Expanding Inputs

[Bob-sw]

I'm just trying to figure out what hardware I need to expand the Digi 001. I never needed to before, but now I want to expand it, but i need to know exactly what hardware i need. I'm hearing the optical connection from a mixer will work, as long as that mixer has an optical connection on it. At the store though, the guy couldn't find the optical out, so I was thinking it's the Serial Port maybe? If someone could help me, that'd be great. Thanks.

[8mmOverdose]

Originally posted by Bob-sw:
I'm just trying to figure out what hardware I need to expand the Digi 001. I never needed to before, but now I want to expand it, but i need to know exactly what hardware i need. I'm hearing the optical connection from a mixer will work, as long as that mixer has an optical connection on it. At the store though, the guy couldn't find the optical out, so I was thinking it's the Serial Port maybe? If someone could help me, that'd be great. Thanks.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">the optical/adat connections for the 001 are on the PCI card. what, exactly, are you looking to expand? more ins, more outs, more of both?

[8mmOverdose]

i see now that you want to expand the inputs so i will answer again and bump the thread. these will all work- focusrite octo-pre, presonus digimax, a digital mixer like a yamaha O1v. there are many other options as well. whats your price range?

[Bob-sw]

I'm not looking to spend as much as i spent on the Digi 001, but if I can't help it then i can't help it. I've read and heard that you get up to 18 ins at once w/ the Digi 001, but i'm not sure exactly how that works. So essentialy, i just need an 8 channel mixer with an ADAT connection? or an optical connection? something like that. i've never used a mixer, i mix everything in Pro Tools on screen. thanks for your help.

bob

[doylemusic]

If you don't want to go the direction of a mixer (like the Yamah O1v mentioned before) then your best bet is a Digimax, or SM Pro 8mkII. They both have 8 channels mic pre and optical out. So you'd add 8 channels to your setup wich is about as good as you can hope for. There are a few versions of the digimax ranging from $700 - 1300. The SM is fairly new and I think it runs about $400 plus an extra card for the optical. Hope this helps!

[8mmOverdose]

Originally posted by Bob-sw:
I'm not looking to spend as much as i spent on the Digi 001, but if I can't help it then i can't help it. I've read and heard that you get up to 18 ins at once w/ the Digi 001, but i'm not sure exactly how that works. So essentialy, i just need an 8 channel mixer with an ADAT connection? or an optical connection? something like that. i've never used a mixer, i mix everything in Pro Tools on screen. thanks for your help.

bob

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">on the digi 001, the adat connection = optical connection = lightpipe connection. its the same thing. digital mixers have the optical ins/out. generally you wont find a small, 8 ch, digital mixer. the O1v is 24 ch and its $1400 new plus $275 for the adat card. i think you should look at some of the other mentioned options.

although there are 8 analog inputs, there are only 2 mic pre's on the 001. a digimax, for example, will give you 8 more mic pres via the lightpipe. thats 10 mic pres total counting ones on the digi box.

or you can get 6 mic pres (like the ART pre's) and run them through the analog ins of the digi box for a total of 8. the digimax would probably sound better.

how many mic inputs do you actually need at once? if you are using a keyboard, for example, you can just plug it straight to the 1/4" ins of the digi box.

18 ins on the 001 breaks down to-
8 analog
8 adat/optical
2 s/pdif

[Detuned6]

The soundcraft M series i think has spdif outs on it , their smallest mixer in that series has 4 xlr channels and 4 stereo channels. Ive been hearing good things about the preamps in these mixers.

[j20056]

If you don't need pre's, the Alesis AI3 offers 8 additional inputs into the 001 via the adat connector. It runs for $399.

[rascalmanny]

The Soundcraft spirit M series does indeed have s/pdif 24 bit output. Three to choose from: the M4, M8, and M12. Great mixers.

[bigbottombass]

Originally posted by rascalmanny:
The Soundcraft spirit M series does indeed have s/pdif 24 bit output. Three to choose from: the M4, M8, and M12. Great mixers.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Nice Mixer for the price... but just to clarify...this mixer sends the the stereo mix to the single S/PDIF output. So you'll need to be happy with the mix going through it before tracking from the digital output.

The Yamaha O1V is upgradable to 8 assignable digital outs.