<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">or get yourself an old rme multiface hdsp card, eight analog outputs and eight adat… you will need an old laptop with pcmcia or a new one with express card (or a macbook with thunderbolt and an adatper)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">rme cards are good quality and quite cheaply secondhand (200 $)</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 06 May 2016, at 14:08, William Huston <<a href="mailto:williamahuston@gmail.com" class="">williamahuston@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">The Motu is $1000. The Presonus is $500. What about getting 8x 2-channel USB soundcards? The Griffin iMic is a 2x2 and is $40. So 8x would be $320. <br class=""><br class="">If you look around, you can find 2ch USB audio adapters for $20/each, $10/each, even $2/each. For that kind of money you could purchase a few and evaluate them in terms of quality, or maybe read up on what chip they use and read reviews. <br class=""><br class="">I'm pretty sure Pd supports multiple audio adapters, but have not tested this. <br class=""><br class="">Please post your results, as I would like to get into ambisonics as well and be able to drive 8x or more speakers. But I don't want to spend $1000! <br class=""><br class=""> <br class=""><br class="">On Thursday, May 5, 2016, Jack <<a href="mailto:jack@rybn.org" class="">jack@rybn.org</a>> wrote:<br class="">> Hello,<br class="">><br class="">> With the following configuration :<br class="">> Ubuntu 16.04<br class="">> Pd-0.47.0<br class="">><br class="">> I need to find a solution to send sounds on 16 different speakers.<br class="">> What is your advice regarding the purchase of USB sound cards under<br class="">> Linux with this configuration ? For you, which sound cards are more<br class="">> willing to do this job ?<br class="">><br class="">> Ciao.<br class="">> ++<br class="">><br class="">> Jack<br class="">><br class="">><br class="">> _______________________________________________<br class="">> <a href="mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at" class="">Pd-list@lists.iem.at</a> mailing list<br class="">> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> <a href="https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list" class="">https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list</a><br class="">><br class=""><br class="">-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">--<br class="">
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