[LAU] Sound card for recording guitar

[Steve Downes]

On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 05:04:36PM +0000, Will Godfrey wrote:
> 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/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> -- 
> Will J Godfrey
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Komplete Audio 6 worked out of the box or me on several computers (running debian & ubuntu). Slightly above your budget but I suspect you will not regret it.

Steve Downes