[LAU] outfitting a computer for songwriting in linux?

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi,
I would much prefer the pci option than using USB for this, yes.
second  I am going to put the computer together for this purpose, meaning 
nothing has been chosen.  Laughs on  the soundblaster idea, but I am new 
to this not realizing what good pci cards are supported by debian in 
general.
Thanks,
Kare


On Sun, 26 Jul 2015, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 10:31:01 +0200
> From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com>
> To: linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org
> Subject: Re: [LAU] outfitting  a computer for songwriting in linux?
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> Don't use USB for MIDI, it likely cause too much jitter. If Your
> computer provides PCI, you could buy cheap second-hand cards and just
> use the MIDI IOs. I don't know if there are already cheap PCIe cards
> available too. Btw. perhaps you are already satisfied with the audio
> quality of a cheap second-hand card. An envy24 second-hand prosumer card
> with two audio IOs for around 30,- € not necessarily does sound less
> good than a professional sound card for around 1000,- €. What card you
> need depends to the other equipment you use. Professional microphones?
> Professional 19" effect units? Do you need special interfaces, such as
> ADAT or AES/EBU? IOW "best quality" is an elastic term, so regarding to
> your request "I want the best quality I can find for the work", more
> information is needed. At least don't use USB for MIDI, you might not
> be able to notice the MIDI jitter, since this also is related to what
> you want to do, but USB MIDI does not provide "best quality".
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