Auroa either.

Good luck

[AdamJay]

i use an Aurora 16 with LT-ADAT card, strapped to 2 Metric Halo 2882's.

yea the lynx gets very hot, but since i re-racked it with an empty space above and below it doesn't get as hot anymore.

anyways, i've got not issues. i love the Aurora 16.

[r0ck1r0ck2]

it's like a checkup...

every 6months you dig..

well...every 5 years in the case of americans (read..citizens of the U.s.)

how are we feeling?

keep 'em coming

thanks again gents

[ScoolED]

I don't have the Aurora yet hopefully VERY soon. Has anybody heard if they are still planning on a firewire option? That would be great for the occasional remote deal.

Oh yea as said before Lynx support is fantastic, best I have ever dealt with. They walked me through some problems I was having with my II C when I got my new system.

Aaron

[ImJohn]

Originally Posted by r0ck1r0ck2

well they've been out for a few years now..

any issues that can't be resolved?

any gripes?

do let me know..

Years??? I thought they've only been shipping less than two years . .

OK, I just looked it up, Lynx started shipping the Aurora 16 in mid April 2005 so that's about 1 year and 5 months that they have been available.

[TanTan]

i've bought mine when they came out , great converters , zero problems, love them and they do get very hot

[AlphaDingo]

AB3...How big a difference in sound quality is there between clocked to isochrone and not clocked?

[MoonMix]

Originally Posted by thermos

I found that the clock of the Aurora actually sounds really good. They recommend that you clock it to the aes 16 card, which I what I was doing that I thought didn't sound good. But if you clock the AES 16 card to the aurora's clock, it sounds great.

Thermos...

How in the heck is that accomplished?


r0ck1r0ck2...

I have an 8...sounds great, even giving my old tracks more detail...doesn't run as hot as rumored. Very happy.

MoonMix

[zboy2854]

I've got an Aurora 16 with an LT-HD card. Integrates perfectly with PT HD, and sounds head and shoulders above my 192. Clocked with an Apogee Big Ben. Very sweet.

[DAWgEAR]

Originally Posted by AB3

When you guys use the Aurora internal clock - do you turn the synchrolok OFF on the AES16?

I use the Aurora on internal clock and keep Synchrolock ON for the AES16.

[True North]

two AES 16 cards , 1 x Aurora 8 and 1 x Aurora 16 - 4 months old - ZERO problem and great support

[True North]

Originally Posted by not_so_new

My only complaint would be that the AES16 card can only monitor 4 inputs / outputs in latency free mode. The Lynx folks say that there is a firmware update in the works, we will see but that is really not a fault of the Auroa either.

Good luck

this just dawned on me, but does the fact that I have 2 x AES 16 cards mean that I can monitor 4 inputs per card for a total of 8?

[Steamy Williams]

Originally Posted by ScoolED

Has anybody heard if they are still planning on a firewire option? That would be great for the occasional remote deal.

I think they're hoping to have this out by the end of the year.

[thermos]

Moonmix, you just set the auroras clock to internal, and the aes 16 clock to digital in 1, and then turn on synchrolock on both the aurora and aes 16. It sounds slightly better with synchrolock on I think.

They recommend in the literature that you use the aes 16s internal clock and clock the aurora to that, but the other way sounds a lot better. I would in no way see a need for an external clock.

[not_so_new]

Originally Posted by True North

this just dawned on me, but does the fact that I have 2 x AES 16 cards mean that I can monitor 4 inputs per card for a total of 8?

I am NOT a 100% sure of this so you should call or email Lynx but I believe that the limitation is in the firmware meaning that it should give you 4 I/O per card so with 2 cards you should get 8 I/O but it would be a pain because you would have to split your outputs between cards yadda yadda.... PITA. I am really looking forward to the firmware upgrade or I might have to go and get another card from someone else.

[broken head]

Originally Posted by True North

this just dawned on me, but does the fact that I have 2 x AES 16 cards mean that I can monitor 4 inputs per card for a total of 8?

Actually, its 4 inputs per output. There's no way to monitor input sources from one card through another (that would be a PCI bus disaster). I'd be happy to help with any specific monitoring scenarios you're interested in - frequently I just send a screenshot of the way the Outputs Mixer should look.

[Doublehelix]

I got my Aurora-16 right after release as well along with an AES-16 card.

One word: AWESOME!

I have Synchrolock switched ON on the AES-16...

[r0ck1r0ck2]

ok....lovely...tengo una pregunta

and to broaden this question for all...how does the Aurora play with other devices re: clocking?

would it beehoove me to use bnc to clock the aurora 16 and apogee rosetta 800 192 to my Mytek Stereo96AD?

or should i clock the whole mess to the AES16s?

or should i fukoff and just experiment..?

i really doubt i'll be using 96k much let alone 192..
i'll probably be a freaky 48k dork.

do let me know..

and thanks all for the replies!

[not_so_new]

Originally Posted by broken head

Actually, its 4 inputs per output. There's no way to monitor input sources from one card through another (that would be a PCI bus disaster). I'd be happy to help with any specific monitoring scenarios you're interested in - frequently I just send a screenshot of the way the Outputs Mixer should look.

Hi Paul... Thanks for clearing that up, I should have said that in my post above, 4 inputs can be monitored from each card on each card.

So any new news about the firmware upgrade for the rest of the card Paul? Really monitoring just 4 inputs is a huge limitation in my world and I need to do something about that quickly.

Thanks for posting and clearing up the monitoring issue.