17 Jan
2013
17 Jan
'13
9:53 p.m.
Hiho,
has anyone tried the Marian Trace Out 8/16 soundcard on Linux?
http://www.marian.de/en/products/trace_out_816
In the ALSA sound card matrix I see the Trace D4 supported, but I don't
know how similar these cards are...
sincerely,
Marije
18 Jan
18 Jan
2:54 a.m.
On Thu, January 17, 2013 1:52 pm, Marije Baalman wrote:
Hiho,
has anyone tried the Marian Trace Out 8/16 soundcard on Linux?
http://www.marian.de/en/products/trace_out_816
You realize this is outputs only? No inputs at all.
In the ALSA sound card matrix I see the Trace D4 supported, but I don't
know how similar these cards are...
It would be a try it and see. In general though, most internal interfaces
are already pretty good sound wise and a lot offer 7.1 sound. What are you
expecting this card to do for you that an internal card would not? Are you
doing digital crossovers? (The only thing I can think of for so many
outputs)
The D4 looks completely different in function and I would also point out
that the supplied drivers for the D4 include OSX as well as Win but the
8/16 is win only. Doesn't sound like the same driver works for both.
--
Len Ovens
www.OvenWerks.net
4:01 a.m.
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
It would be a try it and see. In general though, most internal interfaces
are already pretty good sound wise and a lot offer 7.1 sound. What are you
expecting this card to do for you that an internal card would not? Are you
doing digital crossovers? (The only thing I can think of for so many
outputs)
I can't speak for the OP, but large scale playback systems
using spatialization techniques such as Higher Order Ambisonics or Wave
Field Synthesis require this many outputs (and potentially a lot more).
But really any distributed playback system that goes beyond the limits of
consumer-oriented 5.1 or 7.1 standards would take advantage of having a
higher number of outputs, especially if multiple cards can be chained and
synced. For the price, these cards look to be an economical solution for
such a use case.
10:25 p.m.
On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:53:44 -0800
"Len Ovens" <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
On Thu, January 17, 2013 1:52 pm, Marije Baalman wrote:
I am writing up a concept and realisation plan for a sound installation
where the hardware is given as a PC with this soundcard to drive 16
loudspeakers in a public space; so at the moment I am looking whether
I'll have to see whether it can run on Linux, or whether I have to deal
with Windows7 to support all the software I will be writing or using for
this.
sincerely,
Marije
Hiho,
has anyone tried the Marian Trace Out 8/16 soundcard on Linux?
http://www.marian.de/en/products/trace_out_816
You realize this is outputs only? No inputs at all.
In the ALSA sound card matrix I see the Trace D4
supported, but I
don't know how similar these cards are...
It would be a try it and see. In general though, most internal
interfaces are already pretty good sound wise and a lot offer 7.1
sound. What are you expecting this card to do for you that an
internal card would not? Are you doing digital crossovers? (The only
thing I can think of for so many outputs)
The D4 looks completely different in function and I would also point
out that the supplied drivers for the D4 include OSX as well as Win
but the 8/16 is win only. Doesn't sound like the same driver works
for both. 
19 Jan
19 Jan
12:53 a.m.
Marije Baalman wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:53:44 -0800
"Len Ovens" <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
There is no Linux driver for the Marian Trace cards.
Regards,
Clemens
On Thu, January 17, 2013 1:52 pm, Marije Baalman
wrote:
> has anyone tried the Marian Trace Out 8/16 soundcard on Linux?
I am writing up a concept and realisation plan for a sound installation
where the hardware is given as a PC with this soundcard to drive 16
loudspeakers in a public space; so at the moment I am looking whether
I'll have to see whether it can run on Linux,
18 Jan
18 Jan
1:40 p.m.
Marije Baalman wrote:
has anyone tried the Marian Trace Out 8/16 soundcard
on Linux?
http://www.marian.de/en/products/trace_out_816
In the ALSA sound card matrix I see the Trace D4 supported,
I see an entry that doesn't mention any driver.
Somebody forgot to add the [Unknown] or [Unsupported] tag.
Regards,
Clemens
20 Jan
20 Jan
7:51 p.m.
On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:52:06 +0100 Marije Baalman <nescivi(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
has anyone tried the Marian Trace Out 8/16 soundcard
on Linux?
http://www.marian.de/en/products/trace_out_816
In the ALSA sound card matrix I see the Trace D4 supported, but I
don't know how similar these cards are...
As far as I remember (and I have an email here to remember), Florian
Faber <faber(a)faberman.de> has drivers for some of the marian-devices.
He also knows a bit about sound interfaces with _lots_ of channels.
Might be worth contacting him directly.
Have a nice week,
Arnold
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