Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Hi Ron,  Here's a link to musiciansfriend webpage that may be what your looking for?  
(hope the link works)  

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=rec/search/detail/base_pid/709200/

It's an M-Audio unit that's firewire and has coaxial s/pdif connections.  Here's the product 
description:  M-Audio FireWire Audiophile Computer Recording Interface
Product #709200.  It looks like this thing has more bells and whistles than what your 
looking for, but it's a start, I guess.

I own a powerbook and I've recorded directly into the computer using a 1/4"-1/8" stereo 
cable.  I'd connect it to the headphone jack of my px-7 and record directly into the Garage 
Band app.  Even though it's analog, the signal was extremely clean.

Mike


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Ronald Pieket" <rpieket@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi group-
> 
> I was wondering if there is a (simple) way to record the XL7 digital
> audio on my iBook.
> 
> I've been looking for an S/PDIF(coax)-to-USB converter, bus powered,
> and found none. I found the Edirol UA-1EX, which is almost perfect,
> except that it is for optical S/PDIF. I'm hopeful that a coax version
> is at least technologically possible.
> 
> What is the simplest way to get digital audio from my XL7 into my
> iBook? I greatly prefer a low-clutter solution. A simple USB powered
> thingamajig would be greatly preferred over a general purpose
> multifunctional digital audio interface.
> 
> Does anybody know of such a thingamajig?
> 
> -Ron.
>