On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:04:19 +0100 "Martin Homuth-Rosemann" <linuxaudio@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Karl, hi LAU users > > I've followed the discussion about timing and synchronisation - what do you > think about separation of number crunching and communication (ATNGW100) from > the "dirty business" of ADC. > We need the codec, some kind of amplification, a clean power supply etc. to get > a good S/N ratio - and we need it for a lot of channels. > There exist many (more or less) pro-audio devices with well documented > interfaces (SPDIF/AES-3; ADAT; MADI) - a cheap one is e.g. the Behringer > ADA8000 for about 200 € [1] with eight mic (phantom power) or line inputs and > eight line outputs. The codecs are 24bit@xxxx/48 kHz [2] > > [1] http://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_ultragain_pro8_digital_ada8000.htm > [2] http://images4.thomann.de/pics/prod/164573_manual_eng.pdf > > Regards > Martin Homuth-Rosemann I had a look at this and my first thought was that it looks very nice and has a lot going for it, but my next one was that it puts us right back into dependence on a propriety piece of kit. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
