true - and if XTDM is anything like STDM, then there is no reason you couldn't an I/O expansion box focused on I/O rather than DSP - i.e. an XTDM version of the A16, which must have a lot more potential then zlink!
husker wrote:true - and if XTDM is anything like STDM, then there is no reason you couldn't an I/O expansion box focused on I/O rather than DSP - i.e. an XTDM version of the A16, which must have a lot more potential then zlink!
All I'm saying, is if you are going to tie using the DSP to your interface, you better make sure the interface is able to handle the I/O requirements of it's users. In it's current state, the new Scope is not. I would have thought it preudent to offer a new A16 or somthing at launch that would take advantage of the XTDM bus.
So, I get the impression that the DSP is in the external interface, rather than on a PCI-e card, a la MOTU's 424 interfaces. That's too bad, though I suppose there's no way they could shoehorn the DSP onto a cardbus slot. O, well.
It will use ASIO as a driver model, meaning you can only use one device at a time. That also limits you in what you can do as an interface.
jaw dropping DSP with only 8 channels I/O with no option for more was not a good decision IMO.
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Has there anything been said to the ability to expand that box? I think no, except, that as with our cards you can combine several cards. Maybe there will be extension cards & co. It would be just very unusual with creamware/SC if expandability wouldn't be enormous. It's likely that you can expand that boxes.
Just another speculation... Shall I go to messe on saturday?... I'm too involved in my job to go earlier... maybe late friday, but it takes about 3hours to go there for me....
