Pau, > the system i need to build should have 8 AES inputs and 24 AES outputs. > For that, i see two basic approaches 1) using two RME AES-32 (*) cards > in world-clock synch and 2) using a RME hammerfall with 24 ADAT > input/outputs and then several 8ch ADAT<->AES converters such as the > Aphex 144 (+), which costs about 400€ each 8ch unit.
3) a MADI interface and any MADI-to-ADAT converter you want What are those AES ports needed for anyway? I mean, this are 16 channels in and 48 channels out. With that number of channels, using AES just becomes a pita. Think of the cabeling alone - or use Tascam-style 25 pin DSUB connectors. > Option 1 seems to me simpler and cheaper but i ignore if is feasible and > reliable: Have anyone had good experiences using two clock-synced RME > cards with jack? The driver can start the buffers synchronously, so you have sample-synchronous output. To have jack working with multiple cards, you can either use alsa magic to combine the cards, or use alsa_out (with disabled resampling). Flo -- Machines can do the work, so people have time to think. public key DA43FEF4 x-hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
