Re: [LAU] [OT] hardware sound module with digital output

From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Oct 06 2010 - 19:23:52 EEST

Charles Fleche wrote:
> I was randomly looking at current hardware synths, noticing than most of
> them offer only analogue outputs. It looks odd to me to generate a sound
> in the digital world, then convert it to analogue, just to convert it
> back to digital at recording time... If analogue output is obviously a
> must, I'm wondering why, even in very expensive keyboards where cost
> saving is a smaller issue, an AES/EBU (or at least a S/PDIF) output is
> not available.

I'd guess that these devices are not meant to be used in a studio but
for live performances.

There are hardware synths like the Edirol SC-D70 that have a digital
output.

Regards,
Clemens
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