Arturia AudioFuse X8 // easy ADAT expansions
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
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PLUS DC Coupled Outputs!! Arturias new AudioFuse X8 IN and X8 OUT are ADAT/Word Clock expansions for your audio interface. Super simple to use, look the part and are affordable .. oh and sound great.
Its not easy to demo how nice they sound on UA-cam, but they sound more than fine. I've used them on my AudioFuse 16 Rig and Focusrite Scarlett without issue. Pretty much plug and play.
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Both of these are so useful!!! Esp the X8 Out with DC coupled outs!
Forgot to mention the DC couple which is extremely handy 🤦
But I guess no DC coupled ins for the other or?
@@Abell85Studios correct, just DC coupled outs - are you thinking of sampling modulation signals to control software? Interesting idea if so
@@TomMadisonSoundsLewis ah no a bit simpler haha I don't wanna use or buy a hardware oscilloscope and wanna use the scope in vcv Rack like I do for audio stuff, but doesn't work for CV from modular without DC coupled ins. Only interface I know of is from expert sleepers the eurorack Module, but is a huge price tag.
@@Abell85Studios That's not a bad idea at all! I know there's some DC blocking features in VCV Rack which might extend to the Audio 8 or Audio 16 input channels, so you might be able to fumble that functionality in VCV...
Thanks arturia! That's all I wanted for years now. A bunch of converters with no shenanigans, with good prizing, to get more synth into the daw. That is amazing!
I like that they added WordClock inputs, so one doesn't have to sync the audio interface to the ADAT but the other way around. Which is what I would recommend to everyone with a good interface, btw.
If not using WordClock for synchronization, but ADAT itself, is a single cable sufficient for this? No matter which direction and which device takes the master clock role?
@@HJPhilippi no. It's always the receiving end that can sync to the incoming adat signal, it doesn't work the other way around.
These seem like well thought out converters and a great way to get even more synths all connected at once.
Haha.. yeah - Adding more synths is the end goal!😁
These are great, provided on a PC you don’t need more than 32 inputs. I wish more manufacturers would support network protocols like AVB. This allows me to get 96 simultaneous inputs at 48khz using MOTU interfaces.
This is brilliant. I can now keep my digiface usb on my small rig and have professional ins and outs. I was going to sell the digiface and try to buy a babyface pro. But for cheaper I can have 8 ins/outs.
Thanks for the vid. Well done.
Good stuff bro, plain an simple.
I have a Behringer ULTRAGAIN DIGITAL ADA8200, cheaper but does the same job. I use it with a Scarlett 18i8 in a similar manner to give me 8 additional inputs.
Same. I matched the behringer ADA with the 16rig. I would've grabbed this had it been available at the time
@@cesarsjogren However there is no optical out on the Scarlett 18i8, unlike the Audiofuse 16Rig sadly.
Yeah an optical out on the Scarlett would be great - adding 8 outs with DC coupling would be perfect.
Arturia gets it! ❤ the ADAT IO for synth heads is a thing.
I'll have to do something on the DC coupled outputs.. 8 levels of control for your eurorack.
Had Arturia come out with these (and the AudioFuse 16Rig) earlier, I might actually have seriously considered them. Instead I went with a MOTU 24Ai, and recently acquired another one (still on its way). For one thing, you get an IEC C14 plug, and you get 48 inputs in 2U. The special DB25-to-TRS snakes are a pain, though, and rather pricey.
Is that the sound of someone typing on a keyboard while chewing gum in the background? Cool box.
That’s exactly what it was… well spotted
I have analog synths with high level output and other have lower output levels. I don't see any sense to have no gain on the input module, to get a decent level in the DAW. But for what are the buttons on the input module?
Its standard for ADAT expansions, unless you look for ones with pre-amps. you may be running through a desk so can add the level there. The buttons are for pad and stereo link.
The Audient Evo SP8 is effectively both these units in one device for half the price. Maybe the conversion isn’t as good but definitely not 100% worse.
Interesting! Wonder how these would stand up against 16i/o units like the ferrofish pulse, which are considerably cheaper...
Different things really. These are designed as expansions, so you can add 8, whereas the Ferrofish is 16x16 but costs more in total (less per i/o). But there's defo lots of choice.
Look good UT they're a bit pricey compared to behringer ada 8200
These have 8 in with preamp and gain and 8 out
Different sample rates and just work
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Everything looks a bit pricey compared to Behringer!
Brilliant pricing.. im gonna get rid of my old Behringer adat and get these.v
Great offering, but if you’re gonna offer word clock why not also have the out for chaining, esp when you’re offering two devices? /headscratch
Just use T connectors, no need for outputs
@@JBrm a-ha! Hadn’t done that before. Thanks for the tip
@@Formal-DeHyde it only works with units that have no internal termination or switchable termination, though. The X8 has a switch. So basically you disable (-> Hi-Z) termination on every device but the last one in the chain, which must be set to 75 Ohm termination.
@@JBrm thanks for the tip, really appreciate it. I’m suddenly remembering setting up a coax ring lan in the early 90’s. Good times. :)
@@Formal-DeHyde haha, yeah, it's essentially the same thing. Frequency's a bit lower in audio, though :)
The pricing is ok, but for ADAT expansion Audient's SP8 is much better value. 8 line outs, 8 line or mic inputs with decent preamps, auto gain, and proper metering of levels for way less than the price of these two units.
Yeh they look nice too, but they don't have orange bits of course ;)
Fair point, but for us synth heads who need extra ins but not outs, an X8 In @ $350 is $170 cheaper than the S8. Money which you can put towards the 2nd X8 you will need down the road. 😁 Bottom line, it’s nice to have different options to better match our different studio needs.
Yeah the SP8's flaw is it sacrifices valuable I/O to mic inputs, that's not what I want.. and to make it worse the mic inputs are on the front. I want all the I/O so I can cable manage my studio better.
@@Grant82gcThe inputs on the front of SP8 are dual mic/line not mic only.
@@TheExtremenarcissist yep, but I don't need them to be mics.. the just need them to be line and on the back.. it's two wasted channels to me because I want neat cables.
Nicee advertizment?
hopefully a bit more useful?
Bluetooth and Wifi carry audio very well. Wires might be old tech. ADAT needs a refresh !
🤔no idea what the f*&k this is but get a randaom like for the Patched on the Fly stuff 🤗
haha.. more of that to come :)
Save money for RME hardware, this is lack luster, no way id waste money on these low end machines.