d8b Forum

Hello and greets from belfast, i have the chance to possibly own a d8b, im told that theres 2 digital inputs (not the faders) not working, could this point to something thats going to be a bigger problem in future? thanks

The solution could be as easy as this.

Peter

cheers mate

and is there "could be as bad as: x?

or what are the implications of the 2 digital inputs not working?

sorry guys to have ask the above question in the post above if it sounds nooby, but im sure everyone can appreciate im parting with alot of money to be in d8b club no1 wants a duff d8b

person who advises me the most and helps me set it up when i get it, gets a paypal donation

You could have a bad stereo I/O card that could cause this. I had one fail way back in the day. Not common but it can happen. If you are looking to buy a used one, make sure it has the Apogee clock card in it. They are getting really hard to find after the fact and command a fair sum of money when you do find them. It is a necessity to have this card if you plan on hooking this up to any other digital gear.

Did I steer you over here from Gearslutz?

i think you did mate, many thanks. no this desk doesnt have an apogee card but ive read i should be able to get anyway with hooking it up to digital gear with the stock card although not very effective - ive seen some apogee cards on ebay so dont mind forking out.

Do you know what cards are in it now, F/X, I/O? I seem to remember clocking to the embedded clock if using the ADAT lightpipe hookups but I also seem to recall it being sort of flaky. I would recommend running with an Apogee clock card if I were in your shoes. It allows much more flexibility in your hook up choices.

no defs willl be getting an apogee at some stage

The Desk has 3 DIO Cards. (Optical)
Standard word clock card
MFx and UFX card.
There is AES and Spdif I/O card

I managed to check this out, basically when i select bank 2 to check digital inputs one and two, the meters appear maxed out and cannot hear any audio going to it. any ideas? the remaining 6 are ok.