[Openal] Question about Motu 828mkIII hardware

[Jason Daly]

Chris Robinson wrote:
> Ah, I see. I guess I was confusing it with 10.2
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surround_sound#10.2_Channel_Surround
> (which, incidentally, I forgot about its two "height" speakers).
>
> That may be a bit more difficult since the panning algorithm doesn't handle 
> speaker height. Not having a virtual device to handle both cards is a problem, 
> as well. 

What panning algorithm are you using now?  I know VBAP can be 
generalized to three dimensions pretty easily.


> I'm not even sure it can be emulated properly, without making sure 
> the two cards' clocks are kept in sync (which typically requires a physical 
> connection between them).
>   

That's not a problem with these devices (they're pro devices).  Note 
they're not "cards", but external Firewire interfaces.  They're designed 
to be daisy-chained together with themselves or other compatible systems 
and still maintain sample-accurate timing.

--"J"