Not knowing your broadcast environment but one thing to consider is that the 1010 is an unbalanced card. So you might have to buy a lot of balancing amps to integrate it into your plant.
John On 4/12/2013 5:34 AM, Alan Smith wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
