[LAU] What 16chan sound card

[Gerald Mwangi]

On Mi, 2012-04-04 at 12:05 -0400, Al Thompson wrote:

> On 04/04/2012 11:55 AM, Gerald Mwangi wrote: 
> 
> > Hi guys,
> > I want to buy a usb sound card with the following specs:
> > 16 input channels :
> >     at least 8 Mic ins, 
> >     the rest line ins, intrument ins or ADAT ins (optical)
> >     no spdif
> > 
> > output channels:
> >     8 would be nice but not a must
> > 
> > price: 300-350 €
> > 
> > I have these on my list:
> > http://www.thomann.de/de/256918tascam_us1800.htm (has no ADAT, but
> > only spdif)
> > 
> > http://www.thomann.de/de/phonic_firefly_808_retour.htm (unkown
> > manufacturer, at least to me)
> > 
> 
> 
> Neither of the two you list meet your criteria.  The Tascam only
> provides 14 inputs (not counting the S/PDIF), and the Firefly is
> Firewire only.
> 
> I don't know of a 16x4 USB device right off hand.

Well the 'no spdif' criteria is a weak one, since i have an
spdif/ADAT<-> 8 channel mixer (Fostex vm200). But I don't really want to
use the mixer just for 2 channels. The firefly 808 u is usb and
firewire.
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