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On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 5:00 PM,  wrote:
> I have some old ADAT tapes and I would like to archive the tracks on them

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> to

> my computer. I plan to have an ADAT recorder connected via an

> ADAT/Lightpipe

> cable to an internal PCI/PCIe card or to a break out box that is connected

> to

> the computer via firewire. If I play the tapes and record the tracks to

> disk

> with Ardour, will they be transferred losslessly or is there a digital <->

> analog conversion happening somewhere in the chain? If there is a

> conversion

> happening, is it anything to be concerned about or would it be high quality

> enough to not be noticeable?

>

its 100% digital all the way.
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On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 5:00 PM,  <linux-audio@to11.net> wrote:

I have some old ADAT tapes and I would like to archive the tracks on them to

my computer. I plan to have an ADAT recorder connected via an ADAT/Lightpipe

cable to an internal PCI/PCIe card or to a break out box that is connected to

the computer via firewire. If I play the tapes and record the tracks to disk

with Ardour, will they be transferred losslessly or is there a digital <->

analog conversion happening somewhere in the chain? If there is a conversion

happening, is it anything to be concerned about or would it be high quality

enough to not be noticeable?its 100% digital all the way.
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