Im not sure if this answers your question but this motherboard for example will take three pcie cards :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131821 so should be able to handle 576 channels over 3 rme cards, You would of course need a very fast processor and ssd drive but it should still be less data than some high end video applications. Im not sure if there is a limit on theamount of audio channels on windows 7 but you should be allright in linux On 21 January 2013 17:23, Miguel Negrao < miguel.negrao-li...@friendlyvirus.org> wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone know the answer to this question ? > > With 3 RME HDSPe MADI FX it appears to be possible to have 576 channels of > output. Would the pci-e bus be able that amount of data ? Has anyone ever > built such a system ? > > I’m asking because I wanted to know what was the maximum theoretical > number of channels possible in one pc today vs to around 1997, which > appeared to be 24 (3x DIGI32/8). > > Also, does anyone know what was the first commercial multichannel sound > card (that could be used by any windows app) ? I see that the RME DIGI32/8 > with 8 channels output was launched in 1997 for windows 95 and NT. > > best, > Miguel > http://www.friendlyvirus.org/miguelnegrao/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > -- 07580951119 augustine.leudar.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130121/3b523a13/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
