About Brad Lyons Expertise Anything related to studio recording either home or professional level, live sound, television broadcast, MIDI and Keyboards, Drums, Studio and Live gear of all levels. I'm a real-world audio engineer for both studio and tv broadcast, as well as live sound production. Visit my personal website @ www.theaudioprofessional.com for further background information.
Experience I'm a Sr. Sales Engineer for Sweetwater, the world's leader in professional and experienced sales consultants. I have over 20-years experience in everything audio-related from large-scale touring and recording to church production and tv broadcast. It is my career to know and understand ALL audio gear.
Organizations Sr Audio Engineer for UPAF
Publications several, contact for information
Education/Credentials Studied Music Composition and Theory @ Bowling Green State University and Spring Arbor University, toured as the lead keyboardist for Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "South Pacific" and a few other shows.
Past/Present Clients Let's just say I work with some of the biggest names in this business, as well s those just startin out.
Question QUESTION: hey, brad! I've got a small prob. I just got my first apogee ad8000! I've got my mac g5 and my leopard osx now how do i start using it?
a little background on what i bought with it:
DAC II
DIGI 8+
now questions:
1.)can I plug in for protools 8 hd? It said i can.
2.)aes /ebu and s/pdif, which should i plug to my comp?
3.)it came with no manual so I'm wondering what the ins are for. that's not used as a mic pre, right?
4.)where would i plug speakers or headphones for it for when i mix.
5.)i didn't get screwed over with the price did i? i know the rosetta is newer but i REALLY can't afford that.
ANSWER: In it's day, the AD8000 was an amazing box! With the D/A option it was about $7,000 or so---I had (5) of them so I know they were not cheap, but worth every penny. They are still useful today, depending on what it's being used and where you are upgrading from. I am not aware tht this interface supports ProToolsHD, I believe it's only ProTools Mix--but don't quote me on that. The ins and outs are simply ins and outs, it's just an AD/DA unit. You'll want a speaker management controller to connect into your monitors.
May I ask---did you know what this thing is before you bought it?
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QUESTION: Haha yes I knew exactly what it was and that you plug the mic pre into the a/d converter and then the a/d converter would be plugged into the mac. I wouldn't spend nearly 800.00 on something I didn't know anything about. The only thing was I was wondering about was connecting it. I have some experience with using it, but the part about connecting it was my challenge. I'm still curious where I'd plug in my speakers and what are the ins used for. I found what I think were the manuals but it said nothing bout them.
Answer It won't say anything about connecting speakers, because that's not the intent of this converter. You really should be using something like one of the following:
