device for 40 line outs on the mac?? do it yourself solutions

birdhouse_1000 · 8th January 2009, 12:40 PM

hoi

i,m new in this forum and looking for some help with a artproject i,m busy with. I need a cheap device, solution which makes 40 analog line outs on the mac, so that i can play 40 channels from a software programm simultaneous (cubase,..) to the seperate line outs. Doesn,t has to be high end. i don`t need a complete mixer just the line outs. The solution with stacking firewire cards together is to expensive, it also seems that i can just create 24 channels by this way. Has somebody experience with this kind of things. Do it yourself solutions are welcome.

regards

sreten · 8th January 2009, 12:49 PM

Hi,

The fairly obvious question is why ?
You have 40 channels of power amplification and 40 loudspeakers ?
If not use Cubase for what it is also intended for - mixing.

I'm no expert of PC hardware but do you really need
more channels than say a 7.1 soundcard provides ?

/sreten.

birdhouse_1000 · 8th January 2009, 01:29 PM

it,s for an interactive installation, that means all loudspeakers should play sound at the same time and also different sounds.

ak_47_boy · 8th January 2009, 06:19 PM

So you need a 40 channel sound card, probably USB. I have never seen any such device.

mobyd · 9th January 2009, 06:37 AM

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Originally posted by birdhouse_1000
hoi

i,m new in this forum and looking for some help with a artproject i,m busy with. I need a cheap device, solution which makes 40 analog line outs on the mac, so that i can play 40 channels from a software programm simultaneous (cubase,..) to the seperate line outs. Doesn,t has to be high end. i don`t need a complete mixer just the line outs. The solution with stacking firewire cards together is to expensive, it also seems that i can just create 24 channels by this way. Has somebody experience with this kind of things. Do it yourself solutions are welcome.

regards

I had this precise job recently 68 different channels of audio (classic stuff-"We shall fight them on the beaches", "I did not have sex with that woman" etc etc) and what I ended up with was the guts of 34 Chinese i-Pods (chipods?) on continuous repeat - worked a treat and client was more than happy. It's not elegant but this is what it looked like....

m

birdhouse_1000 · 9th January 2009, 12:25 PM

looks interessting, can you explain how it works??

paulb · 9th January 2009, 12:28 PM

I see one of the cables is labelled "Bush"...

mobyd · 9th January 2009, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by paulb
I see one of the cables is labelled "Bush"...

There's no accounting for taste :-)
Client supplied the tracks.....
M

8th January 2009, 12:40 PM	#1
birdhouse_1000 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2009	device for 40 line outs on the mac?? do it yourself solutions hoi i,m new in this forum and looking for some help with a artproject i,m busy with. I need a cheap device, solution which makes 40 analog line outs on the mac, so that i can play 40 channels from a software programm simultaneous (cubase,..) to the seperate line outs. Doesn,t has to be high end. i don`t need a complete mixer just the line outs. The solution with stacking firewire cards together is to expensive, it also seems that i can just create 24 channels by this way. Has somebody experience with this kind of things. Do it yourself solutions are welcome. regards

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8th January 2009, 12:49 PM	#2
sreten diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton UK	Hi, The fairly obvious question is why ? You have 40 channels of power amplification and 40 loudspeakers ? If not use Cubase for what it is also intended for - mixing. I'm no expert of PC hardware but do you really need more channels than say a 7.1 soundcard provides ? /sreten.

8th January 2009, 01:29 PM	#3
birdhouse_1000 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2009	it,s for an interactive installation, that means all loudspeakers should play sound at the same time and also different sounds.

8th January 2009, 06:19 PM	#4
ak_47_boy diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2006	So you need a 40 channel sound card, probably USB. I have never seen any such device.

9th January 2009, 12:25 PM	#6
birdhouse_1000 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2009	looks interessting, can you explain how it works??

9th January 2009, 12:28 PM	#7
paulb diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Calgary	I see one of the cables is labelled "Bush"...