Luckily... This is an installation in a short 1U server case. There is one expansion slot that lays across the motherboard. So, the extra height the the adapter adds (i got the same one suggested here) is not a problem. The foot of the card just hangs over the MB a little further.
The first few Rivendell systems i built (10 years ago) for a digital environment used some garden variety USB to S/Pdif interfaces. They worked like magic. Bits in, bits out. No place for coloration or level issues. 0 dBFS stayed 0 dBFS. At some point the OS got upgraded and the drivers for S/Pdif got lost in the shuffel. Had to switch from the $25 USB adapter to the very expensive ASI card for no perceived performance advantage, except the drivers were available. But the one I'm building now is for a station that is all analog and they provided the interface card. I just have to make it work. :) Bill Putney District 2 Commissioner - Port of Port Townsend Chief Engineer - KPTZ El Jefe de Contenido - Port Townsend Film Festival Private Pilot-Single Engine Land | Airframe & Powerplant / Inspection Authorization > On Jun 16, 2019, at 18:56, David Klann <dkl...@linux.com> wrote: > > Hey All! > >> On 6/16/19 7:14 PM, Rob Landry wrote: >>> On Sun, 16 Jun 2019, Bill Putney wrote: >>> >>> 1) Has anyone been successful using a PCIe bus to PCI adapter with an >>> ASI 65xx series audio card? The ASI 6520 card is PCI and the >>> motherboard only has PCIe slots. >> >> I didn't know such a tting existed. How does it physically fit in the >> available space ona typical PC? >> > > Just so I can add a bit to the discussion before I hijack this thread... > > Here's an example of a PCIe to PCI adapter: > https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16815158165 > >> ... >> >> Lately, I am finding ASI cards to be a major pain in the butt. There are >> some older cards that aren't supported by newer drivers, and some >> drivers require a minimum Linux kernel version that rules out CentOS 6, >> which is what I have to run on one particular system because it has a >> piece of hardware that more recent OS versions don't support. I am >> starting to wonder if ASI is more trouble than it's worth. >> > > Lately, I am finding that balanced analog audio cards are a pain in the > butt in general. Keeping up with PC motherboard connections (mini PCIe?) > and mismatched bus connector options on balanced audio cards seems like > a full time job in and of itself. Not to mention the cost of balanced > audio cards. > > I'm starting to think that a 100% digital audio chain is the best way to > go. And with clients for whom cost is a factor (most of my Community > Radio clients), just go with the on-board audio and use something like > an Angry Audio Balancing Gaget > (https://angryaudio.com/balancinggadgets/) or the Henry Engineering > equivalent. And there is always the plethora of USB audio devices. It > simply seems clumsy to be using these external devices just to get a > clean, multi-channel audio signal... > > We now return you to this thread, already in progress.... > > ~David Klann > > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
