USB-C to AES/EBU digital (or TOSLINK)

[red997]

pretty much as the title...

Anyone know of a simple piece of kit that will do this ?

New MacBook Pro doesn't have optical out on the 3.5mm connector anymore...

First bit of my audio chain can accept either TOSLINK optical or AES /EBU.

Need a bit of kit to connect from USB-C on the Mac to the digital inputs on my processor !

I've done a fair bit of searching but not manage to locate something suitable.
Anyone already solved this?
thanks...

[Escapegoat]

This new widget from Zoom has USB and optical IO: https://www.zoom.co.jp/products/production-recordi...

Possibly over-featured and unnecessarily expensive for your application?

[niallf]

There's a few solutions, I think.
Probably need a USB-C to USB 2 cable, then something like...
https://www.thomann.de/gb/m_audio_super_dac.htm
or at the cheap and cheerful end of the spectrum...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Signstek-HIFI-USB-to-Coa...

Something to be aware of is that SPDIF (typically digital on a phono connector) is a compatable data format to AES/EBU. AES/EBU is basically a balanced version of SPDIF. The impedances are different and sometimes the voltage level of the signal can cause issues, but quite often a Phono to XLR cable will work. Very rarely an AES/EBU input can be looking for the 'Professional' bit to be set in the data stream, which isn't set in an SPDIF data stream, but normally its not an issue.

[red997]

Thanks - the m-Audio interface looks a possible candidate.
I was hoping to stayUSB-C thought - maybe just too early for peripherals with this on them !