The hype about Adat Outs??

Wussup peoples....I've been a loyal mpc beat banger for over a decade now and my question is this. The adat expansion...does it allow you to assign your sounds to the 8 channels? Or is this just exclusive to the analog out option? I'm currently twirking with the mpc 2500 but I might either upgrade or go back to the 4000 depending on the answer to this question.[/i]

I believe you might find the answer in the following topic...

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=89321

theprodusa wrote:Wussup peoples....I've been a loyal mpc beat banger for over a decade now and my question is this. The adat expansion...does it allow you to assign your sounds to the 8 channels? Or is this just exclusive to the analog out option? I'm currently twirking with the mpc 2500 but I might either upgrade or go back to the 4000 depending on the answer to this question.

The adat format is based on a 8 digital optical channel (actually four stereo pairs) setup. But I noticed you're one of those folks that bailed ship for a 2500 (I wonder why?). And if you had a 4k, I wonder what it didn't offer that caused you to switch to a lesser model MPC in the first place?

go back the the 4000?

why did u need to get a 2500 if u already had a 4000?

4000 more than capable of everythin man!

im not sure yall really answered this guys question.

is there anyone that actually found the answer on the SCD thread?

I looked and had zero luck - 17 pages and nothing.

its a good question, I never really looked into this technology and would like to know more.

the big thing is, its really pointless unless you can hook it into a PC and run it direct into PT, LIve, or some other DAW.

aaron_bliss wrote:im not sure yall really answered this guys question.

Well, since I own an Adat xt20 and my two Echo Layla 24/96 cards have this, it's not too much to explain other than saying it's a light pipe/optical format that utilizes four stereo pairs which builds off of using a pair at a time...ie:1&2, 3&4, 5&6, and 7&8. This format has nothing to do with analog.

dabmeister wrote:

theprodusa wrote:Wussup peoples....I've been a loyal mpc beat banger for over a decade now and my question is this. The adat expansion...does it allow you to assign your sounds to the 8 channels? Or is this just exclusive to the analog out option? I'm currently twirking with the mpc 2500 but I might either upgrade or go back to the 4000 depending on the answer to this question.

The adat format is based on a 8 digital optical channel (actually four stereo pairs) setup. But I noticed you're one of those folks that bailed ship for a 2500 (I wonder why?). And if you had a 4k, I wonder what it didn't offer that caused you to switch to a lesser model MPC in the first place?

To clarify man........I never owned a 4k I just used to work on one at the studio I was doing production in. I OWN a 2500 and it's not as meaty as the 4k but that's not necessarily a bad thing. My work flow on the 2500 is just as fast....actually faster than the 4k. I think I understood your answer.. basicly the answer is no??

Yall cats rather start a debate than answer the question. Why do yall give a fcuk what this man is using?

The answer is yes. On the 5000 (and I believe its the same for the 4000), you get 8 outs (in addition to the stereo L/R outs), and you can use either the Analog or ADAT. ADAT mirrors Analog. So if you assign your sound to Out 1/2 it will show up on both the Analog out 1/2 and the ADAT out 1/2.

SCD did answer this question, but its also in the manual.

mp3 wrote:Yall cats rather start a debate than answer the question. Why do yall give a fcuk what this man is using?

The answer is yes. On the 5000 (and I believe its the same for the 4000), you get 8 outs (in addition to the stereo L/R outs), and you can use either the Analog or ADAT. ADAT mirrors Analog. So if you assign your sound to Out 1/2 it will show up on both the Analog out 1/2 and the ADAT out 1/2.

SCD did answer this question, but its also in the manual.

Plus you can use ADAT output 1/2 as monitor for the Main out L&R from the 5k's mixer.

Regards, Boele