+1. If you design a BeagleBone cape with 16 channels out (balanced or not, I don't really mind), or a dedicated system that includes the CPU, I'll want several :-)
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 8:16 AM, GP <ga...@activatedspace.com> wrote: > Put me on your pre-order list already Dave! :-). > > Cheers Garth > Sent on the Move > > On 05/07/2012, at 19:48, Dave Malham <dave.mal...@york.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Wow! Fantastic response .. lots to think about. Will let you know how I get >> on. Part of the problem is hardware as I was unable (at the time I got this >> board) to find a case with a HD Audio front panel so it currently thinks >> it's running in AC97 mode, but I'm going to knock something up to get round >> this. In the mean time I'm going to play with the suggestions people have >> made (Puppy is currently booting). >> >> I'm also interested in the paper that Fernando gave us a link to. Although I >> don't want to use the Mamba hardware, I _am_ interested in the possibilities >> for a dedicated multichannel player for installation work (another >> retirement project!) What I'm looking at at present is a multichannel dac >> linked directly (not via USB or owt like that) to an Arm processor that'll >> just play a multichannel file off of a USB stick or SD card. For prototyping >> I'll be using a BeagleBone (as I definitely don't want the extra bells and >> whistles of the BeagleBoard itself) - I'd prefer to use the RPi but the chip >> used (at least, according to the manual) appears to have a crippled McASP >> port that can only handle stereo, whereas the ARM on the BeagleBone has a >> good enough implementation of McASP that it can do 16 channels at 48k for >> definite (EAOE) and probably up to 96k without too much trouble. If initial >> tests prove the concept, I'll look KickStarter funding. The idea is to have >> an absolutely rock solid box that just plays stuff without any of the >> hassles of systems relying on computers (ha! That'll be the day)) The most >> it would have is an on/off switch and play controls - but it would output up >> to 16 channels, balanced, 24 bits. >> >> Dave >> >> >> On 05/07/2012 07:50, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: >>> On 07/04/2012 06:40 PM, Marc Lavallée wrote: >>>> Fernando Lopez-Lezcano<na...@ccrma.stanford.edu> a écrit : >>>> >>>> Single board computers are interesting platforms to create dedicated >>>> ambisonic players. >>> >>> Indeed! >>> >>>> Let us know how the beagle board perform with a port of Planet CCRMA. ;-) >>> >>> I will, I just have to find the time to test. I'm curious whether a small >>> box like that can drive 1/2 of the Mamba box I was driving from a regular >>> desktop. 32 channel playback through an ethernet port[*]... >>> >>> -- Fernando >>> >>> [*] https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~nando/publications/jack_mamba_lac2012.pdf >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sursound mailing list >>> Sursound@music.vt.edu >>> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound >> >> -- >> These are my own views and may or may not be shared by my employer >> /*********************************************************************/ >> /* Dave Malham http://music.york.ac.uk/staff/research/dave-malham/ */ >> /* Music Research Centre */ >> /* Department of Music "http://music.york.ac.uk/"; */ >> /* The University of York Phone 01904 322448 */ >> /* Heslington Fax 01904 322450 */ >> /* York YO10 5DD */ >> /* UK 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' */ >> /* "http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/mustech/3d_audio/"; */ >> /*********************************************************************/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sursound mailing list >> Sursound@music.vt.edu >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
