[PD] [OT] choice of sound cards for 16 output channels

[patrice colet]

Maybe you don't want a soundcard but a good multitrack player for 
interpreting Pierre Henry pieces, something like this:

https://audiosex.pro/threads/cymatic-lr-lp-16.23833/

it's about 320€


Le 06/05/2016 à 16:40, Jack a écrit :
> Thanks a lot for your answers.
>
> If i understand, i have many solutions to achieve my goal :
>
> - buy 1 soundcard, for exemple :
>      - MOTU 24Ao AVB which is class complient : good news for linux users)
>      - Presonus VSL1818 with a ADAT 8-channel DAC (Roman, do you have a
> link for this with jack connectors ?)
>
> - buy several 'small' soundcards (like 8 Griffin iMic, cheap solution
> but lot of sound cards)
>
> - buy 2 soundcards with 8 outputs (in this case, i need 2 usb
> controllers on my computer, right ?)
>
> - buy 2 C-media CM6206 soundcards (cheapest solution here, never seen
> and tested but looks promising)
>
> By experience, in theatre, i prefer to have an easy setup, PC + 1 or 2
> soundcards, on which i can plug jack connectors. The sound will be a
> Pierre Henry music.
>
> If someone has other recommandations ?
> ++
>
> Jack
>
>
>
>
> Le 06/05/2016 14:54, patrice colet a écrit :
>>   If it's just about having 16 channels DAC, using two C-media CM6206
>> soundcards should be enough but you might need direct input boxes if the
>> amplifiers are not just beside the computer, I tried this chipset and it
>> works good on a pcduino2 and Pd with 8 channels, no glitches, it should
>> works as well on a Raspberry Pi 3.  So it's possible to cluster the
>> soundcard+pi on a network and have as much channels as you need.
>>
>>
>> e 06/05/2016 à 14:32, Simon Iten a écrit :
>>> 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)
>>>
>>> rme cards are good quality and quite cheaply secondhand (200 $)
>>>
>>>> On 06 May 2016, at 14:08, William Huston
>>>> <<mailto:williamahuston at gmail.com>williamahuston at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty sure Pd supports multiple audio adapters, but have not
>>>> tested this.
>>>>
>>>> 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!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, May 5, 2016, Jack <<mailto:jack at rybn.org>jack at rybn.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> With the following configuration :
>>>>> Ubuntu 16.04
>>>>> Pd-0.47.0
>>>>>
>>>>> I need to find a solution to send sounds on 16 different speakers.
>>>>> What is your advice regarding the purchase of USB sound cards under
>>>>> Linux with this configuration ? For you, which sound cards are more
>>>>> willing to do this job ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ciao.
>>>>> ++
>>>>>
>>>>> Jack
>>>>>
>>>>>
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