I've used startech "7.1" interfaces (USB powered) with Pis. The "1" is the same electronics as teh "7" - it's really just an 8ch output. It has 1/8" connectors which won't age well but it's only $25 or so. I ended up buying 5 for an installation.
cheers M On Fri, Oct 02, 2020 at 12:45:46PM +0200, Antoine Rousseau wrote: > As Christof said, Behringer devices work well. > Even a XR18 (18in/10out + full per-channel DSP process, such as: > gain/compress/gate/eq/fx-send/DCA...) works like a charm on a rPi! > > Antoine > > Le ven. 2 oct. 2020 ?? 12:06, oliver <oli...@klingt.org> a ??crit : > > > Jakob Laue wrote: > > > Dear 0xFFriends, > > > I am looking for an usb audio interface that has at least 8 outputs so > > > that I can have at least 4 stereo outputs from within pd. The challenge: > > > I am on a raspberry pi (2 and 3). Does someone of you know about an > > > audio interface that supplies this number of outputs AND works with a > > raspi? > > > > i used the "ESI Gigaport HD+ 8-Output" in a sound installation, and that > > was rock solid. worked even on a RPI 2 (out of the box as far as i > > remember) > > > > you might want to consider an external power supply (an active usb hub) > > for the soundcard. and (since i was streaming an 8 channel wav file with > > [readsf~] i had to increase PD's audiobuffer and the playback blocksize > > for smooth playback (i put [readsf~] into a subpatch and used [block~ > > 2048 1 1] to achieve that - if i remember correctly). > > > > > Or is it possible to buy 4 cheap audio interfaces with 2 outputs each > > > and use the simultaneously? > > > > I would strongly advise against that > > > > Best > > > > Oliver > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list__;!!Mih3wA!WfO_U1ZtF45mET_mrI7IsI7YW0dufelBixRU6inCX-clum823QMyqkddrQIE$ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list__;!!Mih3wA!WfO_U1ZtF45mET_mrI7IsI7YW0dufelBixRU6inCX-clum823QMyqkddrQIE$ > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list