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 Firewire vs PCI card interfaces, firewire vs PCI card interfaces |
 Sat 18 May 2002, 20:02
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are there any benefits/disadvantages of either firewire or PCI card based music interfaces?
in particular im trying to decide whether the motu 828 or 2408 would be the answer for my production studio. does expanding with an additional unit, respectively have any added benefits/disadvantages? any help would be great, thanks. tommy |
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Sun 19 May 2002, 04:45
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the better is to take the other way around…
What do you absolutly need? What could you also need? then we'll can work out an answer, maybe 
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Sun 19 May 2002, 06:55
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I want to build a production studio with 8 ins and out for now.
I also want to be able to expand the ins and out (analog) in order to record more live tracks if necessary. In tandem with the interface, I will be running DP3 on a dual processor mac (in about two months.) 8 tracks live is cool for the moment, but i'd like to be able to record at least 24 tracks live later in the game. lemme know what you think. tommy |
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Sun 19 May 2002, 15:24
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Moderator In Chief (MIC) Group: Editors Posts: 15,189 Joined: 23-Dec 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,758 |
simple
MOTU 24i core 24 I/O same converters as 2408MK2 or 828 (no digital I/O) 16/24 bits 44/48KHz balanced/unbalanced wordclock main stéréo out -------------------- Our Classifeds • Nos petites annonces • Terms Of Service / Conditions d'Utilisation • Forum Rules / Règles des Forums • MacMusic.Org & SETI@Home
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Sun 19 May 2002, 19:30
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the real question i have is, is there any benefit to PCI vs firewire interms of bandwidth, processing, speed, etc.
tommy |
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Sun 19 May 2002, 19:44
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Moderator In Chief (MIC) Group: Editors Posts: 15,189 Joined: 23-Dec 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,758 |
With the actual material, no.
it's just a question of balance feature/use, with the possibility to use a firewire one on location too with a powerbook. It may change with firewire 2 and Mlan but it's not even announced the killer thing that mays change the world
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