actually I was considering the RME HDSPe RayDAT which is actually the same price as the lightpipe but I would have to use a desktop and I want to use a fast laptop with a ssd drive (thus the need for firewire)
On 27 March 2012 17:00, <sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu> wrote: > Send Sursound mailing list submissions to > sursound@music.vt.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sursound-ow...@music.vt.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Sursound digest..." > > > When replying, please remember to edit your Subject line to that of the > original message you are replying to, so it is more specific than "Re: > Contents of Sirsound-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: 32 (ish) channel soundcard for wavedield synthesis ? > (Michael McCrea) > 2. Re: 32 (ish) channel soundcard for wavedield synthesis ? > (Ross Bencina) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:01:29 -0700 > From: Michael McCrea <mccrea.mich...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Sursound] 32 (ish) channel soundcard for wavedield > synthesis ? > To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> > Message-ID: > <ca+puzwebchx4t4x+o8-rseyqs4mbjcw2wx6caxuc62gfnwa...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > In terms of stability of the cards, you really get what you pay for. RME, > for example, has been superb for years?though at a price. > An economical solution, say the Presonus Firestudio Lightpipe, for example, > has been spotty in connectivity and clocking and was soon sunsetted after > it's release, and still left the cost of DA conversion down the chain.. > We've used the MOTU 24 I/O system with great results thus far (2 units at > 96k, 48 channels), and at a middle ground in terms of price. As you begin > to expand the system and bridge multiple devices, you'll want to consider a > dedicated clock, such as Apogee's Big Ben. > > Cheers, > Mike > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Miguel Negrao < > miguel.negrao-li...@friendlyvirus.org> wrote: > > > > > A 24/03/2012, ?s 05:58, Eric Benjamin escreveu: > > > > >> currently thinking of using PCI or PCI express cards > > > Any time that there are multiple devices the chances of having them be > > offset in > > > time increases dramatically. I've really had a lot of bad experiences, > > both > > > with multiple PCI audio devices and with multiple external ADAT > devices. > > I'm > > > thinking of one system I saw a few years ago that had three ADAT cards > > in the > > > computer to get 24 channels of output. In that system I occasionally > saw > > > offsets of greater than a millisecond! But more recently I've seen a > > system > > > with four MOTU 24I/O devices for 96 channels of output, and that system > > had > > > perfect synchronization between devices. > > > > If it?s the system that I?m thinking about, not only that, but also > > synchronization with another computer with another 4 MOTU sound cards, > > making a total of 192 channels. :-) > > > > best, > > Miguel Negr?o > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > Sursound@music.vt.edu > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20120326/855d9a82/attachment.html > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:53:31 +1100 > From: Ross Bencina <rossb-li...@audiomulch.com> > Subject: Re: [Sursound] 32 (ish) channel soundcard for wavedield > synthesis ? > To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> > Message-ID: <4f7155db.40...@audiomulch.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > On 27/03/2012 4:01 AM, Michael McCrea wrote: > > In terms of stability of the cards, you really get what you pay for. > RME, > > for example, has been superb for years?though at a price. > > +1 for RME HDSPe MADI > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > > > End of Sursound Digest, Vol 44, Issue 22 > **************************************** > -- 07812675974 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20120327/c670e886/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
