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Re: Audient Evo 16?
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Not to go against what they said, but is there a reason they would say to go with the USB 3.0 when this interface is a USB 2.0 interface? For what it's worth, I do have two Audient SP8's hooked up via ADAT for a total of 24 io. Thoughts? There were two reasons I wanted to go with the USB 2.0; one, I can get the cable colored... haha better for identifying, but two, I can get a 10ft for USB 2.0 vs a 6ft for USB 3.0 through Monoprice. |
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Re: Audient Evo 16?
You should ask the folks telling you why they are saying stuff why they are saying stuff.
Either Audient don't know what they are doing and have improperly implemented USB standards, or maybe not speced/documented their products correctly, or some support person does not know what they are talking about, or some combination/flavor of those. USB-C with nothing else specified should support up to 3A at 5V, which is significantly more than the 500mA of USB-2 on legacy connections. Audient should be able to work within a 3A budget. But should and do are not the same. Beyond that USB-C is an opaque mess of specifications and lack of certification for devices and cables. If this is a USB 2 device it cannot implement say USB-C PD (Power Delivery) which requires USB 3.1/3.2. and specific versions of USB-C cables. Again ask them, or measure what the USB-C power load is (and a little about the specs to see what it might be doing). Because USB standards are a steaming pile of turd, folks will often do things like recommend different cables, maybe based on "thicker is better", ******** vendor marketing, or personal experiences where some cables were unreliable (but maybe extrapolating the wrong inference/minimum needed spec cable from that experience). You can measure power and often understand what is going on with different power modes using USB power meters, e.g. the models from Fnirsi are very impressive, and available at low cost from Alibaba etc. Last edited by Darryl Ramm; 01-23-2024 at 01:48 AM. |
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Re: Audient Evo 16?
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https://evo.audio/tutorial/usb-audio-explained/ I suppose I wouldn't know without testing or inquiring more from the company. |
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Re: Audient Evo 16?
I'm on Mac, but I have the full "expanded system" Evo 16 with 2 SP8s via ADAT using only the optical connections to sync the units (no word clock). Feel free to ask any questions if that would be helpful!
Check out this video as well: Why You Don't Need Thunderbolt For Professional Audio
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Re: Audient Evo 16?
I think the only question here was what is the power draw of these units... if you have a good USB power meter you could check that. I suspect this is all USB 2.0 running fine with < 3A budget and Audient support are giving out possibly incorrect info, but would be good to check.
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