Re: [LAU] USB audio interfaces with more than 16 digital output channels ?

That sounds pretty ambitious! An ambisonic sound setup that anyone can use simply by plugging the audio interface into their computer? For Linux, Mac OS X and Windows? What's the intent? I think Linux and Mac would have a chance since they seem to work with class-compliant devices without requiring a special driver. Windows users will probably have to install a driver for the audio interface, even if it's set in class compliant mode, since Windows tends to want to grab proprietary vendor-specific drivers, yes? In all cases, I'd think the user would have to configure their audio setup for the ambisonic setup ... It's been a long while since I tried my simple class-compliant USB interface with Windows. Years back, my church band's sound tech used to record us using a 12-channel Firewire interface and Windows XP. When his laptop died and was replaced with a Windows 7 laptop, suddenly it wouldn't work with the interface. Maybe you could set up a single Linux computer to connect to the audio interface, and have people connect to the interface via the computer over a network (either wired or wireless)? Then they'd have to configure their audio to go over the network connection, and possibly still end up requiring a driver for the audio interface. Good luck, keep the list posted, it sounds like something fun! On 12/20/2017 10:28 AM, Niklas Reppel wrote: -- David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com