Topic: Does the UA5 DigiMod disable USB output?

[RRobar]

WOndering. I plan on running 24 bit but a DAT backup would be nice. I had a UA5 but itwas a stock item.

[jpschust]

no it doesnt, just enables it to pass signal via the opti and digi without the usb

[RRobar]

Thanks Jonny, I thought so but I was thinking of picking up one for sale from everyones fave PGA tour rat. But wanted to be sure. Now that I have this iBook I'm looking to try and build me my 24 bit rig for under $1000.

[jpschust]

we can be apple geeks together!

[RRobar]

Hell yeah! After getting this iBook, I don't even want to touch my PC machines.

[Kindguy]

You can't run the dat as backup when doing 24 bit with the UA-5.

[Matt Quinn]

You can't run the dat as backup when doing 24 bit with the UA-5.

I think you could, but you'd just truncate the extra bits, right? So I guess teh effective answer is no anyway. /ramble.

[mirth]

lots of people run DAT as a backup while recording 24bit via USB. I'm just not one of them....

[Brian Skalinder]

You can't run the dat as backup when doing 24 bit with the UA-5.

Yes, you can - as Tube says, it would just truncate the extra 8 bits.  I bet most folks here wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a dithered and truncated recording.  At any rate, truncated recording is better than no recording, IMO.

[RRobar]

I knew it would do it as I used to do it on my old PC laptop.
I just wasn't sure about how the digi mod effected the USB out put as the UA5 I had was stock.

[Kindguy]

I ran the JB3 as backup once while recording 24 bit. It came out fine. Seems like a waste of tape to do back up dat. To each his own

[RRobar]

I pretty much always ran a DAT backup. It;s what I have and I usually just retread old DAT tapes anyway. I'm really conident my iBook will work fine as battery life was the issue with my old PC laptop. Now that this iBook is rated at 6 hours. WHile taping should be able to pull it off. Plus I'll probably get a valence at some point.

[Matt Quinn]

I'd actually like to hear a 24bit vs dithered 16 bit vs truncated 16 bit source. Could be interesting, plus it wouldn't really be much work.

(No Skalinder, I'm not volunteering & I won't report back with the results.)  

[fozzy]

Is this refering to the oade mod in which i am sure all three outputs are functional but what if it is a home digi-mod are all three still functional.  

I guess i could just go plug mine in but i am just that lazy(i have no way to test coax but i could do usb and opti.).

[Phil]

I knew it would do it as I used to do it on my old PC laptop.
I just wasn't sure about how the digi mod effected the USB out put as the UA5 I had was stock.

The digi mod effects the usb in that it will not send a signal back through to your usb for monitoring.  For most of us this is a non-issue.  It does become an issue if you are multi-tracking and want to play and record at the same time.  So if you record some tracks into Cubase or Nuendo and want to record and playback at the same time, it won't work.  That is why a switchable digimod is so desireable.  

As for using the d8 as a backup on 24bit.  I've done it many times and it sounds fine.  You have to make sure your sending it a 48khz signal and your dat is set on 48khz also.