Thank you all for these great answers. Cheers,
Pierre. 2021-03-19 21:12 UTC+01:00, Thomas Grill <g...@grrrr.org>: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list