[LAU] hardware: recording voice and acc. guitar

[Joshua Boyd]

On May 27, 2008, at 6:44 AM, schoappied wrote:

> schoappied wrote:
>> Does the m-audio delta 44 and the audiophile 2496 have a midi  
>> function?
>> Can I connect a electr. piano with a midi output to these soundcards?
>>
>> Dirk
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> It seems that the delta 44 doesn't have digital I/O, can somebody  
> answer
> the above question and tell me where digital I/O is for?

The Delta 44 doesn't have digital IO.  That is what the extra two  
channels on the Delta 66 are.

If you mean what is digital IO for, it is a clean way to hook up to  
something that already has digital.  Ideas that come to mind are a  
DAT deck, a CD player, another computer, a synth with digital output  
(Alesis makes some),  speakers with digital ins, a pre-amp with  
digital out, etc.  Digital out can also be used for data streams,  
such as DTS, AC3, or Dolby E.

I most recently used digital out at home to connect a second computer  
to my USB audio interface (with built in mixer or sorts) for the  
purpose of sharing speakers.

At work I use digital audio extensively for AC3 and Dolby E.