Which Soundcard?

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I'm looking to use (2) Mackie 800R preamps for general use (drums/guitars/bass) in my home studio, and use a few other preamps later down the line. Currently, I have the Focusrite Voicemaster Pro without the digital out option.

My problem is, I cannot get a clear answer on what soundcard I would need to connect all of this up. Any help would be appreciated.
 
How many ins do you need exactly? The Mackie's are 8 right? So that's 16+ if you want to add more pres and I don't know of any 18 or 20 in cards so the next step up is probably 24.

MOTU does a 24 i/o interface or you could look at the Protools HD rigs?

Tbh I don't really know much about cards with that many ins because I don't need them myself but I saw your thread tumbling down the page so I thought I'd give it a bump. :D
 
Thanks Kevin. I posted this same question on the Cakewalk.com forums, and the answer I got over there from someone else pretty much said the same thing as you..... go with the 24i/o.

Reading reviews on this unit, I think it's the best way I can go right now. I'll take the analog outs on the 800Rs into the 24i/o, and then use any other preamps I buy in the future for other channels. I've read both good and bad reviews on the 24 i/o. I'd love to go with the RME Fireface 800, but it doesn't look like I'll be able to get a sample rate over 48Khz without buying 2 of them, and my budget just can't handle that right now with everything else i need to buy.

So in short....it looks like it'll be the 24i/o, unless of course someone has a better option that I haven't found out about yet!
 
Out of interest why do you want to go over 48khz? A lot of folks in the know are starting to say there's no benefit at all to recording over 44.1khz (Dan Lavry for one). Someone recently posted a link to a paper he wrote on the subject, it might be of interest to you:

http://www.lavryengineering.com/documents/Sampling_Theory.pdf

Note that it refers to sampling rate only. Many are still of the opinion that there are benefits to recording at a bit depth of 24 bit as opposed to 16 bit, for me the difference is slight but it is there.
 
Very interesting information!

In all honesty, I'm not 100% sure why I would want to record any higher than 48khz. Mostly "newb" knowledge, I can assure you. That article has me thinking differently now, though!
 
48 vs 44

I read, somebody, said that even from 44 to 44 there existed a loss ...
I don't want to believe this because I think it is "fixed" to 44 (it is not analog)..
but with his saying... has make me doubt...
What do you thing..
hz
 
I use the ST Audio DSP 2000 C-Port and it's never given me problems with Cubase or Nuendo...
 
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