BEST A-D COVERTER FOR MIXING?

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"Matrixmusic" <kevindoylemusic@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Any suggestion guys.
> I want to mix 24 bit-48khz.
> It's solo voice with Orchestra.
> Kevin
>

Hi Kevin,

I'm not totally sure what you are asking.

Are you mixing from an analog source ( mixer? ) and want an A/D converter to
record your final stereo mix to a digital format? Or do you want 4 to 48
channels of A/D so you can record all of the individual tracks initially to
digital but you want the converters to be as good as possible so that when
you mix it turns out well?

You might want to give us a hint at your budget, especially if the latter
scenario is the correct one. In either case I would think that he Lavry
Engineering Blue series converters would do an outstanding job for you.

Best of luck!

--
John L Rice
Drummer@ImJohn.com

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"Scott Dorsey" <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
>
> The only one of the high end converters I'd suggest staying away from
> is the Studer D19.



Do you happen to remember what you didn't like about the Studer?

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Lorin David Schultz <Lorin@DAMNSPAM!v5v.ca> wrote:
>"Scott Dorsey" <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
>>
>> The only one of the high end converters I'd suggest staying away from
>> is the Studer D19.
>
>Do you happen to remember what you didn't like about the Studer?

I don't know, it just didn't sound good. Stuff going in and coming out just
wound up sounding flatter and duller on the other end. The noise floor was not
even, either.

It was a real disappointment because the modular interfaces made it really
very versatile... you can configure it in all kinds of ways for different
applications. The routing and SRC modules looked very handy, and the ability
to deal with a wide variety of interfaces, even older ones like MADI, is
very slick.

It just didn't sound good.

Incidentally, I am talking about the real D19 rack system, and not the
D19 MicValve, which is completely unrelated. The D19 MicValve also sounds
bad, but for different reasons.
--scott


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