# What are the planned 128ch expansion cards? **URL:** \ **Category:** dLive General Discussions\ **Created:** [18 September 2016 16:38 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/what-are-the-planned-128ch-expansion-cards/5182 "2016-09-18T16:38:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vilddyret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a3d4f5/32.png) [@vilddyret](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/vilddyret)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2017 18:01 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/what-are-the-planned-128ch-expansion-cards/5182/21 "2017-02-01T18:01:33Z")
Hi A&H. Any news on ETA for MADI card? Regards, Tor ---
**Author:** ![NicB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.allen-heath.com/nicb/32/4389_2.png) [@NicB](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/NicB)\ **Post date:** [1 February 2017 22:56 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/what-are-the-planned-128ch-expansion-cards/5182/22 "2017-02-01T22:56:56Z")
@tor Looks like April-May. ---
**Author:** ![ddff\_lv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.allen-heath.com/ddff_lv/32/2493_2.png) [@ddff\_lv](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/ddff_lv)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2017 07:57 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/what-are-the-planned-128ch-expansion-cards/5182/23 "2017-02-02T07:57:42Z")
And how about Dante? ddff ---
**Author:** ![vilddyret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a3d4f5/32.png) [@vilddyret](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/vilddyret)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2017 10:55 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/what-are-the-planned-128ch-expansion-cards/5182/24 "2017-02-02T10:55:06Z")
Awesome Nicola! ---
**Author:** ![vilddyret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a3d4f5/32.png) [@vilddyret](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/vilddyret)\ **Post date:** [8 February 2017 22:21 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/what-are-the-planned-128ch-expansion-cards/5182/25 "2017-02-08T22:21:33Z")
@Nicola - my plan was to use the MADI card as a digital split to Digico SD8 console. But can you tell me if this could also be achieved with the M-Waves card connected to a Digico with Waves expansion, and if the “latency” will be the same on soundgrid vs MADI for digital split? I would very much like to be free from SRC, so a 96khz connection will be much preferred. ---
**Author:** ![NicB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.allen-heath.com/nicb/32/4389_2.png) [@NicB](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/NicB)\ **Post date:** [10 February 2017 10:51 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/what-are-the-planned-128ch-expansion-cards/5182/26 "2017-02-10T10:51:21Z")
@tor - I asked our friends at Waves and Digico and this is what I got: This can be done over Waves SoundGrid but… - You will need an external laptop running MultiRack or SGStudio to set up and control the network. The MultiRack on the SD8 will not be able to control the A&H M-Waves card directly. - You cannot clock the Digico from the SG port, so you’d have to make the dLive slave, OR provide a Wordclock to the Digico if you wanted dLive to be master. There is no real difference in using SG vs MADI in terms of latency. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![vilddyret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a3d4f5/32.png) [@vilddyret](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/vilddyret)\ **Post date:** [10 February 2017 12:16 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/what-are-the-planned-128ch-expansion-cards/5182/27 "2017-02-10T12:16:52Z")
Ok. But 2 A&H M-waves V3 cards can be used for digital split, without an extra connected control computer? Thanks for your help, but it is quite bad news for me 😃 hihi. But this just shows the inherent design failure of the soundgrid protocol - the absolute demand for a control computer attached to the network at all times. The soundgrid network/servers should be able to maintain all settings within themselves, and the attached computer should just be a “remote control” - it is beyond my understanding why they would design it in any other way. I will have to really cross my fingers for the dLive MADI card being ready before may 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![epalumbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c6cbf5/32.png) [@epalumbo](https://forums.allen-heath.com/u/epalumbo)\ **Post date:** [27 March 2017 18:16 UTC](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/what-are-the-planned-128ch-expansion-cards/5182/28 "2017-03-27T18:16:37Z")
Any word on Dante? [Previous page](https://forums.allen-heath.com/t/what-are-the-planned-128ch-expansion-cards/5182.md?page=1)