+1 here too. Gerard Lardner
On 05/07/2012 14:41, Hugh Pyle wrote: > +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 > > _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
