mikebruno Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Hi every ones Here I'm going to ask something really silly or maybe not... In live situation I have those boards Yamaha CL5 one for monitoring and one for FOH witch have the digital inputs and outputs. I'm all ready sending my sequences from my Mac book pro directly via a cat5 and Dante virtual soundcard. ( Makes me virtual up to 64 outputs) Would it be a better option for me, instead of sending FOH via XLR could it be via spdf digital outputs ? I guess it would keep signal in digital domain all the way... Any thoughts on this? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka5par Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 If Helix SPDIF signal doesn't have dropouts for you, then why not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHamm Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 You won't hear a difference anyway. Just go with tried and true analog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebruno Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Ok then so you tried and there no benefits at all. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHamm Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Ok then so you tried and there no benefits at all. Thanks Nope. Not with Helix. Didn't bother. I did all my analog vs. digital testing years ago, and found with every situation where I tested that there was no discernible difference when you transmit a signal from one place to another (through multiple devices is a whole 'nother story). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Agree, no audible difference, except that SPDIF added dropouts AND extraneous noise, even on a decent interface (Scarlett 18i20) and even at 44.1. I thought that there might be a latency improvement (conversions take time), but not that I could tell. Go analog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebruno Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 That's clear here. I won't bother with this. Thanks!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewolf48 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 I use Line 6 Link to my monitor (L2t) and haven't had a dropout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 I use Line 6 Link to my monitor (L2t) and haven't had a dropout. OP was asking about SPDIF. Different animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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