Thanks for commenting and pleased to hear you found the video helpful. Yes there are a lot of different devices in the world of audio engineering, and often with some overlap between them (which usually confuses people further...). This series actually came about in response to some of the most common questions we receive from our customers, so we're using these videos as a way to provide some clarification. More to come from us in this series too!
Does the pulse 16 CV require additional pre-amps for synths? Pads for euro rack? Can it receive cv voltage in the inputs as well like ES-9 I can’t find documentation on that model now that it’s been discontinued. Thanks!
Hi, if you have an RME audio interface, you can use RME's TotalMix FX software, which allows for zero-latency monitoring of any channels during tracking (microphones, instruments etc). Simply route the channels you want to monitor to your headphone or speaker outputs. If you have an external DA converter connected for monitoring (such as an ADI-2), you can again use TotalMix to route the channels you wish to monitor to the output you're using for your ADI-2 Pro (e.g. ADAT 1+2). See this video below, it should give you a better understanding; How to connect the RME ADI-2 DAC FS and ADI-2 Pro FS R to an Audio Interface ua-cam.com/video/vyOjnV9WkKg/v-deo.html
Thanks for watching! We're the UK distributor for RME Audio, so I can't really comment on Dangerous Converters...though I could be biased and tell you RME... 👀 As with most things, it's also best to visit your local pro audio dealer and try all the gear out yourself!
Hey! There's been major shortages of components across the tech world since 2020 - partly COVID, partly other factors too. So stock of a lot of music tech gear (not just RME) tends to disappear as soon as it makes it to dealers. As tedious as it is, best bet is to keep searching or speak to your local dealer and see if you can get an order in! Hope this helps!
Hi. Very interesting video. But I am still perplexed. So Could I use my DAW in computer ( Cubase) and record and mix into the RME ADI-2 Pro fsr. Or must I use an Audio interface such as RME Fireface ucx II, or ufx II?
I admit it's confusing if you're new to digital audio, so i explain best i can: Yes, you need an interface to connect with the ADI-2. The ADI-2 is a converter, not an interface, not a soundcard. If you have an interface and you use that interface's analog outs to process signals with outboard gear (analog mixing desk, compressors, summing mixers etc) you need something to record these analog signals after they ran through that outboard gear. Now you have 2 options. 1) route these signals from the outboard gear back into the analog inputs of your interface and record it with your DAW. 2) route these signals to the ADI-2, which is connected to your interface and record it with your DAW. The quality is significantly higher than in option 1. I am not sure whether the ADI-2 can also be used as an audio interface, but even if so, that is not what its designed for. It's optimized for studio quality high-end ADDA conversion, not processing digital audio signals (that's the job of the interface/DAW).
Hi. Thanks for your information. I did try this RME ADI-2 Pro fsr. I set it up as you would an audio interface. It worked like a dream. I was actually most impressed by the SOUND QUALIY. I don't have it anymore. But I assure you, I miss the sound this unit produced. In fact. Right now I am using : RME Fireface ufx III. As my main interface. It sounds very good. But strangly, not as good as the ADI-2 Pro fsr. May be I'll buy another ADI-2 to work with my Fireface for Mastering one day.
@@elijahmant2855 wow, i never thought that to be possible. But then again it has a USB port for computer connection. If the sound quality is that good and you only want to mix ITB, than why not. But dropping more than 1500 $ for a (only) two-channel interface is not exactly cheap.
Hi not quite, although they are similarly very high quality devices in terms of their ADC/DAC, and personally I would put them in the "high-end" bracket as well (along with the M-32 Pro). Not quite the level of the ADI-2 Series though, hence the price for only 2-channels...
am i right in thinking that using both a a seprate ad/da converter and an audio interface (with its own ad/da converters) means two instances of analog->digtal conversion is happening if i am going in, and if so then that seems pointless and uneccesary why cant the ad/da seprate converter just hook upto to the computer to transfer the digital recording? am i missing something?
Hi and no, only if you went from the AD/DA's analogue outputs to the audio interface's analogue inputs (which we wouldn't recommend, and would indeed be pointless). The AD/DA converter should be connected to the audio interface digitally, via a digital format like ADAT, MADI or AES-3 etc. Only one instance of A to D (or D to A) is occurring, as signals are being passed digitally between the two devices. why cant the ad/da seprate converter just hook upto to the computer to transfer the digital recording? - Well in theory it can if the manufacturer designs it that way, and I'm sure there are converters out there with this functionality (although presumably they're still only line-level devices). Traditionally though that is the job of the interface or sound card. A standalone converter tends to lack the ability to pass audio channels directly to a computer, in that it doesn't have the required circuitry and connections to communicate with a computer's motherboard. This is what differentiates it from an audio interface / sound card, which does have the means to communicate directly with a computer (e.g. via USB / Thunderbolt / PCIe). An interface also usually combines a whole bunch of functionality into a single device - mic pres, instrument and line-level inputs, AD/DA, line level outputs, headphone outputs, DSP and format conversion etc. A converter is simply a set of line-level inputs and outputs in a single box - hence why they're used to expand audio interfaces with extra analogue I/O. Hope that all makes sense!
@@SynthaxAudioUK OK, yes this makes total sense now, the Ad/DA converters digital signal is bypassing the audio interfaces own A>D conversion because we want the dedicated units quality conversion that feels right and i feel so dumb now as i never really knew what or how those adat and connectors on my audio interface would be implemented for but now i do as they have never been used this has all enlightend me to a whole new avenue, A huge thanks for your comprehensive reply 🙏
@@krushingbro6620 No problem! I think a lot of people probably don't realise what the ADAT connections on their interface are for at first (myself included for a number of years!).
Nice to see someone actually putting proper information (teaching) as opposed to opinion (leading) out there. Hats off I'll share
Thanks for commenting and pleased to hear you found the video helpful. Yes there are a lot of different devices in the world of audio engineering, and often with some overlap between them (which usually confuses people further...).
This series actually came about in response to some of the most common questions we receive from our customers, so we're using these videos as a way to provide some clarification. More to come from us in this series too!
@@SynthaxAudioUK it's just refreshing knowing someone outside of yourself has a clue and isn't out here being another misinformation guru. Lol
Thanks RME for getting it right ! i plug in the ucx and put on the head phones and wow ! NO THANKS ! TO THE OTHER CRAP OUT THERE THAT DIDN'T !
List 2 of the many types of digital cables. (what links the AD/DA converter to an interface
Top notch. Much appreciated!
That was informative, thanks.
Glad you found it useful!
Very well done, thanks.
Thank you!
Does the pulse 16 CV require additional pre-amps for synths? Pads for euro rack? Can it receive cv voltage in the inputs as well like ES-9 I can’t find documentation on that model now that it’s been discontinued. Thanks!
Ok... But then, how do we use the interface for tracking instruments AND monitor through the ADI-2 Pro BE? I mean how?
Hi, if you have an RME audio interface, you can use RME's TotalMix FX software, which allows for zero-latency monitoring of any channels during tracking (microphones, instruments etc). Simply route the channels you want to monitor to your headphone or speaker outputs.
If you have an external DA converter connected for monitoring (such as an ADI-2), you can again use TotalMix to route the channels you wish to monitor to the output you're using for your ADI-2 Pro (e.g. ADAT 1+2).
See this video below, it should give you a better understanding;
How to connect the RME ADI-2 DAC FS and ADI-2 Pro FS R to an Audio Interface
ua-cam.com/video/vyOjnV9WkKg/v-deo.html
Great info! how good are the Dangerous CONVERT-AD+ Converters? I want to bypass my Apollo x6 converters. Who makes the best converters? Thanks😊
Thanks for watching! We're the UK distributor for RME Audio, so I can't really comment on Dangerous Converters...though I could be biased and tell you RME... 👀
As with most things, it's also best to visit your local pro audio dealer and try all the gear out yourself!
Hey Matt, What's happening with the RME UCX II - I've occasionally searched for months, but nowhere seems to have them?
Hey!
There's been major shortages of components across the tech world since 2020 - partly COVID, partly other factors too. So stock of a lot of music tech gear (not just RME) tends to disappear as soon as it makes it to dealers. As tedious as it is, best bet is to keep searching or speak to your local dealer and see if you can get an order in!
Hope this helps!
@@SynthaxAudioUK Great, thanks for the info
Hi. Very interesting video. But I am still perplexed. So Could I use my DAW in computer ( Cubase) and record and mix into the RME ADI-2 Pro fsr. Or must I use an Audio interface such as RME Fireface ucx II, or ufx II?
if you wach the video it clearly explains it check on recording studio chapter
I admit it's confusing if you're new to digital audio, so i explain best i can:
Yes, you need an interface to connect with the ADI-2.
The ADI-2 is a converter, not an interface, not a soundcard. If you have an interface and you use that interface's analog outs to process signals with outboard gear (analog mixing desk, compressors, summing mixers etc) you need something to record these analog signals after they ran through that outboard gear. Now you have 2 options.
1) route these signals from the outboard gear back into the analog inputs of your interface and record it with your DAW.
2) route these signals to the ADI-2, which is connected to your interface and record it with your DAW. The quality is significantly higher than in option 1.
I am not sure whether the ADI-2 can also be used as an audio interface, but even if so, that is not what its designed for. It's optimized for studio quality high-end ADDA conversion, not processing digital audio signals (that's the job of the interface/DAW).
Hi. Thanks for your information. I did try this RME ADI-2 Pro fsr. I set it up as you would an audio interface. It worked like a dream. I was actually most impressed by the SOUND QUALIY. I don't have it anymore. But I assure you, I miss the sound this unit produced. In fact. Right now I am using : RME Fireface ufx III. As my main interface. It sounds very good. But strangly, not as good as the ADI-2 Pro fsr. May be I'll buy another ADI-2 to work with my Fireface for Mastering one day.
@@elijahmant2855 wow, i never thought that to be possible. But then again it has a USB port for computer connection. If the sound quality is that good and you only want to mix ITB, than why not. But dropping more than 1500 $ for a (only) two-channel interface is not exactly cheap.
Just curious is the ad/da on m-16, same as the adi-2 fs
Pro ??
Hi not quite, although they are similarly very high quality devices in terms of their ADC/DAC, and personally I would put them in the "high-end" bracket as well (along with the M-32 Pro).
Not quite the level of the ADI-2 Series though, hence the price for only 2-channels...
am i right in thinking that using both a a seprate ad/da converter and an audio interface (with its own ad/da converters) means two instances of analog->digtal conversion is happening if i am going in, and if so then that seems pointless and uneccesary why cant the ad/da seprate converter just hook upto to the computer to transfer the digital recording? am i missing something?
Hi and no, only if you went from the AD/DA's analogue outputs to the audio interface's analogue inputs (which we wouldn't recommend, and would indeed be pointless).
The AD/DA converter should be connected to the audio interface digitally, via a digital format like ADAT, MADI or AES-3 etc. Only one instance of A to D (or D to A) is occurring, as signals are being passed digitally between the two devices.
why cant the ad/da seprate converter just hook upto to the computer to transfer the digital recording?
- Well in theory it can if the manufacturer designs it that way, and I'm sure there are converters out there with this functionality (although presumably they're still only line-level devices).
Traditionally though that is the job of the interface or sound card. A standalone converter tends to lack the ability to pass audio channels directly to a computer, in that it doesn't have the required circuitry and connections to communicate with a computer's motherboard.
This is what differentiates it from an audio interface / sound card, which does have the means to communicate directly with a computer (e.g. via USB / Thunderbolt / PCIe). An interface also usually combines a whole bunch of functionality into a single device - mic pres, instrument and line-level inputs, AD/DA, line level outputs, headphone outputs, DSP and format conversion etc.
A converter is simply a set of line-level inputs and outputs in a single box - hence why they're used to expand audio interfaces with extra analogue I/O.
Hope that all makes sense!
@@SynthaxAudioUK OK, yes this makes total sense now, the Ad/DA converters digital signal is bypassing the audio interfaces own A>D conversion because we want the dedicated units quality conversion that feels right and i feel so dumb now as i never really knew what or how those adat and connectors on my audio interface would be implemented for but now i do as they have never been used this has all enlightend me to a whole new avenue, A huge thanks for your comprehensive reply 🙏
@@krushingbro6620 No problem! I think a lot of people probably don't realise what the ADAT connections on their interface are for at first (myself included for a number of years!).
Syntax? Well, that's why we call them ADC (Analog to Digital Converter) or DAC (Digital to Analog Converter).
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