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djmonoxide
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 Posted - 2002/08/03 : 16:04:51
Is it possible? Is there a special cable that I could do this with? If so How much and wheree can I get it. I use Firewire IEEE 1394. Thanks for all your help.
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DJ Mouse
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 Posted - 2002/08/04 : 04:00:24
nope,it'll be incompatable coz rca's analog and firewire digital
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Underloop
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Posted - 2002/08/04 : 06:33:41
I take it you mean RCA as in audio connectors?? There are a few Firewire soundcards about at teh moment, but I'm not sure if any of them have RCA connectors on them. They certainly have 1/4" jacks, which you can get a convertor for, but the soundcards themselves are expensive, and theres only a few.
If you've got firewire, I take it you've also got USB?? Why not get a USB soundcard. These are far more in number, and cheaper in price. Have a look round. The cheapest seems to be the Edirol UA-1A at about £65. I've no idea of the quality, but there are others around if you want better quality/more connectivity.
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DJ Mouse
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Posted - 2002/08/04 : 15:56:02
the data transfer of usb is 1.2 mbits so yeh that's pretty damn good quality.
compare that with ultra scsi 3 tho,400 mbits,so if you're gonna get anything,get ultra scsi 3
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Underloop
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Posted - 2002/08/05 : 00:36:53
Do they do SCSI sound cards??
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DJ Mouse
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Posted - 2002/08/05 : 02:47:01
i dunno coz it's a fairly new interface. i can see them making a few but it's just mainly samplers these days that connect via scsi
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Soren
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Posted - 2002/08/05 : 16:08:33
SCSI is in no way new. It's been around for a very very long time, I think like 15 years now.
Underloop- No one makes commercial SCSI soundcards that cost less than $5000. It's expensive and overkill for a soundcard. People have started using Firewire for soundcards with great success however. The MOTU 828 is an amazing 24Bit/48Khz firewire box for example. Firewire can transfer up to 50MB a second which is sufficent for doing 24/96 recording and playback.
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Posted - 2002/08/06 : 01:02:19
Soren: SCSI may have been around for ages, but theres loads of different versions of it... Ultra SCSI 3 being the latest. Also, the 828 only has TRS i/o. From the sounds of it (with wanting RCA inputs) monoxide wants it to record of of decks, so only needs a stereo input. The 828 would again be overkill, and I don't know of any stereo firewire interfaces at the mo.
I still say look at USB, unless of course you have a free PCI slot, in which case get the M Audio Audiophile...that card is wikkid!!! I paid about £160 for it, but it really is mint!
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Soren
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Posted - 2002/08/07 : 12:29:41
"Soren: SCSI may have been around for ages, but theres loads of different versions of it... Ultra SCSI 3 being the latest."
Yep, and the maximum length of the cable for Ultra3 is 12 Meters, it supports full clock rate, the maximum number of devices is 16, it's pronounced SKUH-zee and it stands for Small Computer System Interface. ???
"Also, the 828 only has TRS i/o."
Actually it has eight channels of balanced/unbalanced analog input and output (all at 24 bit) and Neutrik XLR/TRS combo connectors.
"From the sounds of it (with wanting RCA inputs) monoxide wants it to record of of decks, so only needs a stereo input."
I think he actually wants a RCA/Firewire converter so he can try and record some RCA source (output) to his computer directly, but that was already ansered with a no i believe.
"The 828 would again be overkill, and I don't know of any stereo firewire interfaces at the mo."
Yes it is overkill, but he was asking about a firewire interface and the 828 IMHO is the best one. If he wants to get a cheap alternative he could just pick up a $5 soundblaster and get a RCA/Headphone converter for $5 and he'd be set :)
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