[LAU] Too many xruns

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 10:30 -0700, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
> On 6 September 2012 at 13:10, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc at cosgroves.us> wrote:
> > 
> > > I don't see any audio interfaces built for new PCI slots.
> > 
> > RME do this, pretty sure.
> 
> Looks like the HDSPe is a PCIe card allowing connection between
> the computer and an external Multiface, Multiface II or Digiface.
> It looks like the HDSPe retails for about $550US and a Multiface
> II runs for about $950US.  I'd need two of the Multiface II
> units.  Those units are listed in the ALSA pages, which is good
> news.
> 
> It's *REALLY* nice to see an available solution.  But, it does
> seem just a bit out of my price range.  Of course, that's my
> problem.  ;-)

Because it's not in my price range too, I bought a HDSPe AIO B-stock,
resp. customer return, for PCIe x1 slot + a cheap Behringer ADA8000, an
ADAT device = 2 + 8 = 10 audio IOs, but the 2 of the card aren't in sync
with the 8 from ADAT, when synced via ADAT only. However, RME allows to
add equipment step by step, you don't need to buy everything at once.
The HDSPe AIO does work with kernel >= 2.6.39.1, resp. ALSA >= 1.0.24.
The hdspmixer GUI is ok, hdspconf doesn't work, but isn't needed.

Regards,
Ralf