wat the hell is spdif on protools
- Thread starter Jbangz
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Chris Shaeffer
Peavey ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like the "engineer" at this "studio" was either having a bad day or didn't know how to set up his system. There is no reason using an SPDIF device should have crashed his PC.
With the mbox it isn't SPDIF or USB- you MUST use USB because that's the only way the mbox gets sound into and out of the computer.
There are 2 ways to get audio into and out of the mbox. Analog and SPDIF. Analog is stuff like mics, synths plugged into the line inputs, etc.
S/PDIF (Sony/Phillips Digital Interface) is a way of getting digital audio into and out of the mbox, and a great many other audio devices. If you don't have a preamp or effects device that has SPDIF I/O then don't worry about it.
C
With the mbox it isn't SPDIF or USB- you MUST use USB because that's the only way the mbox gets sound into and out of the computer.
There are 2 ways to get audio into and out of the mbox. Analog and SPDIF. Analog is stuff like mics, synths plugged into the line inputs, etc.
S/PDIF (Sony/Phillips Digital Interface) is a way of getting digital audio into and out of the mbox, and a great many other audio devices. If you don't have a preamp or effects device that has SPDIF I/O then don't worry about it.
C
Jbangz said:
"Short for Sony/Philips Digital Interface, a standard audio file transfer format. Developed jointly by the Sony and Phillips corporations, S/PDIF allows the transfer of digital audio signals from one device to another without having to be converted first to an analog,format. Maintaining the viability of a digital signal prevents the quality of the signal from degrading when it is converted to analog." - Dictionary
The most common connector used with an S/PDIF interface is the RCA connector.
"Using S/PDIF format; high bandwidth digital connections capable of receiving many channels of audio from one cable. One apparent advantage of S/PDIF is that the audio signal remains digital as it travels to the receiver and is only converted to analog in the receiver before it is amplified and reaches the listener’s ears."
