HI I to would like the same info as I have two cards using adat to two DDX mixes. Would be nice to use both cards and not spend out on another mobo/card. It's all running nice at the moment with 64studio
Cheers Bob On 10 May 2010 18:04, Pau Arumí <[email protected]> wrote: > El dl 10 de 05 de 2010 a les 17:32 +0200, en/na Florian Faber va > escriure: > > 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 > > Right. But the MADI-to-AES alone (the ADI-6432) costs about 2800€. Far > beyond 1) and 2). > > > 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. > > Yes AES makes it all over complex but it is a requirement not a > decision. It is all about connecting to existing boxes. > > > > 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). > > Will try that with a couple of hammerfall 9632 we have in the lab before > buying the (two) AES-32. > Any recommended documentation or advice? > (Apart from this: http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/TwoCardsAsOne) > > Thanks > P > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev >
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