LynxTWO owners, Qs 4 U?

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How does the Digital I/O of the Lynxtwo-C work? Is AES/EBU just a stereo set like Spdif (2 in out)? Could I run a 2CH Pre through it so I'd have 8 total Ins? I know I can run a DA out the SPDIf like the Benchmark or Lucid but I think the LYNX DA would be fairly sweet. I'm still unclear how AES/EBU actually works. I know ADAT LP is 8 IO and SPDiF is 2 IO... is AES the same as SPDiF but at 110ohm rather than 75?

How would you get Monitor and headphone out... would I need a Mixer and run the 2 analog out to it, then run Mains and headphone off the mixer?

I'll need at least 1 MIDI io... does it matter which... any recomendations? I've thought I might find a Lynx 1 used (cheap) that I could use for MIDI x2 and it would give me 2 more Analog io as well. What do ya think?

Thanks for any help,
B.
 
AES/EBU is just a different flavor of S/PDIF that runs on a different impedance line than S/PDIF, designed for longer runs.
It will send a variety of sample rates/ sample sizes but just a stereo pair
 
lynxtwo's come with aes to spdif cables anyway so you can convert to which ever at you leisure....

in the lynx mixer you can route up to 4 stereo ins(8 mono ins) to the stereo DA that comes with the lynx2 c for zero latency playback...
 
Hi

I have the LynxTwo. I don't use the digital I/O, so I can't help you there.

The D/A on the Lynx is sweet, so I'd at least give it a listen before you buy the benchmark or other. I actually notice the improved D/A conversion more than the A/D after upgrading from my old card.

I actually sold my mixer when I got the Lynx and built a little passive attenuator box to control monitoring and split the signal to my monitors and headphone amp. This is very easy and cheap to do.

For midi, I haven't done much in the past, but just got a USB Midi controller. You should be able to get a USB device to interface you midi equipment for less than $50.
 
Teacher said:
in the lynx mixer you can route up to 4 stereo ins(8 mono ins) to the stereo DA that comes with the lynx2 c for zero latency playback...
Click to expand...

Sorry for being a little slow... but that just confused me.
Maybe your refering to the Lynx 2-A (4in 4out), The Lynx TWO-C has 6 in 2 out and 1 digital IO. Are you saying the Ins are Stereo? If so I could run 12 mono INs (12 Mics)? I'm sure I'm not understanding correctly... I haven't heard that before. Do you mind explaining that a little more?


"I actually sold my mixer when I got the Lynx and built a little passive attenuator box to control monitoring and split the signal to my monitors and headphone amp. This is very easy and cheap to do."

Ebeam, that's what I need. How'd you do it? Or can you point me in the direction. I've done extensive searching and came across a few pieces that are attenuators and volume controll, but are like $700-$850 http://www.mercenary.com/colaudm3pasc.html
I defenitly don't want to spend that much.

Also, I don't plan to get the DAC-1 it was just an example, I'm sure the Lynx would do the job just fine. I might try and run some Preamps through the AES/SPdif to get 8 Channels (Mics) going In.

Thanks for your help everyone,
B.
 
the lynx two c has 2 out 6 ins...in the lynxtow mixer s/w you can route analog in1 to both l/r D/a analog in 2 to both l/r D/a, analog in 3 to both l/r and the play back of l/r(or analog 4 or 5 etc whatever you choose)...which is a total of 4 stereo ins or 8 mono ins...
 
:confused: ok...

Here's something I just read & have wondered this same thing. The RME Multiface and the new Tascam FW-1884 are also both on my list but my main concern is to get the best converters w/ in reason. I'm going to post another thread that I've had written but I wanted to find out more on the Lynx2 first.

B.

http://forum.rightmark.org/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000101.html
"In contrast, the Lynx Two cards seem to be designed for studios who need as pristine a signal as possible, without having to use outboard AD/DA convertors.

In actual use, for producing music in real-time, the difference in sound quality between a top-of-the-line RME card and the Lynx Two may not be noticeable.
In which case, you would be wasting a lot of money.
The Hammersfall costs about half that of the Lynx Two, and for the price of the Lynx Two, you can get the Hammersfall DSP plus a Digiface or Multiface, giving you many more inputs and outputs than the Lynx Two."
 
if sound quality is your primary concern lynx two is a no brainer...period unless you want to go to stand alone that you'd have to tread....hedd, benchmark, lavry waters....
 
Sorry to resurrect the dead here but I have a question on the Lynx.

I am looking at the L22 which is basically stereo analog along with AES etc.

Is there a way to use the AES bus to expand my analog i/o needs in the future. The question is, are there AES to analog interfaces that could expand the use of this card and allow me to track 8 in and out balanced 1/4" at a later time?
 
Middleman said:
Sorry to resurrect the dead here but I have a question on the Lynx.

I am looking at the L22 which is basically stereo analog along with AES etc.

Is there a way to use the AES bus to expand my analog i/o needs in the future. The question is, are there AES to analog interfaces that could expand the use of this card and allow me to track 8 in and out balanced 1/4" at a later time?
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nope AES is only stereo in and stereo out...you'd have to get either the lynx ls-adat or the lynx ls aes to expand to more then just 2 channels
 
Teacher said:
nope AES is only stereo in and stereo out...you'd have to get either the lynx ls-adat or the lynx ls aes to expand to more then just 2 channels
Click to expand...

Just a slight clarification here, you can use the AES/EBU, or S/PDIF digital I/O in conjunction with an external stereo A/D D/A converter to expand the L22 to 4 ins and 4 outs.

Cheers, RD
 
Thanks for the responses guys. Here is what I found after getting hold of the company.

Using the ADAT port and an additional ls-adat along with a Multiface box you can have 8 in and out analog with this card.

Total price $1689

Two of the Lynx A cards would give you the same thing at around $1800. So the savings is not that great and two of version As are going to save a lot of routing and conversion i.e noise.

I was trying to cut some corners so it looks like an A now and an A later is the route.
 
You can't really go wrong with a Lynx II card... a great bargain and excellent performance.
 
Mastering Engineer Bob Katz considers the Lynx II cards to be the only in the box converters that compete with high end external converters. I find that I have a certain peace of mind knowing that whatever I'm not hearing right in my mix or tracks, it's not because of my converters. Since everything you do goes through your converters, it's nice to remove that aspect of your recording/monitoring chain from doubt, so you can make other excuses, er, I mean find the real problem. ;)

RD
 
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