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Originally posted by cryophonik Yes - that's a digital input or output. S/PDIF stands for Sony-Phillips Digital InterFace (or Interconnect Format).

How come it's "Sony" if say for example your using a Virus Ti Polar? Thanks though man

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Originally posted by neverforget How come it's "Sony" if say for example your using a Virus Ti Polar? Thanks though man

Thats just the name if the standard. Sony-Philips developed the standard. Lots of devices use S/PDIF for digital I/O.

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Originally posted by neverforget By the way, on the back of some hardware synths I've seen there is sometimes a socket titled "s/pdif", is this to do with "Digital"?

yep that's exactly what it is for and it bypasses the conversions from digital to analog and back so you don't get any loss in quality etc...

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Great, thanks people! Much appreciated

Thank you all for the help. I'll check those out. Motu may be a bit out of reach for me atm, but Echo audiofire seems to be a pretty good deal.

Could someone explain "Phantom Power" to me? Is it a microphone pre-amp or what? Thanks!

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Originally posted by neverforget Could someone explain "Phantom Power" to me? Is it a microphone pre-amp or what? Thanks!

It's just a feature (switch) found on any decent mic preamp that sends power to the microphone. Most condenser mics require an external or internal (i.e., battery) power source.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_power



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