On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:01:38 +0000 (UTC) Tim Blechmann <tim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi all, > > i came across the site on the alsa wiki about accessing multiple sound > cards via an .asoundrc file ... > > for an installation, i need to set up a computer with as many output > channels as possible. the sound quality won't need to be that good, as > the speakers aren't, latency doesn't matter either, the number of > independent channels need to be as high as possible. > i came across some usb soundcars with 8 analog output channels, so i had > the idea of stacking several of these cards to achieve maybe 32 or 40 > independent output channels. > > has someone on this list ever tried to stack several usb sound cards? if > so, i'm curious to hear about the results ... otoh, does anyone know of > another option to output as many channels as possible at reasonable > expenses? > > thanks in advance, tim > You should also think about USB bandwidth, i.e. make sure that the card can support the needed number of outputs in parallel if that's what you need. --Sergei. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
