Greetings all,
I have been contemplating the DSP route and after some reading decided to get a Thin Client (HP t610/t620/t630), in lieu of RPi or dedicated DSP hardware.
I will thus also need a USB sound card. Could you please recommend a good one with at least 4 channels out?
Kindest regards,
M
I have been contemplating the DSP route and after some reading decided to get a Thin Client (HP t610/t620/t630), in lieu of RPi or dedicated DSP hardware.
I will thus also need a USB sound card. Could you please recommend a good one with at least 4 channels out?
Kindest regards,
M
Focusrite is tough to beat on specs for the money. I had one of their Saffire sound cards (firewire) and found it to be quite excellent. The Scarlett series has USB.
Scarlett | Focusrite
Tom
Scarlett | Focusrite
Tom
BTW HP T610 has an internal PCI-e slot and the thicker T610Plus version has arrangements for a regular PCI-e card. That gives you an option for e.g. the Xonar multichannel PCI-e cards, rather inexpensive from ebay.
HP Thin Client: t610
HP Thin Client: t610 Plus
HP Thin Client: t610
HP Thin Client: t610 Plus
What Pavel said ^^^^
and the info at Parky Towers
HP Thin Clients
The HP t610 Plus is the sweet spot allowing access to a PCI-E bus and installing sound-cards.
620 and 630 may work using converters but I have yet to try...(ordered !)
M.2 Key M (NGFF) NVME SSD To Mini PCIe Adapter Card For WIN10 With Cable Supply | eBay
and the info at Parky Towers
HP Thin Clients
The HP t610 Plus is the sweet spot allowing access to a PCI-E bus and installing sound-cards.
620 and 630 may work using converters but I have yet to try...(ordered !)
M.2 Key M (NGFF) NVME SSD To Mini PCIe Adapter Card For WIN10 With Cable Supply | eBay
Drone7 - IMO yes, look further down the page HP Thin Client: t610 + the picture https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/hp/t610/imgs/pcie_exp.jpg
Keep in mind that low quality transports can impact the soundquality of your system.
I'd put such a Thin Client on that list.
And then I havn't seen very many top quality multichannel DACs. As you might have seen, 2-channel USB DACs greatly improved in recent years. I'm not that sure if
the multichannel fraction already followed.
All I am saying. You need to be very careful in going the DSP route. DSP won't solve underlying quality issues of your audio chain. You might not even able to figure out the issues associated to DSP because your audio chain simply masks them.
Been there, done it.
And I have been running a RME Fireface UCX btw.
Good luck.
Enjoy.
Thanks! I admit I had seen this but failed to comprehend it..
I will look for the extender and modify as noted
Something like this PCI-E 1X 4X 8X 16X Professional Riser Card Ribbon Extender Extension Cable | eBay should do, IMO. Or an angle riser PCI Express 4x Right-angle Adapter Riser Card PCI-E X4 90-Degree For 1U/2U | eBay