ADA8000 mic pre - recording at 96kHz?

[composition4]

I'm (maybe) interested in buying a Behringer ADA8000 for use with my Hercules 16/12FW. The one concern I have though, is will I be able to record at 96kHz? I know the A/D is only 44.1kHz... do the mic inputs go directly out to the line outputs? Or will it have to go to the A/D converter then routed to the digital in, then go through the D/A converter to the Analog outs?

Hope this isn't too confusing...

[wilkee]

No it does not support ADAT MUX, 44.1k & 48k only

Tony

[crankz1]

That and the inputs don't go directly to the outputs. It would involve looping the ADAT out to the ADAT in. Analog in > ADAT out > ADAT in > Analog out (A/D to D/A).

[composition4]

Sorry I mean linking the ADAT out to digi in by "Or will it have to go to the A/D converter then routed to the digital in, then go through the D/A converter to the Analog outs?"

Well now that THAT question is answered, I've got another one...

Is there a significant loss of quality/noise added when using the pre in this fashion (A/D to D/A then out to interface)? Enough to worry about?

[gitrokr]

composition how is the hercules working out for you? any comments on it im thinking of buying one

[SonicAlbert]

So in other words, you want to use the ADA8000 strictly as a preamp, without using it's digital outputs?

The recording chain (or preamps to anything) is the last place you'd want to add an unnecessary AD/DA conversion. Doesn't matter if it is this converter or any other. It will affect the sound, and not in a good way. Better to just get yourself an eight channel preamp and keep the signal as pure, clean, and simple as possible.

I could see using it with the ADAT outputs, but to loop them to get the signal back to analog, that doesn't seem like a good idea to me.