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joshybrain
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Looking for a patient soul to dumb this down for me. I've seen one or two posts close to an answer but not simple enough for me sadly.
Basically, I'm very new to this and was happy with running my guitars and mics through an PreSonus Inspire firewire box that get's my music into my computer (that's my caveman level understanding of how this all works).
I recently bought a pre-amp (tried a friend's and became convinced it really does sound better). I only wanted an analog one, but I got a good deal on one with digital outs as well and have no idea how to use that part. It has three outputs - AES/EBU, S/PDIF and optical. Back to my caveman question - How I get guitar in computer?
Without spending very much money - do I stand to gain much in terms of quality by getting some sort of interface to get one of these digital outputs into my computer or should I just use it as an analog preamp running into my PreSonus interface? Is the conversion better? Also, this may be a painfully stupid question, but why can't you just get, for example, an AES/EBU to firewire converter and go? Is there some sort of additional digital to digital conversion that has to happen before I can play with the audio in Logic or is it just a question of cable formats?
Really appreciate anyone who has the patience to explain this to me or point me to a good resource.
Cheers!
Basically, I'm very new to this and was happy with running my guitars and mics through an PreSonus Inspire firewire box that get's my music into my computer (that's my caveman level understanding of how this all works).
I recently bought a pre-amp (tried a friend's and became convinced it really does sound better). I only wanted an analog one, but I got a good deal on one with digital outs as well and have no idea how to use that part. It has three outputs - AES/EBU, S/PDIF and optical. Back to my caveman question - How I get guitar in computer?
Without spending very much money - do I stand to gain much in terms of quality by getting some sort of interface to get one of these digital outputs into my computer or should I just use it as an analog preamp running into my PreSonus interface? Is the conversion better? Also, this may be a painfully stupid question, but why can't you just get, for example, an AES/EBU to firewire converter and go? Is there some sort of additional digital to digital conversion that has to happen before I can play with the audio in Logic or is it just a question of cable formats?
Really appreciate anyone who has the patience to explain this to me or point me to a good resource.
Cheers!
