Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Just a thought about a possible hardware hack
From: Jay Ts (jay_AT_toltec.metran.cx)
Date: Mon Jun 04 2001 - 17:11:51 EEST
>
> On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 12:37:56AM -0400, Joe Santapau wrote:
> > it was explained to me that the one reason why
> > you cannot use two-two channel stereo sound cards
> > for multitrack recording was the the crystal on the
> > cards that sets the sample rate would not be in total
> > sync with each other,
>
> If you're happy to hack your card about a bit, I believe you can just hack
> off the crystal and link up to the other one.
>
> Another possible solution might be to use software to sync the cards...
A better solution might be to get a card that is designed for multichannel
operation, such as an RME Hammerfall or Digi96/8 with an expansion board.
Or there is the M-Audio Delta 1010 (I think it was) that also has an
ALSA driver.
The RME cards are designed to work with multiple cards in the system,
and you can sync them together with a word clock, to get a very large
number of channels.
- Jay Ts
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