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Title: Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: THE NIZ BIAAAAACH! on December 02, 2003, 01:58:22 AM
Wondering how it sounds and how fast a cpu you need to run it without stability issues?  What are the inputs?
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: BobW on December 11, 2003, 06:28:06 PM
Do you mean the Onboard analogue section ?
I'm thinking that everyone who uses it, uses it for line-level A/D at the minimum.
Are you thinking mics, self-powered, straight into the VX Pocket ?
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: Tim on December 11, 2003, 07:21:12 PM
no, mics->pre->vxpocket
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: Kindguy on December 11, 2003, 08:43:56 PM
From the grapevine the VX ad is about as good as a D8.
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: Tim on December 11, 2003, 08:45:39 PM
fo shizzle
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: BobW on December 15, 2003, 09:32:58 PM
Then it seems expensive just for digi-in.
It is supposed to be bit-transparent, tho'.
A lot of the Laptop Tapers like it.

How 'bout the RME pcmcia card's A/D ?
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: Tim on December 15, 2003, 09:43:05 PM
they can be hand for $150-200 on ebay and from various online musicians gear sites. not bad for 24/48 input in the field. I use one with my laptop for DAT->HD transfers.
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: THE NIZ BIAAAAACH! on December 16, 2003, 02:00:08 AM
I thought that the new V2 Vx is 24-96?
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: mirth on December 16, 2003, 11:08:41 AM
24/48.
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: mirth on December 16, 2003, 11:10:28 AM
Edit: The only difference between the v1 & v2 cards is the dongle. You can "upgrade" a VxPocket V1 to a V2 just by buying a new breakout cable from Digigram. The V2's breakout cable provides a headphone jack and I think maybe word clock.
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: Tim on December 16, 2003, 11:39:25 AM
yes to what Mirth said.

I'd love to modify my cable to eliminate everything but the coax in/out and headphone out. there's too much weight and stress on that dongle and I only use it at home!
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: Cooker on December 18, 2003, 05:48:28 PM
the VXPocket's analog gain adjustments are a royal pain in the ass. it's in the driver setup, not the system mixer or anywhere convenient.

they may have fixed this in recent driver versions - i sold mine in august. but when i ran self-powered mics > VXPocket, i had a hell of a time adjusting it. and it sounded way worse than mics > M1 > SPDIF > VXPocket to me.
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: ianstone on December 18, 2003, 07:33:46 PM
Quote from: Tim on December 16, 2003, 11:39:25 AM
yes to what Mirth said.

I'd love to modify my cable to eliminate everything but the coax in/out and headphone out. there's too much weight and stress on that dongle and I only use it at home!

someone correct me if i'm wrong, but i think (if you wanted) you could just cut off whichever connectors on the dongle that you don't use.

i don't think it'd make any difference to the coax in/out that you use -

ian
Title: Re:Has anyone run the VX pocket with the onboard A\D?
Post by: Cooker on January 05, 2004, 11:43:17 AM
you can cut off what you don't need, sure...