[PD] digi, motu or rme?

[derek holzer]

Sam, Shintaro,

On Friday, January 2, 2004, at 09:59 PM, Sam Ferguson wrote:

> Has anyone got a good working 8in 8out system out there? I get the 
> impression that only the rme boxes are good with PD.

I have been using my HDSP with PD for a while now, and I am fairly happy 
with it [finally!]. I have a PCI card for the desktop [running Red Hat 
9/Planet CCRMA] and a PCMCIA card for the laptop [running Gentoo]. Both 
can use the Multiface [but not @ same time!]

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 22:59:59 +0100, Shintaro Miyazaki
> I am looking for a resonable audiointerface with 8 in/outs.
> There is the Motu 828mkII or RME Hammerfall Multiface or the Digi 002 
> Rack.
> Which one would you recommend (with PD?)?

The Hammerfall is really quite nice, and I run it with PD all the time, 
for HD recording, live sets and installation prototyping. Probably under 
OSX you will have less initial difficulties than with Linux [dunno, tho, 
cause I haven't actually tried it!].

On another note, Core-Sound has a Flash card-based multichannel 
soundcard [designed for PDAs] which I was considering for my backup 
laptop [a Pismo Powerbook running Gentoo]. You could use a 
Flash-to-PCMCIA adaptor and whatever portable AD/DA converter you like, 
and it could be *maybe* a bit less than a HDSP. The PDAudio-CF itself is 
$499.

http://www.core-sound.com/HighResRecorderNews.html

You will have to research a complete AD/DA converter yourself... the 
package which Core-Sound offers has a AD converter only. Could be 
totally OT for your needs, but I also dream of having a PDA for field 
recording someday...

Good luck,
D.

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