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 <zmoel...@iem.at> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk5V+vEACgkQkX2Xpv6ydvQazgCdG4Y1bFjEqaQeGvtasQD6Fcfo > 8SAAn0Gj5KIfawM5WgRiZLIfj4FBoGgQ > =saf5 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > -- ____________________ mark edward grimm | m.f.a | ed.m. megr...@gmail.com | 315.378.2136 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
