famous beagle
Well-known member
Hey y'all,
I came across a Roland VS 1880 for almost free, and I've heard people get the best results with these things when using an external A/D converter to bypass the on-board pres. I've never done this before, and so I'm not exactly sure what's meant.
Is this basically saying:
1. Use an A/I interface that has a digital out (the Roland has S/PDIF in and out)
2. Run your external pre into this A/I and then go out the digital out to the Roland's digital in?
If so, is it possible to use just the break-out box of a PCI interface (like the Echo Gina, for instance) without the PCI cable? Or does it need the cable to work at all, even if you're not recording into the computer?
Hope this all makes sense.
Thanks!
Edit: Oh, now that I think about it, I guess you'd need the PCI cable for the breakout box to access the mixer software so you could route which signal would be going to the digital out, huh?
I came across a Roland VS 1880 for almost free, and I've heard people get the best results with these things when using an external A/D converter to bypass the on-board pres. I've never done this before, and so I'm not exactly sure what's meant.
Is this basically saying:
1. Use an A/I interface that has a digital out (the Roland has S/PDIF in and out)
2. Run your external pre into this A/I and then go out the digital out to the Roland's digital in?
If so, is it possible to use just the break-out box of a PCI interface (like the Echo Gina, for instance) without the PCI cable? Or does it need the cable to work at all, even if you're not recording into the computer?
Hope this all makes sense.
Thanks!
Edit: Oh, now that I think about it, I guess you'd need the PCI cable for the breakout box to access the mixer software so you could route which signal would be going to the digital out, huh?