Or would 32 audio channels be possible?
What is the max number of channels and what codec chips would be recommended for processing a large number of audio streams?
And at what maximum bit rate and sampling frequency?
I’m not near my documents right now, but I believe i2s is a serial protocol only which does not itself limit audio channels (think analogous to TCP/IP networking…this is insensitive to the protocol being transported). I’m not positive, but I believe it is an Intel highdef audio CODEC associated with that serial interface. Intel HD audio requires a minimum of 2-channel capability, but tops off at a maximum of almost 100 channels (not positive, maybe 96)…in the case of the JTX1 CODEC associated with the i2s I think it probably supports 8 channels (e.g., 7.1 surround sound). Limitations would apply to your question about maximum bit rate, which I do not know the limit of on the JTX1.