[LAU] Building a DAW

[Joe Hartley]

On Sat, 30 May 2009 12:27:50 -0400
Ricus Vincente <wizardofgosz at gmail.com> wrote:
>  We really only need 16 in and 16 out.  So my thoughts are to build a
> fairly powerful PC to run one of the multimedia flavored linux distros,
> putting four Delta 44 cards in it, and running Ardour.

I really like the Delta cards, but syncing four 44s may be a bit of a
challenge.

If you can swing it, I highly recommend going with 2 Delta
1010s.  You'll get the 16 channels of I/O, using only 2 PCI cards,
plus the breakouts will be easily accessible in 2 rackmountable
units.  Syncing the 1010s is pretty straightforward, you'll just need
one S/PDIF cable to connect the 2 cards.  Details on the configuration
is here: http://delta.brainiac.com/deltasync.html

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