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am 09.02.2002 4:06 Uhr schrieb Go Suenaga unter ads@gosuenaga.com:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="2">hi,( especially Thomas Grill)<BR>
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>Hopyfully, i get mine in about two or three weeks, then i can report on it.<BR>
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you get "RME HDSP interface+breakout box"?<BR>
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</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="2">Hi,<BR>
yes i got the Multiface box (with PCI and Cardbus adapters) in the mid of december.<BR>
I am extremely satisfied with it... i think it is really worth the money.<BR>
I have not measured latencies on the PC, but on the Mac G4 Powerbook i can achieve stable effective IO-latencies of 6.6 ms @ 48 kHz and 6.0 ms @ 96 kHz. All that with virtually no cpu usage @ 18 in/out channels. Another valuable feature is the built-in Totalmix hardware mixer which is very powerful.<BR>
RME has also proven to have stable drivers right from the start (although MIDI is still missing for MacOS).<BR>
My recommandations for that interface! ... yet, i heard that it is still quite hard to get.<BR>
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Well, don't expect comparable performance from the Midiman USB boxes. USB suffers from the limited bandwidth and i don't think you will be able to operate all 4 in and 4 out at a reasonable sample rate and low latencies - but of course, they are compact and cheap and may accomplish what you need.<BR>
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greetings, Thomas<BR>
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