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On 12/07/2012 06:49 PM, Brent Busby wrote:

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> Currently my recording setup is an RME Multiface II connected to their

> PCI-E card, which of course works great in Jack.  I'd like to find a

> way to take advantage of the 8 ADAT i/o's so I could have 16 i/o's in

> use total.

>

> The funny thing is though that almost all the standalone converter

> boxes made by RME, Lynx, and just about everyone else that have 8

> i/o's and an ADAT port are around 00-2000 USD.  It seems odd that

> RME can manage to put 8 analog i/o's with nice converters into a

> Multiface II box and sell it for 0-900 but they can't give you the

> same thing without the computer uplink for less than 00.  Look at

> the comparative prices to see what I mean:

>

> http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Multiface2

>

> http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ADI8ProDS/

>

Maybe patent licenses? ADAT isn't an open standard AFAIK..
Flo
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Florian Paul Schmidt

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