Linux-Hams archive - November 1998: Re: 4-channel sound cards

Re: 4-channel sound cards

Thomas Sailer (tdgeiua.rhjnvy@eeoc.gov)
Mon, 02 Nov 1998 17:09:55 +0100

Kai Schulte wrote:
>
> Can the new 4-channel audio cards (like the sound blaster PCI 128) also
> digitize 4 audio streams independently? And are they full-duplex
> capable?
>
> Being able to run 4 flexible radio interfaces using just one irq line
> certainly sounds like a neat idea...

Some confusion rising... The combination es1370/ak4531 can output
for indepentent channels (at the same sampling rate, 44.1kHz), but
it can record only two channels (and if you use 4 output channels
it can only record from the MIC connector as LINE IN is converted
to a second line out). This combination is used on the
Ensoniq AudioPCI, and Ensoniq was bought by Creative.

Now I really start to wonder what the SB PCI 128 really is...

Tom