southerngent
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Hope this is the right place to post this question if not please advise: Just wondering if someone could tell me how to connect an adat device to my computer for file transfer?
Hi Southern,
I've moved you into your own thread with a title; Should get more interest that way.
What is your output device, and what computer (+OS+software) do you have?
I don't think I've ever seen a laptop or motherboard adat (8ch) input built in. Digital 2 channel over lightpipe is common enough, though.
You'd probably need a USB/FW/PCI/PCIE/Thunderbolt interface for 8 channels over adat.
Tell us more.
Hey Southern,
No worries.
Is this a one off job? Put your rough location in your profile. Who knows what doors that might open.
Both units appear to have 8 line outputs also, so that opens things up even more.
Tell us about your plans, if you have any. If you're building a modern home studio then gear recommendations could kill both birds with one stone.
I would be happy just to find out what equipment I need just to play the audio on the D-108.
The D-108 is a stand alone 8 track digital recorder, a typical setup for use would be to have a mixer with at least 8 channels for playback, each of the 8 rca outputs on the back of the D-108 would be connected to a mixer channel's line input or tape return depending on the mixer used, then the mixer's faders, EQ, effects send/return controls would be used to create a stereo mix, the stereo outputs from the mixer would normally go to a stereo recorder or computer to capture the stereo mix.
To hear playback, the mixer's stereo outputs, or control room monitor outputs could be connected to a playback system such as powered monitors, or an amp and passive monitors, or even a home stereo system in a pinch (not the best option though), it is also possible to just use headphones with the mixer's headphone output (also not the best option for actual mixing).
Here is the most inexpensive option I have ever seen for getting 8 channels of ADAT audio in/out to a computer via USB, I've never used one though so I cannot comment on it's actual use.
USB Audio Streaming : USBStreamer B