Another preamp to computer question

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Hey all,

Just a quick question that seems to be bugging me. If you have some preamps that don't have d/a converters to send via spdif/toslink etc, then you have to buy a converter. I was looking (for fun) at the apogee rosetta 800 which has the ability to take 8 channels for conversion. The Rosetta 200 can do 2 channels. Looking at the 200 vs the 800, the 200 has 2 xlr to take the input from the preamps. Makes sense... The 800 doesn't it just has the DSUB 25-pin connector. How does this help if your preamps just have xlr in / xlr out? I'm guessing it doesn't. If the preamps just have a direct out, what do you do? You have to find something that takes 8 xlr and can do the D/A and send to whatever your audio interface uses? Or is there something that just takes the xlr connections and adapts it to the DSUB?

Thanks,

- Mike
 
You use the appropriate breakout cable - like this one available from Apogee:

AD8-IFC

Use With:
AD-16X, ROSETTA 800

Available in the

Apogee Store>

FORMAT: Analog In

Description:
Eight channel analog input connection with 8 Neutrik XLR female connectors to a DB-25 multipin connector with a metal shell for improved grounding and RF rejection. All 8 channels are wired balanced as per the Tascam analog wiring standard. Thumb screws are 2.6mm.

Application:
Provides 8 analog XLR inputs to a DB-25 multipin connector for Rosetta 800, AD-16X and any other device that supports the Tascam analog wiring format.
 
DSUB is a very common format for handling multiple balanced I/O on pro audio gear
 
Ah! for some reason I was thinking dsub was digital, thanks for the clarification guys!

- Mike
 
So this is a really dumb question, and yes, you're allowed to internet-punch me if you'd like, but isn't D-SUB the same thing as a TDIF connector, and like you said, they're both analog?
 
Carny1122 said:
So this is a really dumb question, and yes, you're allowed to internet-punch me if you'd like, but isn't D-SUB the same thing as a TDIF connector, and like you said, they're both analog?
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D-Sub refers to the shape and size of the connector, not the data or signals it's passing. It is shaped kind of like a 'D' and it is subminiature... well at least compared to the other type of connectors available when D-Sub's first came out. So a 25-pin D-sub connector can be used for many different things, like the old parallel printer port on your pc.
 
Huh, no kidding. So the TDIF inputs on the back of, say, a MOTU 2408 cannot be used with a DSUB breakout cable...or can they?
 
Carny1122 said:
Huh, no kidding. So the TDIF inputs on the back of, say, a MOTU 2408 cannot be used with a DSUB breakout cable...or can they?
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Breakout cable for what??? XLR's?? The TDIF is a digital format. You can only connect it to another TDIF compatible unit, like a digital mixer.
 
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