[RWP] USB to SPDIF converter

[TheOreoMonster]

This is like taking a bus around town to go visit your next door neighbor instead of just walking next door. Have you actually tried running the Balanced outs into the EMU Balanced ins? Or are you simply avoiding this due to some theory of not drop down to analog to then reconvert back to digital?  In Theory you could make this work but then you would loose using the sound card for windows sounds or screen reader. Unless of course you have a third sound card you could choose in  the screen reader preferences directly. Still will be without windows sound though. Have fun reinventing the wheel man.
On Jan 9, 2014, at 4:45 AM, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:

> Yes, my music PC has a SPDIF out.
> I never used it, though.
> If I plugged the TC Helicon pedal into the same computer's USB port, would that audio come out the computer's SPDIF port?
> I suppose it would.
> Do I need to configure anything in the control panel for USB in to be sent out SPDIF?
> Okay, I'll try not enabling the TC Pedal anywhere in Reaper's preferences, and, with a cable from the computer's SPDIF out to the eMu 16 16M's SPDIF, I should get the audio from the TC Helicon pedal directly into the soundcard, no identification that it's coming from the Helicon pedal; no excuse  for the pedal to steal the soundcard's asio driver.
> As for a newer soundcard, I'll get one of the RME's when I win the lottery, since its higher end models are the only ones with pristine preAmps comparable to the 16 16m's.
> Yes, I know the eMu cards are getting long in the tooth, but mine is the latest one made, only a week before they were discontinued, with all ceramic caps that never bloat and leak.
> I have Win7 64 drivers, nothing for Win8 will ever appear from eMu.
> I may still be using that same soundcard in 2040, with Win7, provided I have the strength to push buttons and we still have electricity on this planet.
> Thanks,
> Indi
> 
> 
> On 1/8/2014 8:26 PM, TheOreoMonster wrote:
>> Does the TC not have spdif outputs itself? Sounds like googol ing for reviews may be the way to go here. And the EMU has really nice PreAmps I can’t see how they cruddy up the XLR outs of the TC. Another option is to use XLR to 1/4 Balanced cables and use the balanced line in  thus bypassing the PreAmps on the EMU.  Or Sell the Emu and get something with nicer Pres. as that unit is a bit old these days.
>> On Jan 8, 2014, at 6:59 PM, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey, I have had difficulty getting my TC Helicon's USB out to go intoReaper without stealing my eMu soundcard's asio driver, but I think I found another way in.
>>> There are plenty of USB to SPDIF converters available, many Chinese and Taiwan models for around $40, up to 192K supposedly high quality audio.
>>> Not much to them, only a single USB 2 port and coaxial or optical SPDIF's.
>>> I could plug the USB from the TC Helicon pedal into the adaptor, then connect it's SPDIF's to the SPDIF's on my eMu soundcard.
>>> I believe the audio from the TC Helicon pedal would stay digital all the way into Reaper, hopefully with no conversion losses or SPDIF clock issues.
>>> Has anyone here used one of these USB to SPDIF adaptors?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Indi
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