Hallo, jose manuel berenguer alarcon hat gesagt: // jose manuel berenguer alarcon wrote:I am considering the possibility of running some multichannel pd patches in some machine running some linux distribution. The patches would reach some complexity and address sound over 6 independent analogic audio lines. Could anybody give me some advise about which linux distribution and hardware setup (computer and sound card) should be needed for such a project?If you just need 6 channel audio out, than most soundcards can do this in these days of "surround sound". If you want good quality you may want to buy something like the M-Audio Delta 1010(LT). Many cards based on that chipset (ICE1712/1724) are supported well by ALSA, they have great sound quality and lots of channels. If you need more than 12 mono channels out, you will need to buy a RME card. Regarding Linux: just install Demudi or Debian with the Demudi kernel. I wouldn't recommend Ubuntu for your setup. Ciao