[PD] multichannel instalation

[mark edward grimm]

just curious...

> channels; in the meantime, we regularily use Pd with 64 channels output;
> this is of course with some "super soundcard",


whats the hardware for this?

thanks!
m



On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:34 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig at iem.at> wrote:
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> On 2011-08-25 06:56, Jaime Oliver wrote:
>>> I haven't been able to get the Sapphire to output more than two channels
>>> through Pd (though it is supposed to be capable of 8).
>>
>> don't know this card but have you set the number of output channels to 4?
>
> i second that.
> Pd is definitely made for multi- and manychannel setups.
> (the first publicly shown project i did in Pd was 1999, when we used 16
> channels; in the meantime, we regularily use Pd with 64 channels output;
> this is of course with some "super soundcard", but it's just to tell
> you, that Pd can and will do it's part of the multichannel setup; for
> information on whether your OS and soundcard are up to it, please refer
> to the manuals :-)
>
>
>>
>>> I have tried making a multichannel patch, for eg [dac~ 1 2 3 4]. All that
>>> happens is I get a reduced signal from my 1 and 2 channels coming through my
>>> 3 and 4  channels.
>
> this sound mainly like an internal mixer setting of your soundcard.
>
>>  you'll need as many independent channels as independent speakers in
>> your array....
>
> "...playing at the same time".
>
> e.g. you could do a 70 speaker installation with just a stereo output
> and a lot of routing logic, e.g. use relays to properly dispatch the
> audio signals to 2-of-70 speakers; obviously you won't be able to do WFS
> with a system like that, but you can make a sound wander around between
> speakers. bear in mind, that relays also have a nice aesthetics on their
> own...the computer we used for driving such an installation was named
> "Klapotetz" [1]
>
> ghmsdft
> IOhannes
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klopotec
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