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Hello artists, techies, etc.... I'm considering buying an Akai DPS16 outboard harddisk recorder. You can record up to 16 tracks, at 96khz, with 24 bit converters, and 56 bit internal processing. However, I noticed it doesn't have s/pdif or adat lightpipes, though it does appear to have someother...

As for the delay, what processor are you using? I'm not sure that changing the sound card alone would help this. Keep in mind that while you are recording, your processor has to has to divide its time between your soundcard, the monitor, and software applications (ie Cakewalk) which can be...

Thanx ds, By syncing I meant either slaving to a sequencer or dat, or coordinating with a video editor. but I guess both of those are further down the road. One question though would I need to buy a special soundcard to with s/pdifs or adats (+software) to send it to my PC? john

Hello, I'd like to buy either a DAW or an outboard recorder for around 2-3k dollars. It seems that in this price range, there are trade offs (ie) you get 24 bit processing with smpte sync's, but a sampling rate of 44.1Khz. "OR" you get 96khz sampling, but no light pipes (s/pdif) etc... depending...