If you have a V3 then getting the full signal(24/96) into your laptop can prove challenging. My understanding is that the V3 only sends 24/96 over the AES connection but I maybe wrong. I do not know if the new optical MOD supports this Bit rate over the optical connection but I am sure some V3 owners could chime in.
I'm chimming in. I got the a new V3 with the optic out and lappie. I emailed Grace about this. The toslink and coaxial digital connections do output 24/96
Below was my correspondance with Grace ----- also includes some info on simultaneous 24/96 & 16/44.1
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> I just got a m audio firewire 410 and I will soon be getting a laptop
> computer so I can take advantage of the 24/96 that the V3 has to offer.
Great!
> What would be the best or correct way for me to connect my V3 to my firewire
> 410? Can I also connect a 16 bit portable DAT recorder to the same V3 as a
> backup source. I don't think the V3 will output a 24bit and 16 bit
> simultaneously. correct?
Well, you have two options for interfacing the V3 to the 410. S/PDIF or
TOSLINK optical (if your V3 is equipped with TOSLINK output). You'll
want to set the V3 to the desired sample rate and turn ANSR off for 24
bit recording. I'm unfamiliar with the exact user interface software
that the 410 comes with, but you'll need to adjust a setting. Most
likely the unit will have a clock source option. Either internal with
sample rate choices, or S/PDIF digital input. Select the S/PDIF as the
clock source.
The V3 cannot output both 24 bit and 16 bit resolution audio
simultaneously. If you wish to record a DAT source for redundancy, then
you'll have to go 24 bit into the DAT machine. Your DAT machine will
simply truncate the lower 8 bits to get the 16 bit signal. This will
obviously be less desirable than recording to the DAT with ANSR, but
will work ok. If your DAT machine only has S/PDIF input you may be able
to loop the S/PDIF in on the 410 to the S/PDIF out and take it there.
If not, you can use an AES output on the V3 with an adapter. Hope this
helps. Please let me know if we can be of any further assistance.
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Jamie Krapohl
Assistant Design Engineer
Grace Design & Lunatec LLC
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ok, now I need some help. Whenever I close my Vaio lappie it will go into hibernation or shutdown. Either case, everthing stops recording and I don't know how to turn this feature off. I want to close my lappie and still have my Wav Lab recording away.