The Rivendell system I have set up to play IDs for network affiliates uses Lexicon Alpha USB interfaces. They are two-channel only, but were cheap and reliable.
I say "were" because they are now discontinued. Steve Varholy President and General Manager [1478183502168_WXRY_Full_993_300x145.png] The Historic Barringer Building 1338 Main Street - Suite 202 Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Office: (803) 753-7260 x 251 Direct: (803) 404-5535 Cell: (703) 585-2101 A Service of the Independent Media Foundation ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of David Klann <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 9:30 AM To: Rob Landry <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [RDD] Sound cards I'm with you on this Rob. It's frustrating! It seems like the combination of 1) "reasonably priced", 2) "industrial grade", and 3) "works with Linux" audio devices have become unicorns. I used to install the Digigram VX222 (PCI) and VX222e (PCIe), but Digigram recently made a hardware modification that has rendered this card unusable on Linux (even with a vendor-provided, updated driver). The most significant problem I have experienced is finding an audio device with balanced inputs and outputs. My current solution, though less than ideal, is the ASUS Xonar devices and a matchbox (StudioHub, Henry Engineering, Angry Audio, etc.) to handle the balanced/unbalanced conversion. What are others doing? ~David Klann On Wed, 2019-08-21 at 08:52 -0400, Rob Landry wrote: > On Monday morning a direct lightning hit to the building where two of our > stations have their studios took out several thousand dollars worth of > equipment, including the ASI sound cards in the Rivendell playout systems > for the two stations. The exact card we were using is no longer in > production, so we ordered two new ASI5810's. When we put them in, they > weren't recognized by CentOS 6 and Rivendell couldn't see them. > > The 5810's require at least version 4.18 of the asihpi driver, and the > version we had been using was 4.16. Newer versions will not install on > CentOS 6. > > On CentOS 7 at a different station, I was able to install one of the newer > drivers but Rivendell wouldn't see it. > > While I have not yet tried to use a 5810 under Debian 9, I think ASI and I > have come to the parting of the ways. It's clear from the disappearance of > cards such as the M-Audio Delta and Echo MIA from the marketplace that the > industry is moving way from analog audio, and those of us who still > maintain analog plants may have to rely on USB adapters and external > matchboxes (which install without trouble on pretty much anything). > > What sound cards are y'all using for new Rivendell systems these days? > > > Rob > > -- > Сквозь грозы сияло нам солнце свободы > И Linus великий нам путь озарил; > Нас вырастил Stallman на верность народу, > На труд и на подвиги нас вдохновил. > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
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