10 May
2010
10 May
'10
5:32 p.m.
Pau,
the system i need to build should have 8 AES inputs
and 24 AES outputs.
For that, i see two basic approaches 1) using two RME AES-32 (*) cards
in world-clock synch and 2) using a RME hammerfall with 24 ADAT
input/outputs and then several 8ch ADAT<->AES converters such as the
Aphex 144 (+), which costs about 400€ each 8ch unit.
3) a MADI interface and any MADI-to-ADAT converter you want
What are those AES ports needed for anyway? I mean, this are 16 channels
in and 48 channels out. With that number of channels, using AES just
becomes a pita. Think of the cabeling alone - or use Tascam-style 25 pin
DSUB connectors.
Option 1 seems to me simpler and cheaper but i ignore
if is feasible and
reliable: Have anyone had good experiences using two clock-synced RME
cards with jack?
The driver can start the buffers synchronously, so you have
sample-synchronous output. To have jack working with multiple cards, you
can either use alsa magic to combine the cards, or use alsa_out (with
disabled resampling).
Flo
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