On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 13:22 +1000, Loki Davison wrote: > > I know basically nothing about audio technology. But given what > > little I do know, here are some things that I think would be > > relatively easy to do with OGD1 and, what shall we call it, OAC1: > > - 60+ audio channels (pick your combination of in and out) > > - (A specialized card could handle lots more channels) > > - 24-bit precision per channel > > - Sample rates in the hundreds of kilohertz > > - Thousands of audio samples and MIDI instruments > > - Sample-based and algorithmically-generated sound-effects > > - Fourier analysis, band filters, mixing, and other sorts of math > > stuff that if I could name it, you'd be impressed > > - Noise-free signals (because we have experience with graphics) > > - Accelerated "3D sound" > > - Accelerated compression/decompression > > - Lots of other things > > > This collection sounds very consumer great. Thousands of audio samples > and MIDI instruments? wtf? Sample-based and algorithmically-generated > sound-effects? Accelerated "3D sound"? Accelerated > compression/decompression? I have a big freaking cpu for that stuff. > Sounds very soundblaster esq. Apart from the 60+ channels which sounds > like a really, really big rack mounting. If that is on xlr plugs or > 1/4" it's huge. Also no discussion about non-soundbasteresq stuff like > balanced in/out, decent pre's, hi-z inputs, dat optical in/out, master > clock and clock source, etc. I think looking at the echo layla or > maudio 1010 is somewhat more useful to most of us than 60 channels.
Agreed. "We" don't need a bunch of useless consumer cruft on a card. However channels are good, don't downplay channels :). This thing should have as many channels as possible. Obviously there is a physical limit to how many you can cram in physically, but that's what lightpipe is for. There's many 8x8 rackmount preamps out there you could hook up (including a nice and cheap one from Behringer) Frankly I think 60+ channels is completely unrealistic (otherwise one would probably exist), but what do I know. If it's possible, hell yes put them in there. FWIW, my ideal audio interface _requires_: * As many channels as possible * At least 1 ADAT Lightpipe in/out * Clock sync * Balanced everything * Real 19" rackmount breakout box * Good low latency operation (in Linux w/ Jack) Without those I wouldn't even consider buying it. Some extra stuff would be nice though (preamps, MIDI, headphone amp, etc) -DR-
