Hi,
On Wednesday 08 December 2004 22:04, Pam & Harold Norris wrote:
I'm not really new to either linux (4 -5
years) or linux audio (2-3
years) BUT I am new to getting more than one sound card to function at
the same time. I'm trying to get a linux based sound system (recording
only) up and running for our church. They currently have an 8 channel
mixer/amp and I would like to record8 analog channels in real-time. It
seems everything I have tried doen't work.
Here's the situation: I have alsa v 1.07 drivers, etc installed on a
2.4.25 kernel with the low-latency patch I have downloaded Jack v 0.99
and installed it. In conjunction with Ardour I can get either, BUT NOT
BOTH sound cards to record/play.
Short summary from the various mails on this list and from
alsa-project.org:
It is possible via an .asoundrc but you wont get it to work with jack without
xruns. xruns are when one soundcard needs its new data (for playback) before
the other card. It happens because your soundcards won't run with _exactly_
the same frequency altough all clame to to 44.1kHz/48kHz.
There was a thread here (or on linux-audio-developer@?) where one disconnected
the quartzes from the second and third soundcard and connected them with the
one from the first soundcard. Another approach is syncing the cards via an
external digital sound signal (not timecode)...
Problem here is any card that has this capability is at least $150 US
last time I checked and I bought by Delta 1010LT on Ebay used for $180.00.
This is not relly feasible in terms of cheap solutions for good quality
recordings. Spend the money available on a cheap mixer and pre mix it
down to stereo. God doesn't mind premixed recordings last time I asked
him. :)
R~
Any ideas? I have even explored the 8 channel
sound cards but I just
know the church can't afford $500.
I know your poblem, I just ordered for 400EUR for our church and had to ask
the elder for permission...
God bless you,
Arnold