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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to dedicated sound cards? by copperx on Thursday September 01, 2022 @06:36PM (#32684272)
64 channels I/O at 192khz over USB2? That's insane. Isn't USB2's bandwith 60 MB/sec?

Ok, I just checked, and a 192kHz 24-bit WAV file is only 0.56 MB per sec. Nice.

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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to dedicated sound cards? by eurasiantiger on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:21AM (#32686883)
Higher sample rate = less delay, too.
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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to dedicated sound cards? by rasz on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:06PM (#32692435)
Not when talking USB. You have strict upper limit for pooling interval (1ms/125us)
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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to dedicated sound cards? by te_chris on Friday September 02, 2022 @02:38AM (#32687325)
Not for free though, more cpu.
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