Audiophile 24/96????

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I wanted to record the pod via spdif thru the audiophile and when I changed the input to s/pdif I got a loud hiss, I know this card has been out for awhile so I guess the question is am I doing something wrong or is it time to move to a new soundcard????
 
Have you selected the spdif input as your clock source? It won't work if you use the internal clock of the AP.
 
Thanks for the response!!!

I'm really new to using s/pfif so what would be the best way to do this???
I still want to use the analog in's also, I want to use s/pdif to record the pod's unprocessed signal.
 
Hiss

I think the hiss is normal if you do not have your POD's S/PDIF outs connected to the Audiophile's S/PDIF ins.

I get the hiss too, when my synthesizer's digital out cable is not connected to the audiophile. I speculate that the audiophile is attempting to relay or play a signal that it is supposed to be linking up with, but if the other connection is not there, the hiss happens.

Create for yourself two different profiles in the Audiophile's sound card. One for digital recording S/PDIF, and another for analog recording.

And do make sure that when you make the S/PDIF profile that you use the correct clock like the other person just wrote. In your case, more than likely, your POD has a clock, too, and when you are recording stuff from your POD into and thru the Audiophile, the Audiophile needs to find the link speed and set it according to a source's clock. It the speeds are not the same (i.e. 44.1, or 48, or 96...whichever) then you will have playback problems of speeding up and slowing down which will make you scratch your head. lol

But I think the hiss is caused when you tell the Audiphile to use S/PDIF, but you do not have the other connection enabled (the POD).

As soon as you switch back to analog, the hiss goes away.

Todd
 
Thanks for the responses!!!

Should the master clock be set to internal or spdif in on the souncard cause thats where I'm getting the hiss(when I change it to spdif).
 
I'm afraid you'll have to get used to doing this manually. Normally use internal (as I suppose the cards clock ought to be more stable/accurate than the Pods). Only switch to external when using the pod.
It would be nice if it had a "use external clock if detected" option, but I'm afraid it doesn't.
It is actually necessary to switch the clock though, otherwise the s/pdif in would have to be re-sampled to the cards internal clock as it's not possible to directly mix digital audio clocks.
 
Jim Y said:
I'm afraid you'll have to get used to doing this manually. Normally use internal (as I suppose the cards clock ought to be more stable/accurate than the Pods). Only switch to external when using the pod.
It would be nice if it had a "use external clock if detected" option, but I'm afraid it doesn't.
It is actually necessary to switch the clock though, otherwise the s/pdif in would have to be re-sampled to the cards internal clock as it's not possible to directly mix digital audio clocks.
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Thing is I want to record both sources from the pod, the analog out(using the effects) and spdif(unprocessed) at the same time..is this possible on the audiophile???
 
If the pod can do it, the audiophile can capture it.
 
I've tried almost every config I could think of and still cant get the spdif to work.
 
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Clock - external

First off, I think when using S/PDIF to record into the 2496, the clock should be set to external. Mine is, and it works for me. Also, the owner's manual, as outdated as it is, shows a tutorial in the back and says to set the S/PDIF clock to external (in that case it shows recording from an ADAT into the 2496).

As for recording both S/PDIF and analog at the same time.... I had to think about this one, and I do not think that is possible. hmmmmm

This is because the sound card needs to know which settings to use, and as they provide for one or the other (it does matter), I'm fairly sure that you cannot do both at the same time.

But, what recording software are you using? It really should not be a big deal to do an overdub. I'm trying to think through what you might be doing. I assume you are playing your guitar though the POD which produces some cool analog sounds, but you are also wishing to capture something as digital out (might that be... a special reverb or delay setting???). Can't quite imagine what you are doing.

Overdubs are extremely easy when using MIDI, but not so sure about the scenario you are facing.
 
With an audiophile you can record from all inputs, analog and spdif, simulataneously. I have an audiophile and I have done so several times.
 
Once again thanks for the response!!!

Using the Pod I want to record both a processed and unprocessed signal at the same time, I really dont like the fact that once I used an effect that I would be stuck with it so this way was perfect for me...

I figured out that I can record both, correcting a few mistakes on my part and with the help of you guys I figured it out.

THANKS!
 
Both at same time?

Christiaan,

How do you do both at the same time? What setting do you configure the M-Audio control panel for? <scratching head>

If it is set to S/PDIF, your clock is external...
When set to Analog, the clock is internal.

Then what about the sample rates? Do those have to be identical, assuming you answered the clock question in the affirmative, that both clocks can somehow be chosen simultaneously. ?

Please advise.

Thanks,

Todd
 
When set to external clock, the whole card is running at that incoming clocks sample-rate. The analog channels will continue to function. The rate will be locked, so if the external clock is 44.1Khz, then that is the rate your recording project will have to use.
 
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