What are people using to get 40 i/o

[mako]

Carl - the only drawback with Lynx is that, AFAIK, only one card can be installed in a m/c. whereas I know from experience 2 RME's will play together.

cheers

mako

[Naturally Digital]

Carl - the only drawback with Lynx is that, AFAIK, only one card can be installed in a m/c.

In fact, the specs say you can run up to 8 cards in a PC and 4 in a Mac. I'm not aware of any other manufacturers that claim you can run 8 of their cards in a system. Having said that, I've only ever run one of the LynxOnes (I still use it) myself.

[Carl G.]

In fact, the specs say you can run up to 8 cards in a PC and 4 in a Mac. I'm not aware of any other manufacturers that claim you can run 8 of their cards in a system. Having said that, I've only ever run one of the LynxOnes (I still use it) myself.

Somewhere - I thought I saw the limit was 4 (on their site)..
since ADAT protocol has its limits (channels vs sampling rates)
Doing the Aurora 8 or 16 is a great option for those that don't mind paying the money. Otherwise, RME dealers are now pushing their MADI systems for channel counts over 24 (12 stereo in/outs)

[Harold Thompson]

I have a gig on Labor Day weekend that calls for 40 inputs. I'm sure that I will have to feed a rough mix back to the video truck for reference audio. What I have is a laptop with an RME Carbus and a Digiface box. If I got another RME Cardbus + Digiface setup for another laptop and wordclocked them together that would give me enough inputs. My plan is to use SAC on both laptops and feed a submix from on mixer to another to get the monitoring together. I think that should work OK. My question is regarding the recording setup. Can I use the TCP/IP link to just link the SAWStudio master and slave apps on the 2 computers and not the SAC apps while using the SAC-SAWStudio hooks on each computer?

Harold Thompson
Blackwater Recording, Inc.

[mako]

Hi Harold - the SAC-SAWStudio hooks haven't arrived yet - hopefully soon.

The linking 2 m/c's via TCP/IP is something I'm sure (from memory) Bob and others have done in the past.

Try TCP/IP search in SS forum.

Good luck

mako

[Harold Thompson]

I know that the link between 2 laptops running SAW Studio can be done (I have used it many times). My question is can it be done with SS inside of SAC?

[Bob L]

If you assign different port numbers to SAW and SAC, then you can remote on the same network and they should stay separate.

I will check into it as I get deeper into finishing the SAC remote code.

Bob L

[Harold Thompson]

Thanks Bob. In this instance I won't need to link the 2 consoles together, only the 2 SS apps. So it seem that it should work OK.