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Re: BEST iPad Apps for LIVE LOOPING

no, look, it has analog audio, too:

http://pinouts.ru/CellularPhones-A-N/iPhone_connector_pinout.shtml

but since it has USB and even Firewire, I suspect the dock uses the 
digital audio really.

On 15 Dec 2011, at 11:47, Dennis Moser wrote:

> Andy,
> 
> :D … no worries. I didn't know what the audio was coming off that
> 30-pin either.  However, this SHOULD answer the question:
> 
> http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Can-you-get-audio-digital-out-iPad
> 
> To answer the question about the iPad outputting digital audio -> The
> headphone jack is only analog. But the dock connector can output
> digital audio with the camera connection kit. You can only connect to
> a 16 bit USB DAC, but at least it's digital out. A good 16 bit DAC for
> this is the Devilsound / Halide Design DAC."
> 
> So the answer is — if you use the headphone jack, you get ANALOG
> audio. If you use anything that plugs into the 30-pin connector, like
> the Alesis ioDock, you get digital audio.
> 
>