[LAU] Sound card for recording guitar

[Will Godfrey]

On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 11:15:06 -0200
Gianfranco Ceccolini <gianfranco at portalmod.com.br> wrote:

> The ESI UGM 96 does an excelent job and works right out of the box in Linux.
> 
> http://www.esi-audio.com/products/ugm96/
> 
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> 2013/12/19 Roberto Suárez Soto <talkingxouba at gmail.com>
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm thinking about buying a new sound card for recording guitar. As most
> > recommendations I've seen on the Net are quite old (latest I could get was
> > from 2012), I'm asking here to get more current information :-)
> >
> > My current setup is a V-Amp 2 connected through the headphones' output and
> > a stereo jack to the line-in input in my computer. It's got an AMD Phenom
> > 945, 12GB RAM and a built-in HDA Intel clone. It works, but it's noisy and
> > I think it distorts sound when I pump up the volume. I've also tried a
> > Behringer UCG-102, but it adds a hefty amount of latency (60-70 ms as
> > measured by qjackctl).
> >
> > I'm not searching for anything "pro", just something cheap (<150€) to play
> > and sometimes record at home. I wouldn't mind a PCI/PCIe card, though I
> > worry that two or three years from now computers stop carrying PCI slots
> > and I have to get rid of it. Searching for USB compatible devices, I've
> > seen the Shappire 2i2, but reports of it working on Linux are mixed. A
> > pity, because it sure looks good :-)
> >
> > So, based on this, what would you recommend?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > --
> >     Roberto Suarez Soto                    We like to party
> >                                              Rock the party
> >
I'm using a Komplete Audio 6 which seems to work out of the box. Level is maybe
slightly on the low side but is very clean and not a hint of noise or
distortion, so appears to have plenty of headroom.

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Will J Godfrey
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