ADAT <> PCI interface

[Paul van der Heu]

I am looking for a way to hook my digital mixer into my PC using a PCi card
with (at least) two ADAT light pipe connections in/out.

I found the Frontier DAkota, but it looks like their drivers are outdated
and I have no indications this card works well with windowsXP.. ANy info
appeciated!

--
Bill Gates can't guarantee Windows,
how are you gonna guarantee my safety..
--John Crichton - Farscape pilot

[John LeBlanc]

"Paul van der Heu" <pvdh@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:Xns93E4F2A852D3pvdhNL@194.134.35.159...
> I am looking for a way to hook my digital mixer into my PC using a PCi card
> with (at least) two ADAT light pipe connections in/out.
>
> I found the Frontier DAkota, but it looks like their drivers are outdated
> and I have no indications this card works well with windowsXP.. ANy info
> appeciated!

I don't know enough about the Frontier stuff to comment. I can only tell you
that I've been very happy using the RME Hammerfall Digiface to interface with my
Yamaha 02R.

For about $400 you can pick up a Hammerfall Digi9636 which is exactly what
you're looking for: 16 channels of ADAT. It doesn't include a wordclock, though,
but it does have ADAT Sync. And the drivers for the Hammerfall line are mature,
and the customer support is superb.

John

[Paul van der Heu]

"John LeBlanc" <john__leblanc@hotmail.com> wrote :

>> I found the Frontier DAkota, but it looks like their drivers are
>> outdated and I have no indications this card works well with
>> windowsXP.. ANy info appeciated!
>
> I don't know enough about the Frontier stuff to comment. I can only
> tell you that I've been very happy using the RME Hammerfall Digiface
> to interface with my Yamaha 02R.

After some more digging I found the Dakota runs just fine on XP and has
WDM/ASIO2 drivers as well. And it's "only" 499 euros.. the Hammerfall is
quite a bit more expensive.

--
Bill Gates can't guarantee Windows,
how are you gonna guarantee my safety..
--John Crichton - Farscape pilot

[Hal Laurent]

"Paul van der Heu" <pvdh@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:Xns93E4F2A852D3pvdhNL@194.134.35.159...

> I found the Frontier DAkota, but it looks like their drivers are outdated
> and I have no indications this card works well with windowsXP.. ANy info
> appeciated!

I use a Dakota with WinXP. It works fine with the latest drivers from
the Frontier Design website.

Hal Laurent
Baltimore

[John LeBlanc]

"Paul van der Heu" <pvdh@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:Xns93E4323797B20pvdhNL@194.134.35.159...

> After some more digging I found the Dakota runs just fine on XP and has
> WDM/ASIO2 drivers as well. And it's "only" 499 euros.. the Hammerfall is
> quite a bit more expensive.

The Hammerfall Digi9636 has a retail price of 386 Euros in the Netherlands --
that's including VAT.

http://www.synthax.nl/products_rme.asp

John

[Paul van der Heu]

"John LeBlanc" <john__leblanc@hotmail.com> wrote :

>> has WDM/ASIO2 drivers as well. And it's "only" 499 euros.. the
>> Hammerfall is quite a bit more expensive.
>
> The Hammerfall Digi9636 has a retail price of 386 Euros in the
> Netherlands -- that's including VAT.

Oops.. I was directed to the digiface.. which is a lot more expensive, but
It has the advantage of being useable with my laptop as well as a desktop

--
Bill Gates can't guarantee Windows,
how are you gonna guarantee my safety..
--John Crichton - Farscape pilot

[mbenson]

Look in here over the past week or so. Someone posted a for sale for one of
the Hammerfall cards for like $200.
I would have bought it, but I have too many irons in the fire right now.
--
Mitchell Benson
OKC Backup
405.728.7005
"Paul van der Heu" <pvdh@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:Xns93E4F2A852D3pvdhNL@194.134.35.159...
> I am looking for a way to hook my digital mixer into my PC using a PCi
card
> with (at least) two ADAT light pipe connections in/out.
>
> I found the Frontier DAkota, but it looks like their drivers are outdated
> and I have no indications this card works well with windowsXP.. ANy info
> appeciated!
>
> --
> Bill Gates can't guarantee Windows,
> how are you gonna guarantee my safety..
> --John Crichton - Farscape pilot