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How does Lavry Blue inface with a computer and microphone?
So I have an Apogee Mini Me and am thinking of getting the lavry ad da blue. Right now I'm using the Apogee Via firewire. Would I have to have a sound card with something like s/pdif to use the Lavry? Also, I'm trying to find a picture of the back of the unit. I'm confused if I just stick the microphone, or instrument jack into the back of the Lavry?
The lavry is just a converter. You need a pre amp or DI to raise your signal to line level before you AD it.
Yes, I have a DI and preamp, but I'm wondering how it interacts with the pre. Forexample, with the Mini Me I just plug either an XLR or instrument cable to the back of the unit. But I'm a bit confused as to what gets plugged into the Lavry. I was looking for a picture of the back of the unit but can't find anything.
that's because the minime is a pre and a converter (I understand). your chain will now be mic>pre>lavry so you go from your pre outs to your lavry ins.
i get so depressed when i see these kinda posts. making my music with a ff800 and a mac that's about to die. can't even think about buying a lavry but sure know how it works.
Sorry, I just don't know if it was like a Lynx Aurora where you need a Dsub cable. I didn't mean to offend you.
The Lavry does not have a USB or Firewire output. It outputs AES format digital through a single male XLR connector.
You would indeed need a sound card that accepts AES digital input (check out Lynx). Also, the Lavry blue (M-AD-824) does not have mic pres, though Lavry does make a line of mic pres.
If you're really set on getting the Lavry, you could sell the Mini-Me and buy a Metric Halo ULN2 (with our without DSP) - it has 2 very good mic pres, AES and Firewire I/O.
Or you could get creative . . .
If you have a computer with SPDIF optical I/O (Like a MacBook, or Mac Pro) the Lavry output is compatible with SPDIF, and can be converted from XLR to RCA via an adapter. You could convert the coax SPDIF out of the Lavry to TOSlink optical with an M-Audio CO2 box, then go into your computer that way. What could possibly go wrong with that?
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