On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Jussi Laako wrote: > > I would like to have soundcard with multichannel io and multiple user > programmable DSP processors at resonable price. And of course with Linux > drivers. Do you happen to know such device?
If your goal is to get an application running cheaply rather than the (admittedly fun) process of building and/or programming DSP audio systems, why not just use the host CPU? With dual Athlons and low latency patches, you have a huge number of CPU cycles per sample available at the drop of a millisecond. Not to mention a nice, standard development tool chain. I expect a 1 GHz Athlon ($70) is the equivalent of several state-of-the-art DSPs, and cheaper as well. My hifi "preamp" is a PC with Athlon 900 Mhz processer and RME Hammerfall. It is loafing along at 35% utilisation while doing 24,000 tap convolutions on 6 channels at 48 kHz (with fft-based convolution algorithm). /s jsr
