Re: (idm) Real audio tonight / Recording Gear

From Kent Williams
Sent Tue, Jan 26th 1999, 19:52

On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Warp Yourself wrote:

> Thanks for the phat set.  It was nice to chill out... 
> 
> I just got a Sound Blaster Live! card (which may not be the shit to a 
> lot of you with crazy gear) and have it RCA'd to my receiver.  But my 
> receiver is wack and I'm looking for a new one.
> 
> Is it possible for me to get a configuration that will allow me to 
> record digitally on minidisc from my computer?  
> Just a new receiver with an optical out, right?
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions?

There really aren't any receivers with a digital output.  If you have
a Soundblaster Live, which has RCA SPDIF out, all you need is a SPDIF
to TOSLINK optical convertor. www.midiman.net sells a little box called
the CO2 which will go both ways between coaxial and optical.

You can also build your own convertor from schemos at

http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/docs/audio/spdif.html