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Topic: HDSPe Madi and SSL Alphallink SX !!

Hi,
i just bought an  Alphalink SX ,i had some problem with their Madi card MadiXtreme 64 cos' they have not the Direct Monitoring
so i will buy the RME Madi card ,can you confirm that all will be ok with this one ?
THANX A LOT
regards
philit

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Re: HDSPe Madi and SSL Alphallink SX !!

We did not test ourselves but we know that several users use this combination successfully.

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Matthias Carstens
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Re: HDSPe Madi and SSL Alphallink SX !!

Hi Mathias,
ok i will see by myself ,but there is no reason that don't work :-)
regards
philit

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Re: HDSPe Madi and SSL Alphallink SX !!

Hi Matthias,
i got big problem with the HDSPe MADI ,i made the install  correctly cos this work the afternoon ,then i made a new project in C5 and cubase didn't find the ASIO "hdsp init fail " i looked in the system control panel and the hammerfall drivers had disappeared
i try to reinstall the card and blue screen ,so i deinstalled the drivers in "mode sans echec" well now impossible to install the card and the drivers ,what is the mess ??!! please help
thanx
p.

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Re: HDSPe Madi and SSL Alphallink SX !!

Hardware (card) not working or PCIe (mobo) not working.

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Matthias Carstens
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Re: HDSPe Madi and SSL Alphallink SX !!

card not working ,
i reinstalled my other Madi card SSL madiXtreme64 and it's working !

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Re: HDSPe Madi and SSL Alphallink SX !!

well problem solved in changing pcie slot :-):-)
i feel better :-)
thanx regards

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Re: HDSPe Madi and SSL Alphallink SX !!

If you have time, please give us a quick comparative review on the sound quality of the SSL Alphalink as compared to whatever converters you are familiar with.  Also, is the Alphalink's AD/DA conversion latency listed in the owner's manual (generaly listed in Samples or in milli-seconds)?  I can't find this info online, but I haven't looked very hard to be honest.

I'm leaning towards snapping up an Alphalink MADI AX as well :-)  I'll start with ADAT + Digiface, and upgrade to the RME MADI card down the road...

cool

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2x SSL Alphalink MADI AX
2x Multiface / 2x Digiface /2x ADI8
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Re: HDSPe Madi and SSL Alphallink SX !!

hi Randyman ,
i used a lot FF800 with a DM3200 i was very satisfied ,when we planned to change for a high end converters with at least 24 i/o,
we choosed the SSL alphalink SX ,first with a madiXtrem64, i changed for a Madi HDSPe cos the xtrem don't do the Direct monitoring. All i can say in comparison with the FF800 is that the sound is much clean ,defined with the SSL , an excellent converter, i wanted to stay with RME but the price is higher with their new converters (sorry to tell that inthe RME forum :-)
hope that help
regards
p.

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Re: HDSPe Madi and SSL Alphallink SX !!

Thanks for the feedback! :-)

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Re: HDSPe Madi and SSL Alphallink SX !!

hi philit,

is direct monitoring working with your setup?

Greetz

Mathias