Audio interface for a 24 channel mixer

[RawDepth]

...The MK2s are even less and they seem to be about the same thing; one guy is selling one for under $200 with the card. That's a heck of a steal if they're about the same thing.

I understand that the newer (MK3) breakout boxes will not work with the older (PCI-324) pci cards. So you've got future expansion problems to consider there.

...Is the major difference that the MK2 is 24-bit/48 kHz and the MK3 is 24-bit/96 kHz?

That shouldn't be a problem. Most of us record at 44.1 or 48 kHz sample rate anyway. I'm sure you can choose the resolution for each session. (omg, i'm starting to sound like a salesman here!)

...In the reading I was doing today, I found out that you can use any IDE drive up to 2 TB in size. So since the HD24's got two drive sleds, you could put 4 TB in that puppy. That would solve your concerns about space.

If those drives are formatted using FAT32 or something standard like that, you may be able to (after recording) pull the drive and pop it into your computer using an ide removable expansion bay. That would be more convenient than copying through the wire.

Oh well, recording "in" the computer to begin with is even better yet.

 

[michaelst]

If those drives are formatted using FAT32 or something standard like that, you may be able to (after recording) pull the drive and pop it into your computer using an ide removable expansion bay. That would be more convenient than copying through the wire.

As stated earlier, the drive is formatted using a proprietary system. You can get the Alesis Fireport, which cost about $200. But it converts the files on the drive to .wav files. And it's a very fast transfer. When connected directly to a PC, the drive is unreadable by any OS because of the proprietary file system.

 

[CRAIG ALLEN]

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.
I HAVE AN M-15 TASCAM CONSOLE. 24 CHANNEL I ADMIT IT'S OLD BUT MAN IT SOUNDS GOOD.. GOING INTO 2 DELTA 10/10s.. NO OUTBOARD GEAR ANYMORE.. PRO-TOOLS-LE.
WINDOWS XP. 300gig SATA FOR OS, 300gig SATA FOR MUSIC.
I TRY NOT TO PUT THE CONFUSER ON THE INTERNET, BUT IT IS INTERNET CAPABLE..

I WAS RUNNING WITH 3 D-88s PLUS A TON OF OUTBOARD STUFF.. I LIKE IT THIS WAY BETTER, AND WAY LESS EXPENSIVE..
HOPE THAT HELPS