Yes, i have one of those and it works well on the Rpi, also with Pd of course. best, Thomas
> Am 18.03.2021 um 10:24 schrieb Pierre Massat <pimas...@gmail.com>: > > Thank you all for your replies. I didn't even know surround soundcards > existed. This looks promising given my budget. > In the meantime I found this : > https://shop.audioinjector.net/detail/Sound_Cards/Octo+RCA+sound+card > Anybody has experience using it with Pd ? > > Cheers, > > Pierre. > > 2021-03-17 17:53 UTC+01:00, Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsut...@gmail.com>: >> On 17/03/21 07:42, Pierre Massat wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I haven't posted anything on this list in years. >>> I'm trying to build a system to play several sound files in a loop, >>> each around 2 minutes in length, all at the same time. By "several" I >>> mean 10 to 15 different files. While I'd have no problem making a Pd >>> patch to achieve this, I have no idea what hardware I could use. I >>> have a limited budget, and I was planning on running Pd on a Raspberry >>> Pi (or similar single-board computer). >>> >>> Is there any cheap way of outputing than many channels from a single >>> (a couple of) RPi ? >> >> How many are 'many' :-) >> >> If it's <= 8 channels and you don't care (too much) about latency you >> could check out a cheap '7.1' USB card (these can cost less than 30 euro >> online) and if it exposes 8 writable inputs via jack that could work. >> The physical outputs of these are, of course, unbalanced and in couples >> so you'd need to do some cable splitting and then maybe have a mixer >> nearby... >> I never did this on the RPi but I _did_ something similar with a cheap >> 5.1 usb sound blaster hooked to a laptop in the past. >> I'm assuming, of course that each file would 'consume' just 1 channel... >> >> YMMV. >> >> If you want more than 8 output channels it will be hard to stay 'cheap' >> (which of course depends on 'how much' is your limited budget), and then >> - of course - you need to check linux compatibility (i.e. if they are >> 'class compliant'...) >> >> My two cents, >> >> Lorenzo. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list -- Thomas Grill http://grrrr.org
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