S/PDIF
S/PDIF
It seems like all interfaces include S/PDIF and count this as a usable input. Why? Is there a huge array of musical instruments that have SPDIF outputs that I have failed to notice? The only thing I have in my house that outputs SPDIF is my DVD player.
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High end stereo converters almost all offer digi I/o via SPDIF.
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i have a pre that has a S/PDIF out routed into that input on my digi 002.
also some DAW monitor controller like, if i'm not mistaken, the presonus central station have S/PDIF input so it bypasses the converter in the 002 for the monitoring.
also some DAW monitor controller like, if i'm not mistaken, the presonus central station have S/PDIF input so it bypasses the converter in the 002 for the monitoring.
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I know this is throwbacky, but a great many DAT machines have S/PDIF.
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No. SPDIF carries 2 channels of digital audio and resembles RCA in appearance. TOSlink carries 8 channels (at 44.1/48k sample rates) and has little lightbulbs on the end of the cables.lysander wrote:Are the optical ins and outs on most Apple computers also S/PDIF? I have a TOSlink cable that I use with my MBP sometimes -- is this S/PDIF?
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also, optical cables are capable of transmitting S/PDIF signals.
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Actually it is SPDIF. The protocol can be utilized over toslink (optical) interfaces and most devices that support the 8 channel ADAT protocol that I've spent time with allow you to switch between ADAT and SPDIF communication protocols.Bro Shark wrote:No. SPDIF carries 2 channels of digital audio and resembles RCA in appearance. TOSlink carries 8 channels (at 44.1/48k sample rates) and has little lightbulbs on the end of the cables.lysander wrote:Are the optical ins and outs on most Apple computers also S/PDIF? I have a TOSlink cable that I use with my MBP sometimes -- is this S/PDIF?
I doubt MBPs speak ADAT, so it's likely SPDIF.
I use SPDIF as the 'tape out' 2-channel mixdown output for my digital console. I've found lots of other uses for them and wouldn't buy an interface without one.
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Also, older devices tend(ed) to have either an RCA for S/PDIF or an opto for S/PDIF...I believe my Sonic Solutions DAW had opto S/PDIF, with no ADAT option (partly because Sonic spoke to DA88, not ADAT)kingmetal wrote:Actually it is SPDIF. The protocol can be utilized over toslink (optical) interfaces and most devices that support the 8 channel ADAT protocol that I've spent time with allow you to switch between ADAT and SPDIF communication protocols.Bro Shark wrote:No. SPDIF carries 2 channels of digital audio and resembles RCA in appearance. TOSlink carries 8 channels (at 44.1/48k sample rates) and has little lightbulbs on the end of the cables.lysander wrote:Are the optical ins and outs on most Apple computers also S/PDIF? I have a TOSlink cable that I use with my MBP sometimes -- is this S/PDIF?
I doubt MBPs speak ADAT, so it's likely SPDIF.
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Re: S/PDIF
One term comes to mind :mattdhall wrote:It seems like all interfaces include S/PDIF and count this as a usable input. Why? Is there a huge array of musical instruments that have SPDIF outputs that I have failed to notice? The only thing I have in my house that outputs SPDIF is my DVD player.
BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY.
With the "Sony / Phillips Digital Interconnect Format."
Which came about before ADAT.
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