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Old 12-27-2020, 04:37 AM
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Hi guys

I'm currently undergoing a major studio upgrade and I'm hoping that it wont be too long before Avid develops a windows version of Carbon.

I understand that Carbon can handle 16 tracks of ADAT inputs along with its own 8 channels of Mic pre's.

I have a 16 channel analog mixing desk which I still want to use however my current AD/DA convert is a MOTU 24 I/O which uses firewire. I'm looking to replace this with something that can convert the tape outputs of the mixing desk into ADAT which I can then plug into the Carbon ADAT inputs thus only using 1 interface (I don't want to use ASIOforall and multiple interfaces).

I don't mind several interfaces as long as they are connected to Carbon and not directly to the computer.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Many thanks
Rob
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Old 01-02-2021, 09:39 AM
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I just installed Carbon this week and was using a MOTU 16A previously to interface with my 16 channel Trident. The MOTU will continue to be my console interface, just used in stand-alone converter mode and connected to Carbon via the ADAT i/o.
All the DSP processing on the MOTU inputs remains available when running stand-alone and can be controlled by a web-browser connected over wi-fi.
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Old 01-02-2021, 12:15 PM
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As I undertand it, the reason there is no Windows support for the Carbon is Windows does not have native AVB support. Hopefully that comes some time, but I wouldn't buy the Carbon expecting it to be soon (it may never happen).

See this thread: https://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?...carbon+windows

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Old 08-13-2021, 01:19 AM
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Hi guys

I'm currently undergoing a major studio upgrade and I'm hoping that it wont be too long before Avid develops a windows version of Carbon.

I understand that Carbon can handle 16 tracks of ADAT inputs along with its own 8 channels of Mic pre's.

I have a 16 channel analog mixing desk which I still want to use however my current AD/DA convert is a MOTU 24 I/O which uses firewire. I'm looking to replace this with something that can convert the tape outputs of the mixing desk into ADAT which I can then plug into the Carbon ADAT inputs thus only using 1 interface (I don't want to use ASIOforall and multiple interfaces).

I don't mind several interfaces as long as they are connected to Carbon and not directly to the computer.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Many thanks
Rob
Are there sample rate limitations on ADAT connection with Carbon ???
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Old 08-13-2021, 03:53 AM
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Standard 2 port ADAT setup - 16 channels at 44.1 and 48, 8 channels at 88.2 and 96 and 4 channels at 176.4 and 192.
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I currently use 16 channels of Symphony I/O, but also briefly used an AD16X. Both are excellent options and AD16X units are stupid cheap.
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Old 09-26-2021, 07:04 PM
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Just got carbon 2 weeks ago, been using it with ferrofish pulse16 to connect to external gear, works perfectly..
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Old 02-08-2023, 11:42 PM
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Just got carbon 2 weeks ago, been using it with ferrofish pulse16 to connect to external gear, works perfectly..
ProGear - I'm looking for the same solution. Would like to get 16 channels of 48K out of my Carbon into a 16ch i/o on FerroFish. What's confusing me is that the Carbon has 4 ADAT ports and the FerroFish has 8. You were able to get 16 I/O with 4 ports on your Ferrofish?

Thanks for clarifying for me.
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Old 02-09-2023, 01:41 AM
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ProGear - I'm looking for the same solution. Would like to get 16 channels of 48K out of my Carbon into a 16ch i/o on FerroFish. What's confusing me is that the Carbon has 4 ADAT ports and the FerroFish has 8. You were able to get 16 I/O with 4 ports on your Ferrofish?

Thanks for clarifying for me.
Ferrofish supports 16 channels at 96KHz whereas the Carbon only supports 16 channels at 48KHz, or 8 channels a 96KHz. Hence the difference in the number of ports.

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Thanks Dominic for the level set.
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