Message 6/19
Date: 30-May-01 @ 06:02 PM -
RE: AW4416 or 02R
According to Yammy it has 8 analog ins and a S/PDIF pair as stock. You'll have to add cards to bring it up to full capability..
From Yamaha.com:
If you'll be recording with the AW4416 alone, from mostly analog sources, you probably won't even need any additional interface cards. The AW4416 comes equipped with 8 analog microphone/line inputs. All inputs are balanced with TRS phone plugs, while channels 1 and 2 additionally feature XLR type connectors with switchable phantom power, +48v and insert I/O points for patching in external analog signal processing devices. Channel 8 also features a Hi-Z unbalanced input intended primarily for direct-recording guitar or bass. Digital input capability is provided via a coaxial stereo input. If that's not enough for your recording needs, then you can add up to 16 analog and/or digital inputs via two I/O card slots on the rear panel.
You can mix and match I/O cards as required, so you could, for example, add four high quality 24-bit analog inputs via a MY4-AD card in one slot, and 8 channels of ADAT optical digital input via a MY8-AT in the remaining slot. The Sampling Pads which can be used for realtime playback and recording of samples effectively provide another 8 inputs, the dual stereo effect returns are another 4, and the hard-disk recorder section has another 16 inputs. That adds up to 44 inputs with full simultaneous mix capability.
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So you can really only have a maximum of 24 inputs from external kit.. The input cards are the same as the 01V and will run you $250-300 US for the ADAT I/O or the 4-channel analog card. There's an 8-channel analog card too, but I don't know how much it'd cost you.
-Craig