adat (toslink) to firewire or usb interface?

[tony moore]

anyone know of a simple interface to get 8 channels of audio via toslink (adat) thru firewire or usb? we've been using a yamaha 01v with an adat card for gigs and i'd love to be able to mult the mix to the 8 tracks of adat and record on my ibook. fwiw, i'd be using dp (or pt) on a mac.

thanks!

tony

 

[Stealthtech]

Check out the Motu product line
http://www.motu.com/

 

[Track Rat]

Just to clear up a minor point, TOSLINK and ADAT use the same cable but are not the same format. TOSLINK is an optical version of S/PDIF and is two tracks, ADAT is 8 tracks. A TOSLINK device won't recognise ADAT data.

 

[tony moore]

thanks!

thanks guys. i wasn't aware in the difference of terms.

yep, i'm familiar with motu. i've owned an 828 and 896. i'm looking for something more portable and i really don't need any preamps and such. just a way to transfer 8 digital tracks via adat lightpipe to my laptop via firewire or usb.

thanks again,

tony