> Question 1 > anyone know how to do a 256 channel system ? - can you expand the rme with > an extra 64 channels somehow ? They would all need to be controlled by the > same clock so they were perfectly synchronised - perfect timing is even > more important than usual in WFS systems.
p 33 of the RME HDSPe MADI FX english manual: you may use up to three MADI FX on one machine using OSX aggregation: "The current driver supports up to three HDSPe in any combination...." There seem to be people out there successfully running at least three cards on one mac (http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16009). No idea what the situation is on other platforms. > Question 3 : > Can anyone think of a cheaper way of doing this: > > RME ADI 648 MADI Breakout MADI to ADAT (64 channels each) 4 * £ 1,749.00 > RME HDSPe MADI FX £1099 > 32* behringer ADA8000 ADAT converters : £4800 > > Total £12,966 (ish) ADAT cabling has to be kept short, so I imagine this may condition the system design and size of your array. In you budget you forgot to include the second HDSP for a 256 channel count; when comparing two setups cabling will probably not turn the coin but is surely not neglect-able (256 XLRs vs. ?) > I was thinking if I could cut down on the madi to adat boxes or DA > converters - is there something which uses D-SUB 25 out for example ? Some > sort of Madi-analogue converter with lots of outs maybe ? There are a few MADI to analogue breakout boxes out there, many of them on dsubs. With the RME M-32 AD or the Direct Out Andiamo line of converters, you would only need 8 pieces of equipment vs 36. For instance a setup with 8 Andiamos, means about five times less rack space and cabling. If you make the calculation I think it would be about ca. 2x - 2.5x more expensive (only); I bet you would have a more solid setup and much better sound if quality matters. G. > -- > 07580951119 > > augustine.leudar.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20121206/50a58969/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > 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
