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PCIeExpansion SolutionswiththeEB2
In the following section we will take a look at possible PCI Express expansion solutions using Magma’s EB2 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 EB2 system with multiple such PCIe cards, the same PC can record substantially more tracks. Additionally the same system may contain a storage controller (SAS/SATA/SCSI) and the hard drives for actually 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.
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| 48KHz | 192 out of 192 |
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| Using Magma ExpressBox2 PCIe | |
| 96KHz | 96 out of 96 |
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| 192 KHz | 36 out of 36 |
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| 48KHz | 144 out of 192 |
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| Using Magma CB2 PCI Expansion | |
| 96KHz | 96 out of 96 |
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| 192 KHz | 13 out of 36 |
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