[LAU] RME Multiface II expansion options

[Aaron L.]

I can't answer this question.

But I'm interested in its answer as well.

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Brent Busby <brent at keycorner.org> wrote:

> I have an RME Multiface-II with PCI-E card, and I'm thinking about getting
> another 6 to 10 analog ins and outs.  Since there are so many people here
> who are also using RME hardware, I wondered what your thoughts would be on
> the best way to do this in a way that's friendly to Linux, Jack, and the
> Alsatools Hammerfall mixer app.  If possible, I'd like to still be able to
> run at 96kHz, so if it involves using the ADAT port, it will probably
> involve having to use SMUX and only have 4 i/o's.
>
> I've also heard it mentioned that one can add another Multiface and a
> second PCI-E card, but I don't know whether that is supported on Linux. I
> think there is a way to clock-sync the two if you do that, and I don't know
> about seeing them both in the mixer.  It'd be really nice if I could end up
> with 16 analog i/o's and nice AD/DA converters.
>
> What do you think is the best way to get to that point for a Linux DAW
> machine?  This is RME, so I'm sure it's got to be possible...
>
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