WTB 16 channel Interface

[jaspercarrot]

Hi i'm looking for an audio interface with 16 ins and 16 outs with firewire or usb connection it seems theres not a lot out there so would also be interested in two 8 channel units that can be daisy chained together or if anybody has any other suggestions i would welcome the input
Cheers
Mel

[Paul Maybury]

I use twoPresonus Firestudios, one is 1 RU and has 8 mic/line ins and 8 out, the other is half rack with 2 mic and 6 line in and I think 4 out. So thats 16 in and 12 out in a rack and a half.
I have done plenty of remote recordings with these, rock solid performance and good sound.
I used to take outboard mic pres with me, now I just use the built in ones. No complaints.
Cheers,
Paul

[Drumstruck]

Another option is 2 x Profire 2626s - daisy chain via ADAT for 16 I/O at 44.1 or 48 or 12 I/O at 88.2 or 96.

[headman]

How about a S/H RME FIreface 800....solid as a rock!!!!
You can get them for around $1000.00 these days


headman

[Hud]

Related question: are the drivers for the 2626 stable? Or have people had any hardware issues? I'm considering going down this path. I've had RME stuff before and it's been solid.

[Engininja]

I've had the 2626 for 4 years with no problems. Only quirk is that it gets ejected whenever I plug in a firewire 800 drive on the macpro 3,1.
It with the apogee AD/DA 16x for band tracking worked great.

[audioio]

All M-Audio firewire devices seem to use the same driver. I've used it with an ADAT Lightbridge (thanks Angus) with a Creamware converter (thanks, Myles) hanging off it. Didn't miss a beat.

Daisy chaining drives with the Lightbridge at the end of the chain (because it has only one FW port) didn't work for me. Too slow.

[Drumstruck]

Related question: are the drivers for the 2626 stable? Or have people had any hardware issues? I'm considering going down this path. I've had RME stuff before and it's been solid.

I had a 2626 for a couple of years running PT8 and 9 + Reaper on XP, Vista and W7 PC and Mac Lion - never caused a problem.

Also worked fine on Mac in conjunction with my DM console (h/w aggregation?). Only sold the 2626 because the DM does everything I need.

Howver, it might be worth checking if the 2626 still on the PT10/11 supported h/w list (if that matters to you)..... didn't Avid sell off M-Audio recently?

[Milo]

RME UFX has 12 analogue in/out (16 if you configure the 2 HPs), ADAT, AES, is both FW AND USB, has onboard recorder, Totalmix full matrix, Digicheck metering, works in standalone mode...etc, etc. Stable as all get-out

Milo

[toddd]

I have a Lynx Aurora 16 with LT-FW Card installed that I'm looking to sell.

Plenty of info about them out there.

The short is, 16 in 16 out line level channels. Up to 192kHz. On Lynx's AES:16 transfer standard. Or with the installed LT-FW, on Firewire. It uses DB25 connectors. It's pretty much an industry standard.

I'm not looking for a quick sale. I want $2400 for it. We can negotiate what cables you would require. I have some surplus DB25 cables that I'd be willing to throw into the deal.

If that's too much for you, that's cool.

I will be listing this, plus some other things on a post here next week. Email me at tmdixon [at] gmail [dot] com if you are interested. I'm on tour for the next few days, but will endeavour to reply to as soon as I can if I hear from you.

People on this forum can vouch for my existence and validity.

Cheers, Todd

[gigpiglet]

todd is an allround good guy.
absolutely honest and reliable
and his gear will be as described im sure.

i actually nearly bought this set up from him but had some other reasons for doing things a bit differently.

great solution if its what you need

[jaspercarrot]

Thanks guys for all the advice one option somebody suggested to me was Motu Ultralites, any body on here have any experience using two

[mylesgm]

There's also the Apollo 16 to consider. 16 line i/o and the UAD plugin dsp which I've enjoyed using very much. not sure how much they are and you will have to spend extra on the plugins but its a solid and powerful system. Well actually I'm using the apollo quad which is a little different i/o wise but essentially the same.

[headman]

The Apollo 16 unfortunately has just gone up in price by $400.00. I got a great deal from Musos Corner in Newcastle for mine last week , but pity I didn't make a decision a month ago. Haven't used it yet, waiting for a Firewire card, but it's pricey compared to that Lynx interface that has been offered. I'd grab that if you already has mic pres.

headman

[chribble]

I would buy an 8 in and 8 out and run the same via Adat
It'd be more portable if you weren't using 16io all the time

[mylesgm]

The Apollo 16 unfortunately has just gone up in price by $400.00.
headman

wow, I guess that's a sign of things to come though...

[audioio]

wow, I guess that's a sign of things to come though...

Is that a prediction about the outcome of the election, Myles?

[Text_Edifice]

I think the Aussie dollar is headed south irrespective of who forms government.

[pee.gee]

Has anybody looked at the possibility of running 2 echo audiofire 12 cards for a 24/24 rig on fw ? I too am also looking at 16 in/out ( or more ) too. Cheers. Paul.

[dave01.cooper]

Why not pay a little extra and get an Antelope Audio Orion?

32 in/out I/O via dsub + madi + spdif connected via usb. Super low noise/jitter/ latency specs & can also be used as a master clock. All in a 1RU too

think they go for around $3k. These units look to good to be true! Anyone had any experience with them?