7 Sep
2012
7 Sep
'12
4:42 a.m.
On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 19:21 -0700, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
On 7 September 2012 at 4:15, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf(a)alice-dsl.net> wrote:
Ah, I didn't know that non-RME gear would work with RME. I
suppose I should have thought through the ADAT interconnection
options. That's a nice way to go. Full sync across all channels
would be a must for me tho.
There's a word cock module for this RME card available. The Behringer
ADA8000 ships with word clock. I don't own this module, 8 synced IOs are
ok for me, however, it should be possible to sync several of those cards
and several ADAT devices.
Regards,
Ralf
On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 10:30 -0700, Kevin Cosgrove
wrote:
Looks
like the [RME] 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.