24 ch lightpipe I O

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anyone know of a decent priced sound card with 24 ch lightpipe IO only? i dont want analog, spidif, AES. heck, i dont even really need adat sync. just lightpipe IO.....


on the cheap would be good. lol
 
Well I'm having a tough time finding exactly what you want. About the closest thing I've found is the RME Hammerfall 96/52 which is 24 channels of adat and 2 channels of spdif. Also there's the Hammerfall lite which is 16 channels of adat. The 96/52 goes for 599 and the Lite goes for 299, hopes this helps a little.
 
I would vote the HDSP9652. Itll have spdif and midi, just ignore em if you dont need em, but youll be glad if you ever do! And ASIO DM and totalmix!

If you are 100% positive you will NEVER need to monitor on the card, then go for the regular 9652
 
I just bought a RME 9652 for $385 shipped on Ebay.

The card is a gem!
 
Also, the RME Digiface has 3 ADAT IO's I believe, so that would be 24 channels of lightpipe.
 
ez_willis said:
I just bought a RME 9652 for $385 shipped on Ebay.

The card is a gem!
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Welcome to the family! Is it 9652 or hdsp9652?
 
pipelineaudio said:
Welcome to the family! Is it 9652 or hdsp9652?
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hdsp9652.

I went to that from an 8 channel Adat/Edit card using 98se. I upgraded to XP when I got the RME installed.
 
totalmix will own you from now on LOL

hope you got the digicheck and spectrum analyzer and all downloaded! Now you will need three screens!
 
foreverain4 said:
anyone know of a decent priced sound card with 24 ch lightpipe IO only? i dont want analog, spidif, AES. heck, i dont even really need adat sync. just lightpipe IO.....


on the cheap would be good. lol
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Get a Frontier Design Dakota and Montana will give you 32 adat channels. can be had used for about $400
 
RME 96/52 is the original version which does not let you use Totalmix. The HDSP 9652 is the newer one that does let you use Totalmix. I will never give up my RME cards because The Digicheck Totalyser is the best software Toolbox (RTA, RMS and Peak levels, Phase meter and stero graph that I have ever used. There are some other cool software toolboxes, but none that seem to set up as simply and usefully as the RME, and that don't seem to tax anything on your CPU cycles. Plus, the RME stuff is not very sensitive to different hardware configs, has excellent drivers, and is built well:)
 
xstatic said:
RME 96/52 is the original version which does not let you use Totalmix. The HDSP 9652 is the newer one that does let you use Totalmix. I will never give up my RME cards because The Digicheck Totalyser is the best software Toolbox (RTA, RMS and Peak levels, Phase meter and stero graph that I have ever used. There are some other cool software toolboxes, but none that seem to set up as simply and usefully as the RME, and that don't seem to tax anything on your CPU cycles. Plus, the RME stuff is not very sensitive to different hardware configs, has excellent drivers, and is built well:)
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I haven't gotten into any of the tools or Totalmix yet. What am I missing?
 
I can't really say concerning totalmix. I believe that is the 0 latency software mixer that RME uses. I have a large format console so I never need the Totalmix stuff and always have 0 latency. Digicheck however is really cool. You can use it as global meters for your inputs and outputs. It is much larger and easier to read than the meters on any piece of outboard equipment. Digicheck also has what they call the totalyser which is an RTA, level meter, phase meter, and a stereo graph all rolled into one unit. Totalyser is easy to set up, large enough to be easily readable, and can be used externally from your audio app without soundcard conflicts. It is the whole reason why I really want to get a triple monitor setup for my tower. So I can constantly leave totalyser on one screen:D
 
xstatic said:
Digicheck also has what they call the totalyser which is an RTA, level meter, phase meter, and a stereo graph all rolled into one unit. Totalyser is easy to set up, large enough to be easily readable, and can be used externally from your audio app without soundcard conflicts.
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I am a self taught home-rec'er. In other words, I'm ig'nant. What's a totalyzer, RTA, phase meter, and stereo graph do for you? :o
 
Totalyser - What RME calls there multimeter section of their toolbox.

RTA - Real Time Analyzer This shows you graphically exactly what the frequency response of the inoput signal is. You can see if it is soiking at say 6o hz, or if it is very weak around the 6 to 10 khz region. RTA's can never replace actually using your ears, but they can greatly assist you in room tuning, or fine tuning EQ's on either tracks or mixes, or helping you out with lo frequency material that your monitors do not accurately reproduce, or even serve as a visual reference for you when your ears are ready for a break on that long session where you may have been mixing for much longer than you should have (fatigue).

Level Meters - Gives you a graphic representation of both your Peak meter levels and your RMS (average) levels.

Phase Meter - Shows you if your input signal has any phasing issues between left and right. Can be very helpful when aligining tracks and/or multimicing single sources.

Stereo graph meter - Graphic representation of your signal's stereo imaging. Not always the most useful tool, but can be nice to see where the image changes and how in a mix. Also nice for being able to see where things poke out in the imaging part of a mix.

Now, several times I referred to inpt signal, or just signal in general. In the Totalyser you can choose what inouts and outputs of your card that the various functions respond to. In general I leave the Totalyser on my stereo output when mixing, and occasionally on waht ever input I feel like during tracking.
 
DOnt forget, the level meter can by calibraed with Bob Katz' "K-System" as well and comes with those options

Totalmix is the monitoring and routing software for the card. Combined with ASIO DM, it is a work of art.

You move a fader in your DAW, it moves it in totalmix. You reroute a signal in your DAY, it reroutes it in totalmix. It turns you DAW into a "zero latency" console and patchbay.
 
I will never give up my RME cards
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Same here. I have both a 9652 and a 96/8. When there will be a pci-e card out from rme, it will be on my list. I can honestly say that these cards are the only pc items that have never ever given any trouble. You install them and they work as intended. The best investment I ever made in my pc.
 
Didn't mean to hijack your thread, forever rain.

Lot of great info coming out here though.

Thanks dudes. I have some tinkering to do. I see another steep learning curve in my very near future. :)
 
ez willis, what app do you use?

If you are running samplitude, you will never even need to touch the totalmix, sam controls it completely

If you are running nuendo, its very close, except you will have to do any paralel stuff yourself

For non asio DM apps, youll need to learn it a bit, but its easy

Think of a patchbay, where any input can go to any AND all outputs at the same time

Now think that your patch cables have each a volume control in them. If you find yourself using a certain routing a lot, store it to one of the hotkeys in totalmix

Now the other software, totalyzer. Nothing to learn really, it does its thing, and you understand it instinctively.
 
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