[linux-audio-user] A Newbie's New System?

[jordan muscott]

>Mark,
>
>> I also use an Audiophile 2496. That's 4 in - 4 out for about
>$150-$175. Two analog and two s/pdif.
>
>I could live with that. I do want S/PDIF for interfacing with my
>external decoder, the SB on my Windows machine, and my MiniDisc
>machine. Old-fashioned analog would be nice because I could connect
>directly to my old-fashioned analog mixer.
>
>But I don't see any Linux drivers for the 2496.
>

i think I'm right in saying that alsa ( http://alsa-project.org ) supports the Audiophile 2496 - the list of supported cards is here: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/ 

regards, Jordan.