> > I'm going to buy one of these cards, and I was wondering what about the > > differences from one to each other and concernig ALSA's support. > > By ALSA's website seems they are completly supported, but I would like to > > have some users' confimations. > > hey there - i have the HDSP 9652 and love it - it was a bit of a pain to get > it really working at first, because there was a driver issue that we (the > linux audio community in general) were having a hard time ironing out. the > issue didn't exist with the digi9652 card that was almost exactly the same, > just the HDSP 9652 > > in reality though you have to consider what other gear you have - the 9652 > was necessary for me because I needed it to interface via ADAT light pipe to > 24 channels on my digital mixer. But if I didn't have the digital mixer to > do my A/D conversion, the 9652 would've been wrong because it doesn't have a > breakout box with analog inputs like the multiface or something else - the > HDSP 9652 has 24 channels optical i/o and a stereo spdif - that's the only > in and out of that card... > > TotalMix doesn't run under linux, it doesn't matter. Under linux, you'll be > using a program called hdspmixer - it's the exact same thing (am I > remembering that right? yes I think so) > > what is your studio/other gear situation like? Hi Aaron, I will use the HDSP mainly with adat I/O and s/pdif I/O, so I think it's the right choice. Could you please be more detailed regarding HDSP 9652 problem? Thanx! Michele
