Hi Manuel, It looks like those ES-8's have ADAT I/O. Could you sync their internal clocks by daisy chaining them via ADAT I/O off of the RME's ADAT output?
- Mike On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 2:43 PM Len Ovens <l...@ovenwerks.net> wrote: > On Mon, 11 Nov 2019, lacu...@gmx.net wrote: > > > I'd like to run up to nine soundcards with Jack. > > nope, won't happen. > > > Eight times Expert Sleepers ES-8 via USB > > USB in particular will not be in sync. > > To use them together and see the i/o on jack will require an extrenal > client or two per usb device. You could use zita-ajbridge to do that which > inserts an SRC stage between the device and jack to make syncing possible. > However, you say you want to use 8 of them. This will also be a problem at > any low latency because you will be using USB hubs which have been known > to cause trouble with audio devices. so be prepared for xruns at any > buffer size less than 1024 (maybe even there). > > > and one RME Madi HDSPe card on a PCIe slot. > > Use that as your jack master. > > > > In Linux at 96 kilobauds. > > kilobauds? you mean sample rate maybe? Use 48000 and be happy, 96000 is > only good for recording bats > > > Really, I don't know how many i/o you RME Madi has (should be 64-ish?) Add > what is needed to max that out. USB mics are for the most part toys, > better to use one of the many 18 i/o USB devices out there instead most of > which do have the ability to sync with your RME. > > I would not waste my time with USB mics. > > -- > Len Ovens > www.ovenwerks.net > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org > https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev >
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