On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 07:30, luis jure wrote: > el Mon, 06 Sep 2004 06:49:23 -0700 > Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribi?: > > > > Be aware that 88K/96K operation is not supported by all devices that > > have ADAT interfaces. RME supports it, at least on some devices, but > > many/most audio interfaces do not and just shut off the ADAT interfaces > > when operating atthose sampling rates. My main Pro Tools bos is that > > way. > > > > Read the specs and owner's amnual carefully before buying if 96K > > lightpipe operation is important to you. > > thanks for the info, but we're not planning to use the adat interface (we > have no use for it), just the analog outputs. it's mainly a performance > system: computer --> card --> active speakers. > OK, cool. That will work also even if you want to get better 96K output converters since you can go out using spdif to another D/A later if you ever wanted to. (Probably not necessary for a live system, but needs have a way of changing, or needing to be dual purpose like recording in a studio a bunch of stuff you already have on the system.) Have fun, Mark