Adat to Cakewalk?

[sludgehammer]

I haven't actually tried this yet but I thought I'd maybe save myself some frustration but asking you guys about it first. If I run a line from the digital out of my Adat into the digital in on my computer, can I end up with 8 seperate unmixed tracks in cakewalk? Is it that simple or is there a bunch of other stuff I have to do?

 

[Reqs]

As long as you've got a sound card that'll support 8 inputs you're good to go.

 

[Reqs]

Oops, I see you're talking about digital in, and I don't have the answer to that.

Sorry.

 

[sludgehammer]

My soundcard is a Soundblaster Live Platinum if that helps any.

 

[Lorddiagram]

You would need an ADAT interface card for your computer. "Lightpipe" Aardvark makes one for about $400. SB just wont do - You might be able to get 2 tracks via S/Pdif but in order to get 8 you need the ADAT card.


lD

 

[Fishmed]

The MOTU 2408 will allow you to dump tracks digitally using the ADAT lightpipes. Actually you connect up to three ADATs to one MOTU 2408. Using a two channel card you would have to snyc up your computer to the ADAT and transfer two tracks at a time.

 

[sludgehammer]

Thanks for the info. Sounds a little pricey right now but it's good to know. I guess I'll just stick to "old skool" mixin' for now.