8 Mar
2004
8 Mar
'04
5:42 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:29:58AM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
Polashek, Matthew wrote:
The Multiface is 96K but I think is limited to 8 channels, whereas
the Digiface does 24 @ 48K, and I presume 12 @ 96K, if you bring your own
convertors.
I would simply prefer to be able to hit 96K. [...]
OK. Well, 8-10 inputs of 96K A/D is going to cost you, but I'd guess
your best bet under Linux is probably an RME card of some type, with one
of their external 96KHz D/As.
Look into the RME HDSP line. The low end of what might work for you
would be the HDSP MultiFace. I think the drivers for that work pretty well.
Higher end I'd look at maybe a Hammerfall Light
(Digi9636) With an ADI-8
Pro maybe. Good sound. Please double check that the ADI-8 Pro stills
supports the full 8 channels at 96KHz. It has enough ADAT interfaces to
do this but I'm finding the web page lacking on this fact.
IIRC the ADI-8 Pro runs at 48K, although, yes, the web page seems
not mention this (I think I read the manual once); to go at 96K you
need the Double Speed ADI-8DS:
http://www.rme-audio.com/english/adi/adi8ds.htm
This uses two ADAT cables each sending 4 channels at 96K. Neither of
these units are cheap though, and do have lots of other features you
may not need such as TDIF.
Good hunting!
Malcolm Smith