On Thursday 11 October 2012 07:42:22 John Rigg wrote: First, thanks Adrian for the RayDay mention, and thanks John for this info.
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:01:23PM -0400, drew Roberts wrote: > > Let's say I want at least 24 ins. > > > > What do I get? Where can I find a HOWTO on my options? > > Here's a HOWTO on using multiple Delta 1010s (which can also be adapted > for other cards): > > http://www.jrigg.co.uk/linuxaudio/ice1712multi.html Not quite the HOWTO I am looking for / need. This is more a hotwo on one option rather than on the different options available. I think such a howto might be useful and would be willing to write one if people would be willing to answer questions coming from an ignorant (in the field) person's perspective. > > Note that the 1010 is still in production and there are so many of > them out there that used replacements should be available for quite > a while if new production ceases. This would need a motherboard with 3 free PCI slots right? > > Another cheap option is a used RME HDSP9652 (also still being made) > with 3xADAT I/O. The PCIe alternative is the HDSPe RayDAT mentioned > elsewhere in this thread. These options would just need one free PCI or PCIe slot. Not bad, portability may be an issue. Do I build a rack with a silent rack mount PC, 3 adat interfaces (8 ins each) > > Going up the price scale there are RME MADI cards, both PCI and PCIe > versions. I used an RME HDSPe MADI with an SSL Alpha-Link for a couple > of years with excellent results, and I don't expect either of those to > go out of production for a while yet. > > Future availability of PCI motherboards might be a concern, but there > are still many new boards being made with PCI slots. > > John all the best, drew _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
