Real time SR conversion via spdif - Avid HD IO

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by Eric Lambert

I don't have the added digital IO card, so... that means I'm out of luck with the realtime conversion idea?

Oh, yep Eric you are out of luck. No chassis digital connectors support sample rate conversion.

So... you can pick up HD IO digital cards for under $500 on EBay if you have a slot free and then go from S/PDIF to AES/EBU.

Alternately if you have DigiLink capacity, add a 192 IO box which has sample rate conversion on the digital daughter cards as well and you should be able to pick up as a whole 192 I/O with digital (and analog) cards for a few hundred dollars.

Or... you really want a new MTRX anyhow right? (sample rate conversion on AES/EBU as well)

BTW please let us know what you think of the Ox... what a kitchen sink of features (but doh should have had AES/EBU out for pro-studio use)... but UAD themselves just don't do much AES/EBU on their interfaces (a pet peeve of mine).