[linux-audio-user] Demudi looking good, soundcard advice?

[Alejandro Lopez]

Hi,

I've received some info from Emiliano (thanks again!) which I think may be 
useful to other users here (Marc?), so I'm now forwarding it.

Cheers,

Alex


De:  Emiliano Grilli <emiliano.grilli at poste.it>
Responder a:  Emiliano Grilli <emiliano.grilli at poste.it>
Enviado el:  jueves, 14 de octubre de 2004 20:49:09
Para:  Alejandro Lopez <alex_osiris at hotmail.com>
Asunto:  Re: [linux-audio-user] Demudi looking good, soundcard advice?

giovedì, 14 ottobre 2004 alle 13:42:00, Alejandro Lopez ha scritto:

>I'm now printing your email so I have your references handy when eventually 
>browsing or going to the shop. Many thanks Emiliano, that's really useful 
>information.

Thanx ;)
And note that these are only my opinions (based on my limited experience, I
have an staudio dsp2000 - the only non-working thing is the MIDI in - it is
a known bug but still unresolved; it has however 2 working MIDI outs and
phantom power on first two audio channels) - I can say that soundcards
based on the envy24 chip (all those I listed are) are probably the best
entry level "pro" interfaces working good on linux, for doing an additional
step you have to go to RME hw, which is more expensive.

Consider "consumer grade" soundcards (like soundblasters) only if you do
not plan to record from analog input, because the most weak part of these
cards is the ADC and the analog circuitry, but they are "honest" for
monitoring purposes (eg doing anything inside the pc). For example, if you
synthesize a sound with csound, the resulting file will be the same
regardless of what soundcard you have, you can even do that *without* any
soundcard ;)

Also, if you plan to buy a "pro level" card, bear in mind that is very
important to feed it with good external audio gear (particularly, a good
mixer and good microphones)

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