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I have upgraded to the the MacPro (late 2013) and now miss a digital audio in port. I can attach my D/A converter via TosLink to listen, but I cannot attach any digital audio input. This device only offers two audio out ports (digital and analog), any suggestions how to get the digital audio in? I have a Rosetta 200 A/D converter and would like to attach it via TosLink to the MacPro.
Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3), 64GB RAM
Find a good USB-based input device.
An excellent question. Yes the late 2013 model Mac Pro( black cylinder, I think) is missing "conventional" digital audio input sockets. I've taken a look at your Rosetta 200 and it's a heck of a piece of work. not being much of expert, you'd be looking at a usb interface of some kind with toslink input. ART makes such a thing, so I'm told, maybe Tascam, Roland, or some no-name box from china. Price? maybe around $250--ish. If you don't need XLR inputs, those might work for you
JB
I have been looking - there are tons of USB to Toslink digital out devices, but no USB solution for digital in. I don't need a DAC, I need a converter Toslink to USB.
well, I don't know of any that work 100% for sure
maybe the Turtle Beach advantage II. Problem is, I don't know if the USB sockets on any of these things could be used as an output...lots of them for USB input to toslink, but not really the reverse
good luck to you
JB
Obviously, Apple decided in its infinite wisdom that digital audio in via Toslink has to die, like the Floppy Disk and SCSI earlier in the course of the history of Apple. So future audio interfaces and DACs will have to offer Firewire or Thunderbolt connectivity to be able to interact with the new MacPro. As an Apple user, I am used to the "Apple giveth, Apple taketh away" behaviour of the company, so no problems there :-)
Thankfully, thanks to my own infinite wisdom, I opted for the Firewire card in the Rosetta 200 when I bought it (which I almost had forgotten about), so my problem is solved: I attach the DAC via Firewire now, which works fine.
On the other hand, there seem to be no standalone Toslink to USB audio in solutions on the market. Sure, there are music interfaces (as mentioned before) with much more extended functionality that could serve this purpose, but as a highend audio user, I strive for simple solutions with quality components.
Check out the new Thunderbolt Hubs from Belkin and Sonnet.
Actually, you do have digital audio! Retread the specs on the new Mac Pro "Combined optical digital audio output/analog line out minijack". Get a Toslink-to-mini cable and optical works just fine. I got mine at Amazon, Micca 2M tos-to-mini optical digital cable. It is all specified in the Mac Pro technical specs.
Digital OUT is no problem via Toslink - I am talking about Digital IN!
Additional Information
You can use the HDMI port as a digital audio port to compatible devices, such as surround sound receivers.
jim_nw_mac_user, again the problem is that there is no digital audio in
jim_nw_mac_user wrote:
Additional Information
You can use the HDMI port as a digital audio port to compatible devices, such as surround sound receivers.
You want to buy a M-Audio Transit USB - That will give a Spdif Optical Digital input. The mac specs says the port does both but it's a mistake in the Apple Documentation
MacPro (late 2013): Digital audio in - how?
