[linux-audio-user] 16 tracks at a time?

[D R Holsbeck]

Actually RME is 24chs all in sync ;-)

On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 13:17, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 03:29:47 -0400, Chris McDonald wrote:
> > I'm thinking of building a machine to record 16 tracks at a time.
> > Basicly a linux based HD recorder.
> 
> Have a look at ardour (GTK or curses) and/or ecasound (command line)
>  
> > So my big question is, is linux up to the task of recording 16 or 
> > more tracks at once in sync?
> 
> Yes, as long as you have hardware that is capable of produdcing 16 tracks
> in sample sync, eg. a 2x ADAT card or (maybe) multiple cards+wordclock. 
> 
> I have a hammerfall and that is easily capable of producing 16 tracks in
> sync.
> 
> - Steve
> 
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