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- Model 12
This is really my first digital workflow, just making sure:
1) I know the model 12 is digital. So if I run input through a channel and out the main, there is an internal A/D/A conversion. This also shows up on the block diagram.
2) The analog fidelity of the main outs is therefore limited to the fidelity (max 48/24) of the internal A/D/A. It can't play frequencies which it didn't record.
3) So there is NOT any benefit from (for example) picking up the main outs w/ a 96/24 or higher interface. In fact there is a cost: all it does is add another useless conversion without adding any data.
4) If I want to use T12 and change to a higher sample rate before working in a DAW (for example, before working w/ effects), I can use T12 files and easily upsample/convert to a different multiple of 48/24. This won't add any data or resolution to the base recording, but it may be useful to have a higher resolution for the effect outputs, etc.
5) If I really want to capture something natively higher than 48/24 while still using the T12, I can do one of two things:
a) put the high-rate interface in front of the T12, and pass the audio through it first to capture, using the "input monitoring" outputs to then run to the T12; or
b) plug directly into the T12, and use a half-plugged-in "insert" cable to copy the output for high-bit-rate recording elsewhere.
Amirite?
1) I know the model 12 is digital. So if I run input through a channel and out the main, there is an internal A/D/A conversion. This also shows up on the block diagram.
2) The analog fidelity of the main outs is therefore limited to the fidelity (max 48/24) of the internal A/D/A. It can't play frequencies which it didn't record.
3) So there is NOT any benefit from (for example) picking up the main outs w/ a 96/24 or higher interface. In fact there is a cost: all it does is add another useless conversion without adding any data.
4) If I want to use T12 and change to a higher sample rate before working in a DAW (for example, before working w/ effects), I can use T12 files and easily upsample/convert to a different multiple of 48/24. This won't add any data or resolution to the base recording, but it may be useful to have a higher resolution for the effect outputs, etc.
5) If I really want to capture something natively higher than 48/24 while still using the T12, I can do one of two things:
a) put the high-rate interface in front of the T12, and pass the audio through it first to capture, using the "input monitoring" outputs to then run to the T12; or
b) plug directly into the T12, and use a half-plugged-in "insert" cable to copy the output for high-bit-rate recording elsewhere.
Amirite?