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Post by swurveman on May 31, 2016 6:30:35 GMT -6
I am using Lynx Aurora 16 Converters with RME AES Audio interfaces. So, I have to connect the Aurora's AES I/O's to my RME 's.
My question is this: I was told by a former Lexicon engineer that I should connect my Bricasti AES (digitally) to avoid a double round of A/D and D/A. I currently have the Bricasti connected to my Aurora's Analog I/O's along with all my preamps and other hardware. I'm confused on how to connect my Bricasti digitally, since I have no more AES digital connections on my Aurora. I think the only solution is to buy another RME interface just for the Bricasti and any other hardware unit that I can connect digitally. Is there any other solution?
Thanks to anybody who can help!
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Post by svart on May 31, 2016 8:31:27 GMT -6
I am using Lynx Aurora 16 Converters with RME AES Audio interfaces. So, I have to connect the Aurora's AES I/O's to my RME 's. My question is this: I was told by a former Lexicon engineer that I should connect my Bricasti AES (digitally) to avoid a double round of A/D and D/A. I currently have the Bricasti connected to my Aurora's Analog I/O's along with all my preamps and other hardware. I'm confused on how to connect my Bricasti digitally, since I have no more AES digital connections on my Aurora. I think the only solution is to buy another RME interface just for the Bricasti and any other hardware unit that I can connect digitally. Is there any other solution? Thanks to anybody who can help! Is there a SPDIF connection? You can convert the levels so that you can use the AES output into a SPDIF input. |
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Post by swurveman on May 31, 2016 12:25:34 GMT -6
I am using Lynx Aurora 16 Converters with RME AES Audio interfaces. So, I have to connect the Aurora's AES I/O's to my RME 's. My question is this: I was told by a former Lexicon engineer that I should connect my Bricasti AES (digitally) to avoid a double round of A/D and D/A. I currently have the Bricasti connected to my Aurora's Analog I/O's along with all my preamps and other hardware. I'm confused on how to connect my Bricasti digitally, since I have no more AES digital connections on my Aurora. I think the only solution is to buy another RME interface just for the Bricasti and any other hardware unit that I can connect digitally. Is there any other solution? Thanks to anybody who can help! Is there a SPDIF connection? You can convert the levels so that you can use the AES output into a SPDIF input. Unfortunately no SPDIF on the Aurora 16. No other digital I/O's except the one's I'm using to connect to my RME's on my computer. Strange they didn't add any other digital connectors. I read a thread at the purple place where Casey from Bricasti said just use the analog i/o's. So, maybe it's not a big deal. |
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Post by svart on May 31, 2016 12:29:20 GMT -6
Is there a SPDIF connection? You can convert the levels so that you can use the AES output into a SPDIF input. Unfortunately no SPDIF on the Aurora 16. No other digital I/O's except the one's I'm using to connect to my RME's on my computer. Strange they didn't add any other digital connectors. I read a thread at the purple place where Casey from Bricasti said just use the analog i/o's. So, maybe it's not a big deal. I think it really boils down to whether it works with the mix. Sometimes reverbs benefit from being slightly less clean than the main audio, it just helps keep them a little more background. I wouldn't worry too much unless it's clearly a problem. |
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Post by Ward on May 31, 2016 18:41:44 GMT -6
Speediffs and ArseBoos.
Remember when computers were parallel busses, serial busses, ADBs, Scuzzies etc etc and then along came USB and everything standardized?
Why can't they do that with digital audio?
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Post by ericn on May 31, 2016 18:50:56 GMT -6
Speediffs and ArseBoos. Remember when computers were parallel busses, serial busses, ADBs, Scuzzies etc etc and then along came USB and everything standardized? Why can't they do that with digital audio? You mean Universal Serial Bus, serial in a cuter duckbill jack? |
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Post by Ward on May 31, 2016 19:03:18 GMT -6
Yeah, but at least it's a standard!!
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Post by ericn on May 31, 2016 19:40:38 GMT -6
Yeah, but at least it's a standard!! I would be preaching DANTE if there were more quality affordable boxes! |
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Post by popmann on May 31, 2016 20:04:06 GMT -6
So first....I don't think there's a huge benefit in connecting it digitally. In fact, functionally speaking, unless you're a single (sample) rate project studio, it's functionally WAY limiting and/or annoying to connect an outbaord FX box via digital connection, because then you have to keep adjusting the sample rate to match the project, if the unit even CAN...
But, there is a simple tech answer--which is that the Dsub you're referring to as "an AES IO"--is actually 4 stereo pairs of AES all bound up. To run your Briscati digitally, you will need to get different cables--actual 4x4 AES to Dsub....and you still lose two of the analog IO, because that's just how it works. an 8ch AES only has 8 channels--so, you use 6x6 of them for the Lynx converters themselves and use the remaining stereo pair to go to and from the Briscati.
Again--I wouldn't recommend doing it. You're complicating the entire system just for potentially a hair of "fidelity" for a REVERB....but, it's easily doable. You just need to replace the each single $70 Dsub with TWO $100 Dsub to XLR of opposing genders so that you have it broken out into the stereo pairs it actually exists in.
Effectively, AES is always stereo pairs--the Dsub just makes it cleaner and less expansive to wire up multiple channel pairs.
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Post by swurveman on Jun 1, 2016 6:45:53 GMT -6
Thanks for your replies guys. I'm sticking with the analog connection.
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