Gerhard Knez wrote: > I have an Roland VSR-880 which is an 8 track harddisk recoding device. > It has an S/PDIF optical output and also a digital chinch output > (would prefer to use the optical). Now I want to connect the Roland to > my computer and upload the 8-track recordings to manipulate it on the > PC (use Win98 and WinNT 4.0). As far as the docu said the 880 presents > every 8 tracks on its digital output. What you need is a digital I/O board with an Adat interface. > Is that possible at all? Yes > Which soundcard do I need to get all 8 tracks at the same time Anything with and Adat Interface.. I'm using a digi96/8 made by RME (www.rme-audio.de) which IMO is a superb Digital I/O board. That will do what your after. > uploaded to my soundprogram? > Is that possible with every card? No most digital I/O is 2 channel (in S/Pdif or AES/EBU format) > What are the technical requirements of an appropriate card? > There are a lot of multi-track soundprograms out there, I assume that > every program that can handle multipe tracks is able to handle the > input, right? Should do, the audio program should see 4 pairs of 2 Channel inputs/ outputs. (Just like having 4 seperate 2 channel audio cards.) > Can anybody give me some advice where to find information about that > (other mailinglist/webpage...)? > > You can also contact me directly to reduce the MD-off-topic part on > the list to a minimum if you want. > > I hope it's clear what I'm asking (poor english, I'm german). > > Thanks alot in advance, Matt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]