Aug 20, 2008 04:33 pm M-Audio Delta 1010 wouldd be the popular choice...
Aardvark Q10 would be a much riskier choice (out of business) but it has preamps (absolutely no Vista support ever, and apparently OSX fell off too.)
PCI Input Bus
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 02:35 am
jmkinne
Member Since: Jun 25, 2008
I'm looking for a pci bus that offers a large quantity of inputs channels with only a few output channels. (Essentially integrating a sound mixer into the back of a computer allowing the user to use software to mix virutally.)
Theres two issues I am having:
1)I can not find any pci cards that offer a good set of inputs at a reasonable price.
2)I do not know what software I could use to set up the physical inputs to ASIO in my computer.
Any help would be much apprciated.
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Aug 20, 2008 04:33 pm M-Audio Delta 1010 wouldd be the popular choice...
Aardvark Q10 would be a much riskier choice (out of business) but it has preamps (absolutely no Vista support ever, and apparently OSX fell off too.)
Aug 20, 2008 06:10 pm I'd agree, the 1010 would be a good choice, as you can chain up to 4 together (i think).
Not sure what you mean by 'physical inputs to asio'. This seems to be an automatic thing. I was using asio on my old pc with a 1010lt. I'm using asio now with my ESP1010.
I'd recommend the ESP1010 from ESI, but they don't chain together as nice as the delta1010, from what I can gather.
I'd say the ESP1010 is a better buy for the $$$ though, if you're only looking for 8 analog, and 2 digital. It sports 2 midi ports though, so lots of midi capabilities.
Both cards are 10 in, and 10 out. Though only 8 are analog both ways.
Aug 20, 2008 08:41 pm CAn you be more specific on Large Quantity? If you are talking 8 channels then the interfaces these guys recommend are great. If you need more then that then the answer is not going to be cheap at all.
Motu has a single PCI type card that will allow multiple interfaces that are capable of many channels to be used at once in one PCI card. But it is not a cheap alternative at all.
Aug 20, 2008 10:59 pm I like the 1010 but i am looking for something that has all of the ports lined up on the pci slots. (I don't mind if it is more than one pci slot.)
By large quantity I mean roughly 24. Are you discussing the MOTU 24I/O? It is expensive but a very nice piece of equipment. I like it, was just looking for something that can be built entirely in the CPU case that way it is based only on the computer. At Live Gigs I used a Insert snake to send all 24 channels of a board to a "Slave Board" that I used to master the mix for recording. Instead of having a board in between, I wanted to invest in the pieces into my PC that way I could use a virtual mixer.
I appreciate all the help.
Aug 21, 2008 09:54 am due to the physical size of the ports it's unlikely you could fit enough cards in... if you could it would probably be a RME HDSP card...one has 4 analog ports...and they can stack to 6 apparently, but thats a lot of PCI slots...
With a Delta 1010 or something similar, it's not too much to just put them in a rack carry case... it would be a lot easier to buy :)
Aug 21, 2008 01:23 pm 24 ports on the actual PCI slots? I honestly don't think that's going to happen. 24 I/O in a rack case would be so much easier, plus the level of routing available with Motu is awesome.
Aug 21, 2008 05:31 pm I can tell you right now. Even a 6 space rack mounted PC case will not hold 24 1/4" jacks.
And there are no PCI cards that carry enough i/o to get you there either without stuffing 12 PCI cards into a PC. And that is not going to happen any time soon unless you build a dedicated rack unit for PCI buss expansion only.
Yes the 24 i/o is the main one I would be talking about. But you could as well do it with the other PCI interfaces the use the 424 PCI card. Which is capable of stacking up to 4 interface modules on one card.
That is probably the cheapest of the alternatives you have.
And it uses what I consider the best of the software router mixer combination's on the market at the moment. It is the absolute shiznit and extremely stable and reliable as well.
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