When mixing you need outboard gear, lots & lots of outboard gear! That means lots & lots of inputs & outputs if you’re mixing “In The Box”
Having looked at the cost of SSL Alphalink interfaces the plan looks something like this:
- Buy a couple of ADA8000s
- Rework the power supplies
- Bypass the preamps
- Fit high quality input caps
- Remove the rear panel XLRs
- Blank off the front & rear panels
- Fit 25-pin D connectors for audio ins & outs
- Connect to Fireface 800 via ADAT cables
- Sync via Word Clock from Fireface 800
Before diving into the good ADA8000 I bought locally (thanks, Phil), I bought a broken one on eBay and disassembled it to work out how to proceed. There’s lots of info online about the ADA8000 but much of it is inconclusive
