On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:53:44 -0800 "Len Ovens" <len@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, January 17, 2013 1:52 pm, Marije Baalman wrote: > > Hiho, > > > > has anyone tried the Marian Trace Out 8/16 soundcard on Linux? > > > > http://www.marian.de/en/products/trace_out_816 > > You realize this is outputs only? No inputs at all. > > > In the ALSA sound card matrix I see the Trace D4 supported, but I > > don't know how similar these cards are... > > It would be a try it and see. In general though, most internal > interfaces are already pretty good sound wise and a lot offer 7.1 > sound. What are you expecting this card to do for you that an > internal card would not? Are you doing digital crossovers? (The only > thing I can think of for so many outputs) > > The D4 looks completely different in function and I would also point > out that the supplied drivers for the D4 include OSX as well as Win > but the 8/16 is win only. Doesn't sound like the same driver works > for both. I am writing up a concept and realisation plan for a sound installation where the hardware is given as a PC with this soundcard to drive 16 loudspeakers in a public space; so at the moment I am looking whether I'll have to see whether it can run on Linux, or whether I have to deal with Windows7 to support all the software I will be writing or using for this. sincerely, Marije _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
