Not too sure about Mackie, but our tascam just stores the audio in wav format. And from what I remember the rest are pretty much the same. So the way I do it is to mount the hdr's disk under linux, and copy the files over. I found a cheap source for the disk caddies so that made life a lot more simple. On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 15:53, Ronald van Engelen wrote: > Hi, > > After rereading my message, I saw too many unclarities and typos, so > I'll try again. > > The problem is that we have to transfer a few hours of 72-channel music > from three synced Mackie SDR24/96's to a harddisk. I don't really know > what format the music is recorded in. > > As my colleague is unable to use three RME Hammerfall DSP card's in his > dual G4 powermac with OSX (don't know exact version), I wondered if I > could use Linux to capture the music to harddisk. > > If anybody has any experience, please let me know. Otherwise we will > proceed with one card and thus 24 channels at a time, which does work. > > Thanks, > Ronald van Engelen > > > Op vr 28-11-2003, om 20:06 schreef Ronald van Engelen: > > Hi there, > > > > A colleague of mine is having major problems using multiple (three) RME > > Hammerfall cards using Mac OS 9 and X and consulted me for help. > > > > The problem is that he has to transfer a few hours of 72-channel music > > (recorded with Mackie HDR's) to his harddisk for further mixing and > > processing. > > > > I only have experience with (single and dual) stereo cards using alsa, > > jack, ardour and ladspa. I wonder if anybody have experience with > > multiple RME cards using alsa, and particullary experience doing such a > > task with mentioned tools? > > > > I haven't had the chance to examine his (Mac-related) problem but it > > sounds like he might suffering from problems related to his > > power-supply? > > > > Regards, > > Ronald van Engelen > > > > > > -- drh@xxxxxxxxxxx "It says he made us all to be just like him. So if we're dumb, then god is dumb, and maybe even a little ugly on the side." -- Frank Zappa
