Best "8 pres with digital out" DAW front end? OctoPre?

[corso]

I need another 8 ins to my FW1884, and there are quite few choices...wondering what you guys have to say on the subject.

 

[bigwillz24]

whats your budget?

 

[fldrummer]

I guess you want a single 8 channel ADAT lightpipe?

 

[corso]

Well, budget is flexible, but I guess a grand or less would be great....basically, what are some other choices in Octopre's class, and who likes what?

 

[jonnyc]

Its a fairly limited class at that price point. It's pretty much the usual suspects. Octopre, Octane, Whatever Mackie's version is, digimax lt, and the always loved, world beater the behringer ada8000.

 

[corso]

The Focusrite it is, then.

 

[jkokura]

Octane is my vote over the octopre - but those are the only two I have experience with in your list. Is this really your budget or are these the only options you've seen? Check out this: http://www.spl-usa.com/gainstation8/2383_in_short_E.html but I'm only dreaming in that price range...

Jacob

 

[thexflamesxburn]

i have the digimax lt and i like it a lot. just my 2 cents.

 

[kid klash]

I've got an Octane and love it. The pres are very quiet and have tons of headroom (great for drums). The M-S encoder is VERY cool too - I love it for overheads. That's my $0.02.

 

[Supercreep]

Motu 896hd

 

[reshp1]

I have the Octane and like the sound of it a lot. Nice nuetral, quiet pre's. Nothing fancy about the sound, but no harshness or weird coloration or hiss either.

 

[LAZI]

i have a floor model digimax lt (never even been plugged up) i can ship for $725.00 if you are interested. pm me...

 

[B_rad]

Mackie 800r hands down. Have heard all three.
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[guttapercha]

Quick question

Hey all,

I was reading this thread and looking at these devices, and have a noob-ish question, as my DAW setup uses a 2ch USB box and a mixer going into it and I haven't begun to really start drooling over better stuff until recently.

Can someone briefly explain how these differ from the firepod functionally? I took note that they don't have a firewire out, so how do they eventually interface with a computer?

Thanks,

JD

 

[cawhite12]

They go through the ADAT output, which will send 8 channels of digital audio in 24bit, up to 48KHz, and some of them will do 4 channels at 96KHz. Then you would need an audio interface that has an ADAT input to connect the two. The Firepod is an interface that has 8 preamps, but no ADAT in, although their new FireStudio will add ADAT.

 

[travelin travis]

they are talking about preamps. the firebox is both a sound card and preamp on one box.