Paul, Has there ever been any demostrable differences between 16/44.1 and 24/96k? Bearcat > On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 22:07 -0500, Reuben Martin wrote: >> I helping a friend out who wants to put together a linux / ardour setup. >> >> However, the sound device he origionally suggested was RME's Fireface, which is a no-go. >> >> I'm having trouble finding a device with similar specs. Does anybody have any suggestions on devices that work with linux (alsa or freebob) that can handle the 192k sample rate, have at least 8 analog line level inputs (not concerned about preamps) and are in the same price range? >> >> There are lots of nice units out there, but finding something that can handle 192k kinda reduces the selection really quickly. > > it will reduce your disk space even more rapidly, for no benefit that has EVER been demonstrated in a double blind test. oh, it will also increase the CPU load making super low latencies harder to achieve (and perhaps impossible to achieve) until processor speeds increase 4 fold. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
