Jeff.

please could you provide clarification re multi input sound cards and rb in a windows environment.

1..I assume that at the code level that rb is talking to the win os via an api layer ?...If so…
2..does win impose a limit on the numbers of i/o on an interface..?
What is the max ? 16 ins and outs in the usb audio interface ? more ?
3..how is adat expansion in a multi i/o interface handled ? Does rb care ? ie win just tells the rb app how many ins/outs are available ?
4..for arguments sake let's say a usb audio interface has a huge number of ins/outs…eg 32/32…

https://klarkteknik.com/product.html?modelCode=P0BIF

(ie the outs are going out into line ins on a pro level
audio mixing console which does the mixing etc etc…goodness i'm glad i dont own a big console anymore with all the maintenance worries and keeping spare parts/op amps etc.) as a bigger studio might have.
if such a beast of a interface is married to an old clunker pc with clunker old hard drives/slow usb…does rb have 'fail safes' for this ?
ie saving the user from a potential crash condition if things go 'pear shaped' ?
as in warning the user 'your old aunties hand me down pc cant handle things'...lol. In summary in a more serious vein, how does rb save the user from a potential 'crash condition'...due to the chosen pc being sub par for handling lots of usb audio i/o ?
5..I'm trying to understand the 'consecutive aspect of inputs' in rb re a multi in interface. Please bear with me. Let's take the case of a usb audio mixer that is capable of sending 16 audio streams at the same time over usb to win/rb.
For example, maybe the usb mixer is sending 8 streams from 8 microphones and 8 streams from mixer line ins. eg keyboards whatever.
THUS are we saying that in the above scenario a rb user would enable for recording consecutive groups of 16 tracks ?

eg…tracks 01 thru 16 or tracks 25 thru 41 ie consecutive track assignment ?
which begs the question what if a user has already recorded on a track..eg the first 01 thru 16 track group track 09 for example.
Will track 09 be overwritten ? OR will rb say 'oops there's data already on 09.' and direct the incoming audio stream to a spare track rather than overwriting track 09.

Jeff..the reason i'm asking the above is i'm using a 2/2 audient interface currently with rb, and have been sooo impressed with it i'm thinking going multi input next go around.
Also if i can get rid of the pain from a pulled muscle i might go to my fav gear store and do a 'rent before buy' deal to test with the next beta round.

respect mate.
ps if 2024 all works great for this crazy rocker maybe i'll send a 'tim hortons card' to cadillac ave…lol.

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 11/09/23 07:15 PM.
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(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)