[sdiy] Should I repair my Fostex, or should I go HD recording?

[Ingo Debus]

Am Sonntag, 26.12.04 um 02:20 Uhr schrieb Magnus Danielson:

>
>>> I've never been a fan of onboard DA converters.  Bringing the analog 
>>> signal
>>> inside the computer to its world of interference has always just 
>>> seemed
>>> like the wrong plan to me,
>>
>> Seems wrong to me, too.
>
> It is wrong. If you look around you see that otherwise equalent 
> products have
> worse S/N in their all-on-a-card solution than when things are being 
> split up.
>
>> The price difference between a MAudio 1010 and 1010LT is tempting, 
>> though.
>
>
I own a 1010LT. If hooked up properly I don't notice any digital noise.
If I connect both the 1010LT and the Mac's internal audio output to the 
mixing console, there's a lot of noise, due to the ground loop.

>
>> But apart from the shielding, that extra 19" box would be way more
>> convenient for me to use than the loose cables.
>
> Indeed. It makes it much easier to patch things and make sturdy 
> connections.
> Maybe it's just me, but I've never found it very entertaining to lean 
> over to
> the backside of a PC.

I agree. It's not fun kneeling behind the computer all the time.
It's probably also easier to acoustically isolate the recording studio 
from the computer. The Fostex R8 is so quiet that it can be run in the 
same room where the microphone is - I wish this was true for the Mac...

Not so much an issue for those who don't record acoustic instruments ;-)


For recording, I prefer digital too. I still remember when the 
percussionist wanted to replace just *one* beat - and I was the one who 
had to operate the punch in/out buttons. This was the moment when I 
decided to get a sound card...

Ingo