Optical I/o Options

[dijerydack]

I was wondering if anybody new about optical In / outs . How many tracks of audio can one wire send and recieve. My friend has an 8track adat with optical in will i be able to send all 8 tracks from my computer at once?

[td3k]

Your friend's ADAT has an 8 channel Optical ADAT interface, also called "Lightpipe" These send 8 channels of audio in and out. out and in run over two seperate optical cables (one way). There is also Optical S/PDIF (Sony Philips Digital Interface) Which is stereo digital IO via an optical connector. The two look the same but are in fact quite different. As for sending audio to and from your computer to the ADAT, that depends on what type of audio interface you are using w/ your computer. (You did not mention in your post. What interface are you using?) Assuming your interface has "Optical ADAT" aka "Lightpipe" ports you can send and recieve 8 channels of audio to or from the computer via one fiber each direction.

Cheers
TD

[dijerydack]

I've just ordered a m-audio firewire 410, i think its got optical s/pdif.

[td3k]

You can prob bring the tracks in from the ADAT, two at a time.

TD