24-bit/96KHz audio card with more than two optical or coaxial S/PDIF inputs?

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I'm trying to recreate the process of a mic'ed up piano with three mics to record bass midrange and treble as three unique tracks, but with a digital piano. I need to know if a sound card exists which has WDM drivers (this is a must), and more than two S/PDIF ins. 24/96 is preferable, but 24/48 is acceptable if necessary. I'm grateful for any help.
 
if " must have WDM drivers" means you are using sonar, I'd rethink. The RME cards will do what you want, DONT have WDM and yet work GREAT with sonar...look it up on the sonar forums or RME forums
 
I use software monitoring almost exclusively. Has a way around needing WDM drivers for that been found? If so, I'd love to know what it is. I also don't see any RME cards with more than one S/PDIF in. Can you point out the card or cards you're talking about?
 
Sorry I screwed up, about the spdifs...

it only has one set of spdif ins, and then multiple adat ins. There are some decent priced ADAT to spfid converters around tho, and I need to get one. About the getting around WDM, click on RME's site for acess to their forums and do a search...there are some HARDCORE sonar freaks in there raving :)
 
Thanks. I'll try there. Still, my belief is the fewer converters in a chain the better. I'm beginning to think a card with what I want doesn't even exist, lol.
 
Why do you need 3 spdifs? Each SPDIF is 2 channel. Does your keyboard have 3 spdif outs? Why not just use analog cables?

If you are already using convertors with spdifs (I'm guessing that is the reason) can't you record the piano part 3 times and mic it how you want for each pass? If you are using midi to replay the parts it shouldn't be that big of a deal.

There are multiple SPDIF cards but they are usually daughter boards for a bigger system. AES/EBU is the pro format and there are cards with multiple AES i/o.
 
I prefer to use direct digital recording as opposed to having mics set up unless we're talking about an accoustic instrument. What I am trying to do is isolate the keyboard's three sound ranges and record them as three individual tracks. The keyboard doesn't have an analog out, only S/PDIF optical. I was hoping to use a 1-to-3 Y-cable to do this.

I could get a better piano with AES outs I suppose. I'm trying to save money, and have more than two channels of audio for the piano, without having to tweak three tracks of both channels to make each one sound like a different range (bass, mid, treb). I'm lazy, I know. Lol.
 
What keyboard doesn't have an analog out? You can't split SPDIF that way either.

I would create a piano patch using the same piano sound split 3 ways over the keyboard then pan them left, middle, right. Then you will have a stereo panned piano the way you want it and it only requires a stereo output.
 
Well all it has is S/PDIF so... *shrugs* I'll just buy a new piano.
 
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