Howdy, kind folks.

I've been recording on ADAT machines for years, and I've grown to love them. I need to push buttons and hold tape in my hands. However...

It seems that it's time for me to get with the program, so to speak, and get my PC involved in the game. For software, I'm partial to Logic Audio, but I don't have a sound card that would be up to par for recording.

What I would like to do is find some kind of PCI or USB doodad that can accept the optical outs from an ADAT machine and keep all of my tracks separate, & therefore editable.

Now: is the ADAT "lightpipe" configuration a proprietary thing, or can any card with an optical 'in' do the job? It seems that what I really want is the "ADAT-Edit" system, but it's been discontinued, and the few bits of it that I've found online are for Win98 only, and I'm running XP.

Is there any hope for a fossil like me, or should I just throw in the towel and find some nice Otari reel machine to settle down with?

Thanks, folks...

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Shandy Lawson

Folk-noir Ballads and Acoustic Brawls
http://www.shandylawson.com

[This message has been edited by Shandy (edited 01-29-2004).]


Shandy Lawson
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