HD OMNI How many channels of conversion ?

[K Roche]

After reading the manual and data sheets for the Omni.

Am I correct in assuming that the HD OMNI I/O actually has four simultaneous channels of A/D conversion and 8 channels of D/A ???
Perhaps and Avid rep person could clarify ? Thanks , Kevin

[crizdee]

Originally Posted by K Roche

After reading the manual and data sheets for the Omni.

Am I correct in assuming that the HD OMNI I/O actually has four simultaneous channels of A/D conversion and 8 channels of D/A ???
Perhaps and Avid rep person could clarify ? Thanks , Kevin

Hi,

2 mic pre inputs
4 line inputs

8 line outputs

8x adat inputs and outputs
16x AES inputs and outputs
2x spdif inputs and outputs


Chris

[nst7]

It's 8 channels of D/A, but it's only 4 channels of A/D.

[crizdee]

Originally Posted by nst7

It's 8 channels of D/A, but it's only 4 channels of A/D.

Hi,

So you can't run the 2 mic pre's and 4 line inputs at the same time?

Chris

[The Night Train]

Originally Posted by crizdee

Hi,

2 mic pre inputs
4 line inputs

8 line outputs

8x adat inputs and outputs
16x AES inputs and outputs
2x spdif inputs and outputs

Chris

Please let me make a few corrections to the above.

The HD OMNI is an 8in/8out interface, so you can do most any combination of 8 in and 8 out using any of the following (in pairs):

Input channel choices:
4 Analog channels (1 and 2 have pre-amps for Mic/DI/line - 3 and 4 are TRS line only)
2 Channels AES (XLR)
2 Channels S/PDIF (Coax RCA or Optical)
8 Channels of ADAT or S/MUX

Output channel choices:
8 Analog Outputs (DB25)
8 AES Outputs (DB25)
2 Channels S/PDIF (Coax RCA or Optical)
8 Channels of ADAT or S/MUX

* Additional TRS outputs that can mirror 1/2 or 7/8
* Headphone Output with optional separate headphone cue mix

[crizdee]

Originally Posted by The Night Train

Please let me make a few corrections to the above.

The HD OMNI is an 8in/8out interface, so you can do most any combination of 8 in and 8 out using any of the following (in pairs):

Input channel choices:
4 Analog channels (1 and 2 have pre-amps for Mic/DI/line - 3 and 4 are TRS line only)
2 Channels AES (XLR)
2 Channels S/PDIF (Coax RCA or Optical)
8 Channels of ADAT or S/MUX

Output channel choices:
8 Analog Outputs (DB25)
8 AES Outputs (DB25)
2 Channels S/PDIF (Coax RCA or Optical)
8 Channels of ADAT or S/MUX

* Additional TRS outputs that can mirror 1/2 or 7/8
* Headphone Output with optional separate headphone cue mix

Hi,

Their online information is wrong then!!

It clearly says 2x 8 channels of AES i/o (so total 16 channels i/o)

Thats a bit confusing if it can only do 8 i/o max

Chris

[ekuehnl]

The OMNI itself has more than eight available inputs and outputs, but it's limited to 8x8 in Hardware Setup.

[propower]

Omni is such an odd box......

The decision to NOT just have 8 in and 8 out analog plus the usual AES/SPDIF for two of the in channels (like 888, 192 etc...) is just weird to me.

As a music guy this box is just underpowered enough so that I will always need some other box to get the other 4-6 inputs..... mic pres + converters (think recording trios, small groups)...... 8X8.... no problem.... with this box it is 2 mics in then 6 channels of outboard preamps, 6 channels of conversion to ADAT..... Of course there are no 6 ch converters so I will have 8 anyway..... after that I don't see any reason not to just get the 8X8X8 192ish box...... and simply use outboard pres......

Then again, I guess I am just not the target group for this. More analog outs than in...... interesting choice......

-Lee

[nst7]

It seems the Omni is aimed at those needing just a few inputs at a time, with just a little bit of expansion if you need it. One way I can think of would be to get the ISA 428 preamp with digital card, which would give you 4 pretty good preamps and pretty good conversion. Then you would have the 2 built in preamps and maybe a 2 channel preamp for the remaining analog ins.

The only issue with getting the 8 x 8 x 8 is you'd still need preamps/DI's, plus some kind of monitor controller.

[K Roche]

Originally Posted by nst7

It's 8 channels of D/A, but it's only 4 channels of A/D.

Yes that is what i thought the manual was saying because it said you could input only 4 analog channels into Pro tools but you could monitor up to 7.1 surround . Thanks kev