Kind of what I am finding as well. I am just wondering what features I will be giving up (if any?) by NOT having an ASI 6xxx series card in Rivendell? For example, I am pretty sure with Simian [not what we use, but I am somewhat familiar with it] you must have an ASI card for time stretching of audio. Unless they changed that in their current version, that feature is just not available at all without ASI.
A 6xxx is terribly expensive, but a 5xxx seems to be in the realm of possibility (but the M-Audio 1010 with breakout box is the ideal price range!). Anyone want to pick up production of the M-Audio 1010 LOL? -Alan On 4/12/2013 5:32 AM, Wayne Merricks wrote: > Hi, > > Just a word on the Deltas, I've been told by several suppliers that > they are end of life. They are still purchasable all over the place > though and have been for the last 6 months since I got that news. The > horrible thing is unless you're looking at USB/Firewire I honestly > haven't found any decent cards with multiple outputs without getting > into the ASI money territory. > > I still don't trust USB/Firewire for production due to horrible past > experiences although I must admit I have two little 2 in, 2 out boxes > (1 stereo in/out) that have been fine. I've also had a hard time > getting Firewire Audio working under linux as most still stick to Mac > and Windows . > > The only other cards I can find as a middle ground between Deltas and > ASI are things like the Digigram VX820e ($600 vs ASI $900+). I have no > idea how well they work under Linux/Riv although they are meant to be > ALSA compatible so in theory they might be ok. > > I don't know how the ASI's work with Riv but they're meant to have > time stretching built in and generally do other things to offload the > audio processing from the CPU. > > Regards, > > Wayne > > On 12/04/13 10:36, Alan Smith wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Got a two parter here: >> >> 1) Aside from hardware mpeg decoding, what features does an ASI 6xxx >> have in Rivendell that cannot be utilized with ALSA sound cards? >> >> 2) What is a good alternative card? Looking specifically for at least >> 2 stereo in, 4 stereo out BALANCED card in current production. >> >> Expanding on my questions a little bit: >> >> I am fairly new to Rivendell. Been tinkering with it for about a year >> now. Our very first system is on its way to be installed as I type >> this. We are really starting to get serious about upgrading all of our >> systems to Rivendell. Our current system are DOS 6.22 based. >> >> It would be nice if we could just re-used the old sound cards in our >> current automation systems, but unfortunately, they are all ASI 4xxx >> series cards. >> >> Although we keep an eye out on ebay for ASI 6xxx cards, that isn't a >> good way to plan an upgrade for the number of stations we have. >> >> I really like the M-Audio Delta 1010 - That looks like the perfect >> candidate, but aside from ebay, I don't see anyone who sells them. I am >> starting to think it may be out of production. Again, not a great way >> to plan a major upgrade over time, unless we purchase a couple dozen at >> once, which won't happen. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Alan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rivendell-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
