gdgross
Experienced
Morning all -
On the ax8 we didn't have USB audio, so I got used to using SPDIF only for getting sound into my DAW, and that's how I've been operating for years. Now with the FM3, we have the option of USB audio, so I figured I'd give it a try this morning. I have a few observations:
1. There is definitely a noticeable latency with USB vs SPDIF. It's not terrible, but now that I know it's there I'm gonna stick w spdif for audio, even though it means an additional connector.
2. There was some occasional frying bacon kinda sound , which I assume was some kind of digital clipping, that lasted maybe just half a second or so. I tried clocking my interface with the SPDIF clock, and still getting audio from USB, and the noise persisted.
3. I notice that the USB audio also bypasses the volume knobs on the top of the unit (above the screen). Is there a way to do the same for SPDIF? I know we can select what audio goes to the SPDIF output, but bypassing these knobs would be easier for me to maintain a consistent recording level across different projects and over time (since I sometimes adjust the knobs per gig, and then forget about them later!)
happy Friday
On the ax8 we didn't have USB audio, so I got used to using SPDIF only for getting sound into my DAW, and that's how I've been operating for years. Now with the FM3, we have the option of USB audio, so I figured I'd give it a try this morning. I have a few observations:
1. There is definitely a noticeable latency with USB vs SPDIF. It's not terrible, but now that I know it's there I'm gonna stick w spdif for audio, even though it means an additional connector.
2. There was some occasional frying bacon kinda sound , which I assume was some kind of digital clipping, that lasted maybe just half a second or so. I tried clocking my interface with the SPDIF clock, and still getting audio from USB, and the noise persisted.
3. I notice that the USB audio also bypasses the volume knobs on the top of the unit (above the screen). Is there a way to do the same for SPDIF? I know we can select what audio goes to the SPDIF output, but bypassing these knobs would be easier for me to maintain a consistent recording level across different projects and over time (since I sometimes adjust the knobs per gig, and then forget about them later!)
happy Friday