Linux compatible ADAT I/O hardware?

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Linux compatible ADAT I/O hardware?

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There's plenty of pre-amps and ADA converters out there that use ADAT I/O. But I'm having a hard time finding anything that will reliably add ADAT ports under Linux. I'd like to find something that has 4x4 ADAT for 32/32. Ideally, something that can also be expanded for more later (ie two cards with clock sync)

PCIe or USB.

Something like a HDSPe RayDAT. (When I asked RME "support", they just said, "I don't know, go ask ALSA".) All these companies have tinnitus.

What are the known working with no hassle cards that provide ADAT I/O on Linux?
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The Raydat works just like the AIO under Linux.

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  │ │    <M>   RME Hammerfall DSP MADI/RayDAT/AIO                             │ │ 
RME AIO viewtopic.php?p=101909#p101909
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So with the Raydat you can get the full 32 in and 32 out with all 8 ADAT ports working?
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Yes, go. One from a German forum uses this card under Linux.

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You have been asking the same question I have been googling for days. Glad to see that the RME cards seem pretty universally compatible
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khz wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 3:59 pm Yes, go. One from a German forum uses this card under Linux.
I can't read the German, but can you confirm that it just worked? It doesn't require a custom kernel or compiling stuff, just plug it in?
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The driver has been in the kernel for a very long time. I don't have one but have read many posts from people who do any they claim they work perfectly.
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khz wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 3:59 pm Image
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What is the mixer on screenshot? I cannot see full image without registration on that site.
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looks like hdspmixer. comes in the alsa tools gui package.
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lightnb wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 11:28 pm I can't read the German, but can you confirm that it just worked? It doesn't require a custom kernel or compiling stuff, just plug it in?
I like to use the https://www.deepl.com/translator translator.
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│ │    <M>   RME Hammerfall DSP MADI/RayDAT/AIO                             │ │ 
This is the kernel config. Yes it works with a distribution kernel newer than 2.6.39.
There, RME AIO viewtopic.php?p=101909#p101909, I described how to get a MADI/RayDAT/AIO working.
Kott wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 3:43 am What is the mixer on screenshot?
This is the hdspmixer. :-D
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