At 21:26 24-10-03, Ben Kennedy wrote:
On 24 10 2003 at 11:55 am -0400, Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:
I did scrounged up this relatively new thingy for FireWire: http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2003/FireWire-410-Shipping.html which looks a bit cheaper than the 828mk2 (USD 500), and does fewer things, but looks like it fits the bill for knocking a Firewire output into 8 analog line outputs.
True. I considered that one as well. Despite its name, though, it only affords two analog channels in, which wasn't enough for me.
Ah, well, since I really only need audio-in on my recording device (that being my VS-1680 rather than my Mac), that wouldn't bother me. However in future, after I get more practice at mixing (and probably a new Mac with built-in Firewire rather than a PC card) and after DB supports output to multiple channels, I can see output through multiple Firewire audio channels as being very handy. Actually, I suspect I'll need a new Mac with a faster processor anyway. Though, outputing to WAV/AIFF works fine for the moment, though I notice DB on my machine sometimes "stumbles" on plain ol' playback from the app, with playback stalling for a split second or so before picking back up. Nobody else has mentioned this as a problem, so I suspect it's just my ancient Lombard processor being unable spit out the audio fast enough (especially with large samples). Ah, yes, I see a long hardware upgrade cycle stretching out into the distance before me ..... But then, in the great and glorious and as-yet-unforseeable-future, I'll record multiple channels direct from Doggiebox and sync'd to my recording module's MIDI clock :) Cheers, Carl -- Carl Edlund Anderson mailto:cea@carlaz.com http://www.carlaz.com/