Summing and Masterlink question

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In article <1103694027.772359.40340@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
"MC" <santamonica789@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm having trouble with the quality of my summed mixes ITB. I know
> this is a big debate and many people have gotten around the issue by
> using the Dangerous 2bus, etc. And since I don't have an analog board
> to sum them through, I'm wondering if a Masterlink is my solution.
>
> Would going stereo out of my DAW via spdif to a Masterlink to help
> overcome the summing/conversion quality loss I seem to be experiencing?
> Or do I still need to run it through something analog?
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>

The spdif output is already summed.

From what I understand, the Masterlink is stereo in only. No mixing
capabilities.

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In article <1103743897.828068.102000@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> cycle.paul@comcast.net writes:

> > The difference you're hearing, if any (and there's
> > bound to be some, if you listen critically) is the difference between
> > A/D conveters.
>
> Aren't you also comparing the analog circuitry after the D/A
> conversion? It seems like that could be a significant effect to.

Yes, but I didn't want to get down to circuitry. Think of "D/A
converter" as a black box with a digital gozinta and an analog gozouta
and you'll understand what I meant. Changing converter chips and analog
components is the sort of thing that Jim Williams of Audio Upgrades
does for fun and profit. I wouldn't suggest (particularly without
knowing what he's using as a computer audio interface) that he start
modifying it when he can't quite settle on a good mix while he's
working on it.


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