Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Replacement for Hammerfall DSP 9632 sound card From: Stefan Strahl <stef@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 09:43:10 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--0000000000007dce0a058aa2de00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear Todd, can you modify your computer housing so that the Hammerfall cards do fit on top of an adapter PCI express to PCI? If so, for a risk of 40 USD you could test the following PCIe-to-PCI adapter from StarTech. A user reported that it worked for his Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme sound card running Win10, so changes are quite high that you could keep your six Hammerfall cards... https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2SPEUBXA7JU2C/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B0024CV3SA Greetings, Stefan On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 11:31 PM Jennings, Todd Richardson <toddj@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear list, > > My lab has been using the Hammerfall DSP 9632 PCI sound card for each of > our 6 sound-proof booths for psychophysics research. However, we need to > upgrade our computers, and PCI is no longer a option. I know Hammerfall > makes the HDSPe AIO, which is the equivalent sound card for PCI express, > but it is pretty expensive (about $900 USD) considering we need 6 of them. > > I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what sound cards are good > these days. I know USB sound cards are an option, but are there major > downsides to those, like increased latency these days? Would PCI express > be better in this regard? Too much latency will be an issue since we need > to track user responses' to what they hear. > > To be a bit more specific about our needs, we need at least two channels > of analog input and out least two channels (ideally four or more) of analog > output. We also need ASIO support (these will be used on Windows 10), and > a wide dynamic range is important. Digital I/O and high sampling rate are > not important. The computers support USB 2, USB 3, and PCI express. > > Thank you very much for your help! > > Sincerely, > Todd > > --0000000000007dce0a058aa2de00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Dear Todd,</div><div><br></div><div>can you modify yo= ur computer housing so that the Hammerfall cards do fit on top of an adapte= r PCI express to PCI? If so, for a risk of 40 USD you could test the follow= ing PCIe-to-PCI adapter from StarTech. A user reported that it worked for h= is <span style=3D"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:"Amazon Ember",= Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme sound card runni= ng Win10, so changes are quite high that you could keep your six Hammerfall= cards...</span></div><div><br></div><a href=3D"https://www.amazon.com/gp/c= ustomer-reviews/R2SPEUBXA7JU2C/ref=3Dcm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=3DUTF8&ASIN= =3DB0024CV3SA">https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2SPEUBXA7JU2C/re= f=3Dcm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=3DUTF8&ASIN=3DB0024CV3SA</a>=C2=A0=C2=A0<br><= div><br></div><div>Greetings,</div><div>Stefan</div></div><br><div class=3D= "gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at = 11:31 PM Jennings, Todd Richardson <<a href=3D"mailto:toddj@xxxxxxxx">todd= j@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D= "margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-le= ft:1ex">Dear list,<br> <br> My lab has been using the Hammerfall DSP 9632 PCI sound card for each of ou= r 6 sound-proof booths for psychophysics research.=C2=A0 However, we need t= o upgrade our computers, and PCI is no longer a option.=C2=A0 I know Hammer= fall makes the HDSPe AIO, which is the equivalent sound card for PCI expres= s, but it is pretty expensive (about $900 USD) considering we need 6 of the= m.<br> <br> I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what sound cards are good these= days.=C2=A0 I know USB sound cards are an option, but are there major down= sides to those, like increased latency these days?=C2=A0 Would PCI express = be better in this regard?=C2=A0 Too much latency will be an issue since we = need to track user responses' to what they hear.<br> <br> To be a bit more specific about our needs, we need at least two channels of= analog input and out least two channels (ideally four or more) of analog o= utput.=C2=A0 We also need ASIO support (these will be used on Windows 10), = and a wide dynamic range is important.=C2=A0 Digital I/O and high sampling = rate are not important.=C2=A0 The computers support USB 2, USB 3, and PCI e= xpress.=C2=A0 <br> <br> Thank you very much for your help!<br> <br> Sincerely,<br> Todd<br> <br> </blockquote></div> --0000000000007dce0a058aa2de00--