Magma EB7R-x8, EBU user manual PCIeExpansion Solutions with the EB7-x8, Digi Design Pro Tools

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PCIeExpansion Solutions with the EB7-x8

In the following section we will take a look at possible PCI Express expansion solutions using Magma’s EB7 chassis.

Digi Design Pro Tools®

Pro Tools® is a comprehensive solution for professional music editing. It offers advanced capabilities for recording and manipulation of music by controlling a large number of music tracks.

This is done using at least one PCIe card with multiple Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chips onboard. From a system’s standpoint, the more PCIe cards (and hence DSP chips) are available, the more tracks can be edited and recorded digitally for a better final result.

By combining the power of PCIe expansion through an EB7 system with multiple such PCIe cards, the same PC can record substantially more tracks. Additionally the same system may contain storage controllers (SAS/SATA/SCSI) as well as the hard drives for recording the tracks – all inside one box, freeing much of the PC hardware for other tasks.

The table below shows a comparison between PCI and PCIe cards in terms of the number of recorded tracks.

Sampled	No. of tracks out of	Description/Notes
Frequency	maximum possible
48KHz	192 out of 192	Using EB7-x8 PCIe Expansion
96KHz	96 out of 96	Using EB7-x8 PCIe Expansion
192 KHz	36 out of 36	Using EB7-x8 PCIe Expansion
48KHz	144 out of 192	Using Magma CB4 PCI Expansion
96KHz	96 out of 96	Using Magma CB4 PCI Expansion
192 KHz	13 out of 36	Using Magma CB4 PCI Expansion

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