USB sound device questions (multiples!)

[Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]]

On Wednesday 21 January 2004 13:47, you wrote:
> > If they are all plugged in during boot they will get probed in the same
> > order every time you boot, so yes, they will be static.
> Okay, because this is going to be a fixed installation that will be pretty
> much hands off.

> > Be sure to calculate if you have enough bandwidth available to drive such
> > a great number of devices at the same time though :
> > 48KHz * 16-bits sample * stereo * 6 devices = about 48 * 2 * 2 * 6 =
> >  1152 KB/sec .
> > That's about the maximum you can get over USB 1.0, so I'm not sure if you
> > will be able to use them all at the same time at maximum playback rate...
> > So it depends on the quality and sample-rate you need.
> I figured I would split them across two USB interface cards?
That should solve the bandwidth problems yes...

good luck,
Daan