Uad Mkii And 2198 Interface, - the most kick ass-ist sound card? Options

[holli]

So, will the new UAD mkII and the very sexy looking a/d converter be the ultimate soundcard option?

link: http://www.uaudio.com/products/index.html

here we are, as tantilisingly promised in the previous chapter of the gripping digi-jungle-gate affair.

Ready.. steady.. and get frantic like only big boys and girls who like sexy toys can!

Holli x

[Teiwaz]

Hi Holli,

In response to one of the queries, I believe the new uad-1 card mkII has a single adat in/out.

Buy 3 and you have 24 ins & outs. Combined with a 2408 core system and this could turn out to be a whopping 48 adat ins/outs! Overkill...?

It would blow away all competition if universal brought out a killer 8 channel class AA mic/line analog preamp with two adat outs...or is there something out there already along these lines? If recording at sample rates above 24/48khz apparently, you can only get 4 channels of adat audio down one lightpipe due to the increased bandwidth...hence the need for 2 adat outs on a single "hypothetical" 24/192khz 8 ch mic pre...especially for the classical/jazz folks out there who love their dynamic range, and go through hard disks like sweets on xmas day..

Then, of course, the idea that you could use an 8 ch mic pre in "reverse" for mixing ie; have your mixes bussable down the lightpipe straight into the analog circuitry (bypassing the mic pre section) to pass out through a fat XLR analog out when mixing on a rupert neve or some such scenario - not that you would even need to do that! Just put the Waves in and swim like a hammerhead through your digital mixes! bouncy bouncy!

come on, universal audio!! You saw it here first! If you make one, I want my 5%!!



I see the future in the crystal ball...when you mentioned a 2198, you did mean a hypothetical 8 ch 2192, didn't you, Holli?