On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi all, > I am looking for economical ways of building a 256 channel out system which > will be connected to 256 speakers for a wavefield synthesis system. I do > not need a desk - or even inputs. > You can get an RME HDSPe MADI FX for around £1000 which will do 192 channel > out. > 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. > Yes, use an FX card with an older single MADI RME card - SoundMan-Server can aggregate the two ASIO drivers even if RME's drivers can't. > Question 2 - > Does windows still only support 254 channels ? > SoundMan-Server which runs on Windows NT up supports up to 999 channels in, out and playback. > 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) > > 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 ? > So you are trying to get 256 analog outs? The cheapest way to do that is with MOTU 24I/O's (11 of them for a maximum of 264 channels in and out) and 3 PCIe cards using SoundMan-Server to aggregate the MOTU drivers. Good luck! Charlie > > -- > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20121206/f11c2de9/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
