stonetrooper wrote:can someone give me a basic rundown of what this things main purpose is http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_adi_8_qs.php#4 Im guessing it converts analog into digital or something like that.
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tweakheadz. But here's a quote about converters and what they do..."What does a converter actually do?
I will keep it basic here. The Analog to digital converter takes the stream of analog audio and assigns numbers to represent the waveform, and clocks it. It measures the waveform and divides it into strings of numbers at a bit depth (16 bit, 24 bit, etc) at a sample rate (44,1000, 96,000, 192,000, etc). All converters, even the lowest you find in computers, can do the 16/44.1 conversion and better audio interfaces can easily do 24/96 or higher. But the question now becomes how well is this conversion done. If the converter uses a clock that is less than perfectly stable you can guess that the audio will come out with errors, perhaps even audible clicks and pops.
The D\A converter does the opposite of the A\D. It converts the stream of numbers back into an analog voltage that can go to the speakers and be reproduced as sound. Both are important. You may have recorded the most beautiful sound in the universe, but if the system can't get it to the speaker, it's like it never happened"
