What do I need to make 64 inputs?

[Frost]

I have a long term live recording gig coming up. The board will be a Digico SD9. We plan to take the direct outs into an SSL madi card which will feed the computer. This mac pro also has 2 HD cards installed, but in this scenerio unused. It doesnt seem to be working with more than 32 inputs with protools 10. Will upgrading to protools 10 HD solve this even tho the HD cards are currently unused? What might I need to buy to get all 64 inputs from the madi system working in protools?

The avid spec sheet for protools is very unclear.
Thanks

[Wolfgang Eller]

You need a Madi Interface.

And Digico is just supporting 56 channels.

[jasonthurley]

Pro Tools 10 non HD can do 96 tracks at 48K... sounds more of a hardware issue than HD versus non

Here is the link to the comparison... http://www.avid.com/US/products/Pro-...atures#Compare

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by jasonthurley

Pro Tools 10 non HD can do 96 tracks at 48K... sounds more of a hardware issue than HD versus non

Here is the link to the comparison... http://www.avid.com/US/products/Pro-...atures#Compare

Look at that table again. Non HD systems are limited to 32 input/recording tracks.

Darryl

[jasonthurley]

lol... Wah wah... yup.. I was looking at playback...

[getz76]

Originally Posted by Wolfgang Eller

You need a Madi Interface.

And Digico is just supporting 56 channels.

Yup. You need to spend $5,000 on the Avid HD MADI and hook it up to your HD card and run Pro Tools HD.

Do you need to record in Pro Tools? Consider something else to record and then bring the tracks over if you don't absolutely need Pro Tools on the tracking side.

[Wolfgang Eller]

Originally Posted by getz76

You need to spend $5,000 on the Avid HD MADI...

Or you rent it for a couple of days.

[ErikGuldager]

Or you'd use something like Nuendo/Nuendo Live or any other DAW to record in. They will all support your SSL madi interface.

[Frost]

I have the ssl madi interface, was just hoping I could use it and protools HD with the HD cards I have (hd cards doing nothing) to track in protools hd. This will be an ongoing project for a specific band who owns the board and wants to track every show so renting isnt an option. Ill have to decide if I should just track in something else or pony up for the avid madi interface.

Thanks

[Emcha_audio]

Originally Posted by Wolfgang Eller

You need a Madi Interface.

And Digico is just supporting 56 channels.

it's 48 flexi channel mono or stereo.