[ardour-users] Question about Dual ICE1712 M-Audio Cards

[ross at lug.udel.edu]

On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 07:22:05PM -1000, Doug J wrote:
> I saw a thread in the archives talking about the .asoundrc for running dual 
> 1010LT cards.  I'm trying to tweak my .asoundrc to make a Delta66 and a 
> Delta44 run together, but I don't know much about writing an asoundrc file 
> and alsa-project.org seems to be down so I can't find much documentation.  
> Does anyone who is running dual ICE1712 cards have a model asoundrc to 
> share with me to point me in the right direction?

You won't be able to do it with perfect results - the Delta44 lacks
any kind of digital synchronization method.  As a result, you'll run
into drift after a while.

You really need to use two 66 or 1010 cards - they are able to sync
over SPDIF.  Then, your samples will all be in sync.

-- 
Ross Vandegrift
ross at lug.udel.edu

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