Expert Sleepers • ES-8 at 96khz

Hi, I have no plans to use an ES-8 as a USB interface. It couldn't compete with my RME AVB setup.

I'm more concerned with using it as an ADAT interface to get 4 channels of I/O clocked by my extremely stable clocks.

My question is: At 96Khz clocking will I have 4 channels of I/O (as expected)? Will those channels be at 96Khz, or will they be stepped down in the ES-8 to 48Khz? Reading the manual it states two conflicting things

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The ES-8 takes a different approach. At 88.1/96kHz, every other audio sample on the ADAT outputs is thrown away, reducing the signal to 44.1/48khz. Thus, the full channel count on an attached ES-3 (for example) is maintained even at 96kHz. Similarly, every audio sample arriving on the ADAT input is doubled up.

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Also, for the avoidance of doubt, if the ES-8 is running at 88.1/96kHz then its own analogue inputs and outputs are running at that rate.

Could someone please let me know, will my ADAT signal pass through unmodified to the outputs, and also the inverse, will the inputs pass audio through to ADAT at 96Khz

Statistics: Posted by architexture — Fri Feb 16, 2024 4:29 pm — Replies 1 — Views 30

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