Arnold Krille wrote: >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 > >
