waedi wrote:The audient has a computer program for configuration and settings.
There is a clock source setting, you should set this to external adat.
If there is a sample rate to choose, take 48kHz.
On the front of the ADI-2 there are some buttons.
click the clock button several times for 48.
Button DIG OUT set to adat.
Let's start with 48 kHz sampling frequency, you can change this any time to higher if you like.
DS means double speed 96 kHz
QS means quadrospeed 192 kHz.
Just do the same setting in the computer.
You need two adat optical light pipe toslink cables.
From out to in. Both.
Your vinyl music should be then available in the computer for recording.
Do you have a DAW software installed for recording ?
I assume you want to make recordings...?
@waedi: allow me a few comments. Technically no objection, it will work this way, but I would like to show him the two different possibilities, so that he can choose later what he prefers and how he wants to use/operate his devices. Because there are pros and cons to choose either ADI-2 FS or Audient as clock master.
@JackyG: some additional information for you..
ADI-2 FS as clock master?
In this case - and if nothing else is being connected to the ADI-2 FS (e.g. monitors, phones) - you only need 1 TOSLINK cable from ADI-2 FS to the Audient for the transfer of audio and clock information. If he should have nothing else connected to the ADI-2 FS, then the 2nd TOSLINK cable is of no use and its maybe only "in the way". At least technical its not required from what we know up to now from the setup.
This setup - with ADI-2 FS as clock master - might be a little bit difficult to operate for him, because then he needs to set clock rates at 2 places
- ADI-2 FS
- Application with ASIO driver
If he is recording only in rare cases, ok then this is not so important.
But he might use the PC like me for playing audio. And if he should have audio content of different sample rates, then it would be very cumbersome having to switch sample rates at the ADI-2 FS whenever the sample rate changes.
Audient as clock master might have advantages
Therefore I would propose to use the Audient as clock master and to configure the ADI-2 FS as clock slave.
Then his applications (be it music player with ASIO support or a DAW program for recording) set the sample rate.
The Audient will get the proper sample rate automatically via it's ASIO driver.
The ADI-2 FS will learn the sample rate through ADAT.
For THIS setup you need two cables, because at least the clock information needs to be transferred from Audient to ADI-2 FS through ADAT.
For recording audio
For recording of Audio you should use a reliable recording program which allows the use of an ASIO driver.
As already suggested a DAW program comes to mind ... Can be any starter version of e.g. Cubase, Reaper, ...
An ASIO driver bypasses the Windows audio system entirely, by this its easier to achieve a high quality.
When configuring the ASIO driver, then use a very high ASIO buffersize, because for such recordings the focus is reliability (not low latency) to avoid any potential audio drop on your computer.
Please note, with higher sample rates also the ASIO buffersizes become bigger, double size for double speed, 4 times the size at quad speed. So should you experiment with different sample rates please also take a look at the ASIO buffer size.
Further recommendations / ideas
For recording:
1. Regarding the selection of sample rate when recording vinyl. As vinyl doesn't reach the dynamics of a CD it should be fully sufficient to record at CD standards and this is 44.1 kHz and 16 Bit bit depth. I wouldn't choose 48kHz here because it won't bring you any advantage and because then you have the same sample rate like your ripped CDs (if you have some). Higher Sample Rates and Bit Depths produce only longer bigger files for no reason.
2. I would convert these wave files to FLAC which is an open lossless standard to save some space as it compresses the content (lossless!)
For your setup:
3. I would use this connection also for connecting his main monitors (maybe also phones(, beause I think that the technical data / audio quality of the ADI-2 FS could better compared to the audient.
4. Another thing that you could think of on the long run is to replace the audient with a RME recording interface, because then you have definitively a better and more powerful mixer software and other advantages of RME.
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