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From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: Sound card with multiple inputs?
To: langfod@dihelix.com (David Langford)
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 05:37:57 +0200 (MET DST)
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> Anyone know if there is a sound card out there that has
> multiple channels for input.
> 
> I have a need for recording stereo audio from multiple source
> and I was hoping to see if a could find a multichannel card
> instead of multiple cards.

I am not aware of such a beast. However, if that matters, my new driver
should support multiple audio boards, so if you do not need too many
different channels, then you could put 2-3 cards in your system (the
limit is the number of available dma channels and IRQ lines).

	Cheers
	Luigi