Thanks for the replies. Actually the Behringers are petty good despite being Behringer they actually outperformed an AD converter 20 times their price in a blind test recently which left many engineers redfaced . Read the hilarityor even try it yourself here <http://www.gearslutz.com/board/gear-shoot-outs-sound-file-comparisons-audio-tests/335267-lynx-aurora-16-vs-behringer-ada8000.html> I will take a closer look at Andiamos stuff - however each RME madi carries 64 channels - so anything it connects to has to have at least 64 outs - whether the be analogue or digital. Anyway I am quite liking this solution at the moment :
Focusrite RedNet PCIe Focusrite RedNet PCIe Host Card | DV247<http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/focusrite-rednet-pcie-card--82689> and 8 of these: https://www.kmraudio.com/focusrite-r...-interface.php<https://www.kmraudio.com/focusrite-rednet-5-interface.php> might be good though :- down to £10,000 ! that is of course assuming you can run two at once on the same computer.... On 6 December 2012 23:47, Gregorio Garcia Karman <ggkar...@musicologia.com>wrote: > > > Question 1 > > anyone know how to do a 256 channel system ? - can you expand the rme > with > > an extra 64 channels somehow ? They would all need to be controlled by > the > > same clock so they were perfectly synchronised - perfect timing is even > > more important than usual in WFS systems. > > p 33 of the RME HDSPe MADI FX english manual: you may use up to three MADI > FX on one machine using OSX aggregation: "The current driver supports up to > three HDSPe in any combination...." There seem to be people out there > successfully running at least three cards on one mac ( > http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16009). No idea what the > situation is on other platforms. > > > Question 3 : > > Can anyone think of a cheaper way of doing this: > > > > RME ADI 648 MADI Breakout MADI to ADAT (64 channels each) 4 * £ 1,749.00 > > RME HDSPe MADI FX £1099 > > 32* behringer ADA8000 ADAT converters : £4800 > > > > Total £12,966 (ish) > > ADAT cabling has to be kept short, so I imagine this may condition the > system design and size of your array. In you budget you forgot to include > the second HDSP for a 256 channel count; when comparing two setups cabling > will probably not turn the coin but is surely not neglect-able (256 XLRs > vs. ?) > > > I was thinking if I could cut down on the madi to adat boxes or DA > > converters - is there something which uses D-SUB 25 out for example ? > Some > > sort of Madi-analogue converter with lots of outs maybe ? > > There are a few MADI to analogue breakout boxes out there, many of them on > dsubs. With the RME M-32 AD or the Direct Out Andiamo line of converters, > you would only need 8 pieces of equipment vs 36. For instance a setup with > 8 Andiamos, means about five times less rack space and cabling. If you make > the calculation I think it would be about ca. 2x - 2.5x more expensive > (only); I bet you would have a more solid setup and much better sound if > quality matters. > > G. > > > > -- > > 07580951119 > > > > augustine.leudar.com > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20121206/50a58969/attachment.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > Sursound@music.vt.edu > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > -- 07580951119 augustine.leudar.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20121207/435e892c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
