Paul Davis wrote:
8 channels across USB? forget it. USB can stretch to
about 4 channels
before things start to fall apart.
An Audigy 2 NX manages eight channels just fine, even in USB 1.1 mode
(but then with no more than 16 bits at 48 kHz, and without capturing).
YMMV, but this is what i've seen in many win/mac
audio forums.
Linux rocks! ;-)
Regards,
Clemens