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Topic: Options for 8 mono I/O via AES and 8 mono I/O via MADI

Hi.

I'm looking for a thunderbolt solution that would give me 8 mono AES I/O and a MADI I/O. What are my options?

Could I for example run an HDSPe AES 32 with the MADI FX OPTO-X Expansion Card?

Thanks for any suggestion.

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Re: Options for 8 mono I/O via AES and 8 mono I/O via MADI

And another question someone might be able to answer - does the AES 32 require one slot or two. I know the card is two parts, but do they both require a slot?

Thanks

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Re: Options for 8 mono I/O via AES and 8 mono I/O via MADI

Mono AES ? AES is always stereo .. you can usually change settings on the connected device whether you want L, R or L+R.

If you need to connected monitors then you need either
- 2 AES OUT interface for one L and one R or
- 1 AES interface and an AES splitter (or the monitor has a built-in AES splitter via BNC plugs like i.e. one of Neumanns)

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Re: Options for 8 mono I/O via AES and 8 mono I/O via MADI

Temas1 wrote:

And another question someone might be able to answer - does the AES 32 require one slot or two. I know the card is two parts, but do they both require a slot?

Thanks

2 and yes

But didn't you ask for a thunderbolt based solution ?!

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Re: Options for 8 mono I/O via AES and 8 mono I/O via MADI

Temas1 wrote:

Hi.

I'm looking for a thunderbolt solution that would give me 8 mono AES I/O and a MADI I/O. What are my options?

Could I for example run an HDSPe AES 32 with the MADI FX OPTO-X Expansion Card?

Thanks for any suggestion.

UFX+ and then either 1 or 2 ADI 642 depending on how you define "8 mono"

https://www.thomann.de/de/rme_fireface_ … B_395739_0   € 2699
https://www.thomann.de/de/rme_adi642.ht … 2_184871_0 € 2298

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Re: Options for 8 mono I/O via AES and 8 mono I/O via MADI

Thanks for your suggestions and advice.

I was trying to be specific about the number of channels needed. If I had said '8 channels of AES' then it could be interpreted as 8 AES inputs. I need 4 AES inputs to provide 8 channels of audio.

So the AES 32 definitely wont fit in the Sonnet Echo Express SE 1?

Thanks again

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Re: Options for 8 mono I/O via AES and 8 mono I/O via MADI

Temas1 wrote:

So the AES 32 definitely wont fit in the Sonnet Echo Express SE 1?

If anyone knows the answer to this it would help greatly. This list seems to suggest AES 32 is compatible with SE1

http://www.sonnettech.com/support/chart … index.html

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Re: Options for 8 mono I/O via AES and 8 mono I/O via MADI

ramses wrote:

2 and yes

Only one PCIe slot is required.

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Re: Options for 8 mono I/O via AES and 8 mono I/O via MADI

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ramses wrote:

2 and yes

Only one PCIe slot is required.

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Thanks and BTW .. I was not sure how he "counts" the channels, how many AES Plugs / connections he requires.

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