From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 10:51:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 640C516A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:51:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from Vitsch.net (b74143.upc-b.chello.nl [212.83.74.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20E1F43D1F for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:51:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Danovitsch@Vitsch.net) Received: from FreeBSD.Danovitsch.LAN (b83007.upc-b.chello.nl [212.83.83.7]) by Vitsch.net (8.12.3p2/8.11.3) with ESMTP id i0LIpFXe023891; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:51:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Danovitsch@Vitsch.net) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: "Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]" To: Ethan Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:52:17 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <20040121074548.S44235-100000@users.757.org> In-Reply-To: <20040121074548.S44235-100000@users.757.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200401211952.17086.Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: USB sound device questions (multiples!) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:51:54 -0000 On Wednesday 21 January 2004 13:47, you wrote: > > If they are all plugged in during boot they will get probed in the sa= me > > order every time you boot, so yes, they will be static. > Okay, because this is going to be a fixed installation that will be pre= tty > 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 =3D about 48 * 2 * 2 * 6 = =3D > > 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 rat= e... > > 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