electronicdreaming
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hey i notice on my SB live drive that there is this thing labeled SPDIF IN and also OUT. what is this, and its use? thanks guys! later!
justin
justin
what is this SPDIF
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Phyl
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It's the digital equivilant of an analog stereo input/output. You can connect the SPDIF out of things like a synthesizer to the SPDIF in of your sound card and voila, you have just imported a digital version of the keyboard's sound. The sound blaster will take take of converting it back to analog.
If you want to export a digital version of whatever your sound card is processing, connect your soundblaster SPDIF out to a SPDIF in on some other device. Same results.
It's basically a way of transmitting audio in a digital format, the advantage being that it is (usually) impervious to noise and you can get stereo while only using one cable.
I connect the SPDIF out of my Roland sound module to the SPDIF in of my Aardvark Q10...very nice!!
It's the digital equivilant of an analog stereo input/output. You can connect the SPDIF out of things like a synthesizer to the SPDIF in of your sound card and voila, you have just imported a digital version of the keyboard's sound. The sound blaster will take take of converting it back to analog.
If you want to export a digital version of whatever your sound card is processing, connect your soundblaster SPDIF out to a SPDIF in on some other device. Same results.
It's basically a way of transmitting audio in a digital format, the advantage being that it is (usually) impervious to noise and you can get stereo while only using one cable.
I connect the SPDIF out of my Roland sound module to the SPDIF in of my Aardvark Q10...very nice!!
electronicdreaming
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nice!
ok ok i got it........now here is the question, you said i could hook my synthesizer in through this SPDIF IN port right? how would that work , cuz it is a different size than a regular gutiar chord.......? and what advantage would that have over just pluggin in my synth into the line/mic in? thanks for your patience, its great to finally learn this stuff. later!
justin
ok ok i got it........now here is the question, you said i could hook my synthesizer in through this SPDIF IN port right? how would that work , cuz it is a different size than a regular gutiar chord.......? and what advantage would that have over just pluggin in my synth into the line/mic in? thanks for your patience, its great to finally learn this stuff. later!
justin
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Sorry, but that's a digital in/out. You can only connect another digital device to it. Unless you synth or whatever you want to connect has a S/PDIF output, you can't connect it to the cards S/PDIF input. S/PDIF lines are usually terminated in an RCA type connector.