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I'm a newbie to the world of home recording. I want to do multitrack recording of our band and want to buy a capable RME device. Now I'm confused about what the major differences are between an RME Multiface and RME Digiface external soundcard. The Multiface has 8 parallel mono inputs (jack plugs, as my mixer has, so I understand what they are for); it speaks about 36 channels (of what...). The Digiface I read has 3 ADAT channels, what are these for...; it speaks about 52 channels. Is #channels == #tracks, I don't think so... <BR>
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Considering my lack of experience, I might be looking for boots too big to fit my size, but AFAIK the RME's are the only multitrack recording devices that are properly supported by Linux/CCRMA software. <BR>
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Some elementary help to increase my basic understanding would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.<BR>
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--Burley<BR>
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BTW: Sorry for being slightly off-topic
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