Q: seeking an audio interface w/o preamps

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David Petrou <dpetrou@ece.cmu.edu> wrote:

> hi all. i'm looking to buy a new (or slightly used) audio interface
> compatible with my apple machine running mac os X 10.3.
>
> when looking through the customary offerings, i find many things i
> don't need. i'm hoping by describing what i do need, that someone may
> have heard of a good fit for me.
>
> i'm looking for 8 to 12 line-level analog (quarter-inch) inputs. i
> don't need any mic preamps, because i can work off of the preamps on a
> couple mackie mixers i have. (and thus, no phantom power is needed.)
>
> i only need 2 outputs for monitoring my mixes which will be done
> entirely on my apple (using logic pro). phones jack would be nice but
> not necessary.
>
> i don't need digital audio inputs or outputs.
>
> i only need sampling at 44.1 khz. anything higher is useless. (flame
> away.) but i do need 24 bit sampling, of course.
>
> i need this to interface with firewire. (i don't have usb 2.0.)
>
> any leads?

You're asking a question that has been asked here recently several
times. Please go to the Google advanced search function and see what's
alerady been said about this situation. Then if you have further
quesitons, please come back and ask them.

http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search?hl=en

The short answer is that the market for what you want is so small that
it might not be availabe, so you should just get a MOTU 828 or something
like that and get on with it. And within a short while of getting a
computer audio interface, you _will_ want digital I/O on it.

--
ha

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In article <d04rdg$jec$1@nntp.ece.cmu.edu> dpetrou@cs.cmu.edu writes:

> i already have a small audio interface (edirol ua-5) with digital i/o.
> so, i was hoping to save money with a large analog unit.
>
> the motu 828 looks great (albeit overkill), so i'll investigate my
> purchasing options on that after doing some more product browsing.

The bottom line is that you can't save money buying what nobody makes.
The reason why nobody makes exactly what you want is that there's much
greater demand for the "more frills" version. More demand results in
more sales which results in more production which lowers costs, which
results in more demand. While your "no frills" version may have fewer
parts, it takes just as much of the manufacturer's resources to
prepare it for market as the more popular version. If it has to sell
for more because of smaller volume, it just doesn't make sense.

There are a few manufacturers who specialize in high quality products
that don't fit the mainstream model. If you can afford to wait a
while, you can get a Lynx Aurora with a Firewire interface card. I
think the A/D converter is available now, but the L-Stream Firewire
card isn't due out until the middle of this year.
Check http://www.lynxstudio.com

Life was sure easier when studios built all of their own gear. Then
you could get exactly what you wanted and nothing more or less.


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