Hmmm…. Decent isn’t exactly a great endorsement. What would you say has good to great converters, maybe even used?
Ferrofish is older converters someone said? I’m also considering selling the Babyface Pro FS for a UCX II as I could skip the ADAT dance.
They’re solid converters. I use one for routing eurorack outputs into an Apollo, and have zero complaints. They have a relatively high dynamic range, and no noise. The specs on the converters are excellent, especially considering its price.
What compressor are you going in to?
Wes Audio Dione.
It’s for mix bus, hence my desire for good quality.
Makes sense. In that case, I’d say it’s worth looking at the ASP800 instead. The converters on that are the same ones as they use on all of their mixing consoies.
Ooh nice. Thanks for the help!
Updating this to say Arturia now have some really nice ADAT in and out convertors that are worth a look. I’m ordering a pair myself:
https://www.arturia.com/products/audio/audiofuse-x8/audiofuse-x8-out
https://www.arturia.com/products/audio/audiofuse-x8/audiofuse-x8-in
The Audiofuse x8 OUT looks useful for eurorack enthusiasts as the outputs are DC coupled so you can use them for CV control. But I can’t find any details in the manual/specs on the voltage range they support.
Has anyone run across such details?
EDIT: Just found the answer to my query by watching the overview video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaKJ8a7cq9E) – the outs support +/- 8.7V which is a good range (+/- 10V would be even better but I can live with 8.7).
interesting that they separated the IN from the OUT. in my case, I wouldn’t mind adding more ins, but I don’t need more outs (don’t even use what I have). $350 isn’t awful for that either. that said… if you need closer to 16 I/O, the Ferrofish Pulse is a better buy, and smaller. wonder if audio quality is comparable.
Ferrofish “new” 8 i/o would be a great option Pulse8 AE - Ferrofish Germany GmbH
If you need more line inputs on the cheap, Arturia Audiofuse 8 IN is hard to beat. Just get a model with the updated firmware, so you wont have to do it yourself…
For a nice 8 in / 8 out solution, I’m eyeing the recent SSL Alpha 8. Only line ins/outs, but each socket is DC-coupled and can be set to various dBu values for optimal gain structures. The lowest price I’ve seen for it is 799€, although the recent Ferrofish 8 AE looks good as well
PSA to download the free RTC application when you get a convertor. Adding a convertor will change your latency and your interface can’t report that. If you run RTC you will get the interfaces reported number plus the actual number. You can then put that difference in a DAW like Abletons’s Driver Error compensation field (which can switch to samples or milliseconds).