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Title: Questions about a toslink
Post by: fuzzypants on January 02, 2014, 08:43:12 PM

I have a standalone Minidisc Player/Recorder. It has a toslink in the back..I'd like to hook it up to my Laptop to get the digital benefits of a transfer. How would I go about doing it? I'm assuming these toslink > USB converters wouldn't work? or ?

Title: Re: Questions about a toslink
Post by: page on January 02, 2014, 11:25:53 PM

Depends; some converters resample, others don't. For example, the usbpre2 will convert to coax spdif just fine or send the signal via usb to a computer. That's an interface specific question really.

Ideally it would be:
MD optical out > usb interface > the PC
OR
MD optical out > optical in on your PC.

Then just setup your DAW software to see the signal and do some test runs to make sure it is fast enough for the recording and doesn't drop samples.

Title: Re: Questions about a toslink
Post by: fuzzypants on January 03, 2014, 12:13:51 AM

thanks page :)

Title: Re: Questions about a toslink
Post by: fuzzypants on January 21, 2014, 10:45:58 AM

does anyone have a "Creative Sound Blaster Extigy"? Pros or cons from it? it seems to be the only one that has what I need without being $300 bucks lol

Title: Re: Questions about a toslink
Post by: twatts (pants are so over-rated...) on January 21, 2014, 10:54:46 AM

Quote from: fuzzypants on January 21, 2014, 10:45:58 AM

does anyone have a "Creative Sound Blaster Extigy"? Pros or cons from it? it seems to be the only one that has what I need without being $300 bucks lol

AFAIK, all the Sound Crapsters resample your incoming data...  So your digital transfer is compromised at the very beginning... 

What kind of deck do you have???  I did a recent MD project and ran MD Player > TOSLINK > HOSA OLD-276 > SPDIF > Tascam HD-P2.  Then I just copied the WAV files over to the PC...  If you have a deck with a digital input that's probably easier to deal with...

Terry

Title: Re: Questions about a toslink
Post by: fuzzypants on January 21, 2014, 11:06:11 AM

damn thanks terry :)

I have a Sony MDS-JE320

Title: Re: Questions about a toslink
Post by: fuzzypants on January 23, 2014, 04:41:09 PM

So if I do

Sony MDS-JE320 > HOSA OLD-276 > SPDIF > Edirol R-09HR

would that be all digital?

then I just copy the wav over

Title: Re: Questions about a toslink
Post by: jefflester on January 23, 2014, 05:23:21 PM

Quote from: fuzzypants on January 23, 2014, 04:41:09 PM

So if I do

Sony MDS-JE320 > HOSA OLD-276 > SPDIF > Edirol R-09HR

would that be all digital?

then I just copy the wav over

The Edirol does not have SPDIF/digital input.

Title: Re: Questions about a toslink
Post by: fuzzypants on January 23, 2014, 07:30:05 PM

hm that would be my luck..

Edit:
guess I could use a M-Audio MicroTrack with a Hosa ODL-276

Title: Re: Questions about a toslink
Post by: twatts (pants are so over-rated...) on January 23, 2014, 11:03:00 PM

Quote from: fuzzypants on January 23, 2014, 07:30:05 PM

hm that would be my luck..

Edit:
guess I could use a M-Audio MicroTrack with a Hosa ODL-276

Yes, the Microtracker has a SPDIF input.  There was a Marantz PMD670 in the Yard Sale, but that sold...  Tascam also has a handheld that has a SPDIF input, but I can't remember the model# now... 

MAudio also sell a internal soundcard that does what you want (Audiophile 192) and an external device  (M-Track Plus)...  But you'll ahve to do some tweeking to get them to work right, as with all interfaces... 

Honestly, I don't recommend a "soundcard", but instead suggest getting a recorder with SPDIF (or toslink) input.  That way you don't tie up your PC doing a transfer, and you don't have to deal with all the other technical stuff you'll have to go through to get it to work right... 

Terry