Hi Mike Yes the Hammerfall digi9636 will work with ALSA You won't get a mixer app like you do with the other RME's. The card will use Ardour and jack for settings although I'm not aware of how you would set the card to master or slave. I just leave it on auto and let the DDX set the timing. You'll get all 16 channels (pcm 1 to 16) and the two Spdiff are 18 - 19. Alsaconf see's the card no problem. Cheers Bob Michael T D Nelson wrote: > Hi all. > > I was just hoping for some advice... > > I'm looking to buy a soundcard to replace my dirt cheap CMI8738. I may > be able to get hold of an RME Hammerfall Digi9636, revision 1.5. I'm > told that it's been pulled from a Powermac G4. > > It seems that this card has reliable ALSA drivers, but I'm finding it > a bit awkward to fully understand all of RME's different cards and > revisions. I think that I should be able to plug this card into a > standard PCI slot either on my SuperMicro P3 board, or my Asus Nforce2 > Athlon board, right? > > So, this is my first question: Can I get this card to work with ALSA? > Also, does anyone have any idea roughly what this card is worth > (ideally in pounds sterling)? > > Also, I may be able to get hold of an Alesis AI3 cheaply. It looks to > me that I could use it to to get 8 analogue inputs and 8 analogue > outputs into the Digi9636, using the ADAT connections. Does anyone > know if this would work? > > Thanks, > Michael Nelson >
