3 Jul
2004
3 Jul
'04
7:53 p.m.
[sorry for the delay in answering...]
I'm looking at getting an M-Audio Delta 1010 for
the
music workstation I'm building and have a few questions
about supporting hard/software requirements. Does the
1010 route all ten inputs discretely into the PCI
interface such that there is no need for a hardware
mixer to process the inputs? If so, what software
provides the best alternative to an eight channel
mixer? Are the outputs assignable or are they tied to
their respective inputs? What other hardware do I need
aside from input sources, cables, balanced to 1/4" TIP
adapters, amplifier(s) and speakers to handle 8 channel
recording/playback?
I'm not sure if I undertand the question. The 1010 has 8 analog
inputs/outputs plus spdif. There is an internal (in the chipset) digital
mixer that can be used to do a mixdown to stereo. There is a digital
patchbay that defines what goes to the outputs, you can select any input
or spdif channel and the outputs of the internal mixer (channels 1/3/5/7
can get the left, 2/4/6/8 the right).
The app to use to control all this is envy24control and is part of the
alsa-tools package.
-- Fernando