Ok, this is the situation.
Actually I have a profire2626 as main interface and a Focusrite Octopre LE for additional 8 in's/pre's, connected to the profire via adat.
In these days I'm thinking about a way to improve my signal chain, from the mic to the daw. One of the solution I found was a tube console, with 8 or 12 preamps (1 for each channel), provided with adat in/out...just to have some good preamps in one unit, to add a good flavour to the signal.
I would connect it via adat so I'll have:
Profire -> adat1 -> Focusrite Octope
Profire -> adat2 -> Console
16 channels with preamps connected to the Profire (that will be only a "dongle" for the external inputs/preamps).
Now, if I would buy a good AD converter...if I wanna record drums (as I actually do) I think I will need 16 channels of AD conversion...so as example we can think about the Apogee AD-16x.
Here is one of the things I don't understand...The signals have to come into the Apogee after or before the preamps? In both cases there is something I can't understand.
If the routing is: mics -> Apogee -> Preamps
I don't understand how to go from apogee to preamps, because the apogee is connected at the audio interface via adat, so the signals are already inside.
If the routing is: mics -> Preamps -> Apogee
Same thing as before...
Last but not least, if I don't have free adat port...where should I connect the converters?
Also if I have a free adat port for the apogee, how can I route the signals from the AD to the preamps or viceversa?
Probably some stupid questions but it's something I need to understand.
Anyway I think that when you start to improve the signal chain, these interfaces with preamps and converters all-in-one become very limitative..
Actually I have a profire2626 as main interface and a Focusrite Octopre LE for additional 8 in's/pre's, connected to the profire via adat.
In these days I'm thinking about a way to improve my signal chain, from the mic to the daw. One of the solution I found was a tube console, with 8 or 12 preamps (1 for each channel), provided with adat in/out...just to have some good preamps in one unit, to add a good flavour to the signal.
I would connect it via adat so I'll have:
Profire -> adat1 -> Focusrite Octope
Profire -> adat2 -> Console
16 channels with preamps connected to the Profire (that will be only a "dongle" for the external inputs/preamps).
Now, if I would buy a good AD converter...if I wanna record drums (as I actually do) I think I will need 16 channels of AD conversion...so as example we can think about the Apogee AD-16x.
Here is one of the things I don't understand...The signals have to come into the Apogee after or before the preamps? In both cases there is something I can't understand.
If the routing is: mics -> Apogee -> Preamps
I don't understand how to go from apogee to preamps, because the apogee is connected at the audio interface via adat, so the signals are already inside.
If the routing is: mics -> Preamps -> Apogee
Same thing as before...
Last but not least, if I don't have free adat port...where should I connect the converters?
Also if I have a free adat port for the apogee, how can I route the signals from the AD to the preamps or viceversa?
Probably some stupid questions but it's something I need to understand.
Anyway I think that when you start to improve the signal chain, these interfaces with preamps and converters all-in-one become very limitative..