Hello, I've got quite a live looping setup in the works (MPC Key 61, seaboard rise 2, 61-key virus TI2, osmose, microfreak stellar, orba 2, TR-8S, TS7, push 3 standalone, MRCC/XpandR 4x1, RME multiface 2/digiface, 13900KS and various microphone stuff on 2 full K&M stands) but I've got 1 lingering problem. I need to run 5.1 from a Sound Blaster AE-9 (2x RCA, 2x stereo TRS) into 6 of the balanced TRS inputs on the Multiface. These pick up a huge amount of noise, especially with all 6 unmuted. It doesn't just sound like a ground loop, I can hear various patterns which I assume are coming from the many many devices those cables are running by. Unfortunately, the RME audio interfaces will not decode the 5.1 signal over SPDIF so I can't use the digital output on the SB AE-9 for 5.1 that way.
Is there anything I can put in-line, any kind of modification I can make to the SB AE-9 or the cables, etc to achieve a low noise floor on those inputs?
Alternately, does anybody know of a product that can decode 5.1 SPDIF to 6 ADAT channels with "no" latency?
Or, does anybody know of a product like this one, but with balanced outputs?
I picked up a used Anthem AVM30 to see if it could give me the 6 balanced outputs, but I just couldn't get it to happen no matter how I configured it or the SB AE-9.
Thanks much!
Edit to add that I'm currently using:
2x "Mogami Gold TS-RCA 6FT 1/4" TS to RCA Male"
2x "Mogami Gold 10FT 3.5mm to Dual 1/4" TS"
Is there anything I can put in-line, any kind of modification I can make to the SB AE-9 or the cables, etc to achieve a low noise floor on those inputs?
Alternately, does anybody know of a product that can decode 5.1 SPDIF to 6 ADAT channels with "no" latency?
Or, does anybody know of a product like this one, but with balanced outputs?
I picked up a used Anthem AVM30 to see if it could give me the 6 balanced outputs, but I just couldn't get it to happen no matter how I configured it or the SB AE-9.
Thanks much!
Edit to add that I'm currently using:
2x "Mogami Gold TS-RCA 6FT 1/4" TS to RCA Male"
2x "Mogami Gold 10FT 3.5mm to Dual 1/4" TS"
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