Hello,
I just heard of Nuendo branded RME PCI cards (the ones you connect to the
multiface or digiface). Do you know is there any difference between these
and the 'normal' PCI cards? And, most importantly, do these cards work under
Linux?
(Probably they are the same, but I wouldn't want to throw away hundreds of
euros)
Sampo
Using fc2, I've tried to compile audacity so I can use it with jackd.
Primarily so I can use my ice1712 (delta 44) recording card.
I'm completely frustrated, anyone successfully done this? I'd love some
help.
Daryl
yagerd001(a)hawaii.rr.com
Hello,
I'm setting a computer up for music and have a couple questions.
I am currently installing gentoo onto my computer and I am having difficulty
because I don't have much time to install. Should I just stick with gentoo
and get the install done eventually or can you suggest a better linux dist.
that is better?
I am looking at buying a firewire device instead of a pci card for my
soundcard. How well does linux support firewire devices? I'm looking at
buying the MOTU 828mkII if that helps at all.
Any suggestions and advice would be appreciated. Thanks,
Thomas
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and then at Mon, 23 Aug 2004 07:24:25 -0400, it was written ...
>> > > to. (You cannot directly connect a record player to most soundcards
>> > > because of RIAA distortion, you need a real phono input.)
Kids today ... RIAA distortion ... good grief! Standards based equalisation
designed to extract the optimal performance from the technology at hand - a
very sharp diamond tipped point tracking a dust coated furrow in relatively
soft vinyl - is not what's normally considered distortion.
The levels generated by quality magnetic pickups are real low, ~= 5mV
into ~= 50K termination, which is way below the specified line input levels
for the average soundcard. Plugging a phono cartridge directly into
line-in is asking for very poor signal to noise, virtually at the source.
For any expectation of quality, you need to put it through a low noise
preamp first, which is where the RIAA (de)equalisation is generally applied.
There's no problem with applying the eq later in the chain, eg, in Jamin,
but the problem of boosting the very low input level remains, suggesting
that a low noise preamp stage is needed for quality results. Then there's
the issue of termination impedance/capacitance characteristics affecting the
correctness of the frequency response of the phono cartridge's generated
output ... Naaaah, let's not go there.
Cheers folks, luv yer work!
Cal.
My main interest at present is in making archival recordings of
material that I originally recorded on audio cassette. My system
currently contains a C-Media CM8738 controller as part of the Asus
system board, which is recognized by Alsa. I assume that for quality
results I will need better sound hardware. I asked this question of a
local user's group last year and was informed that the M-Audio Delta
66 is of high quality and has good Alsa support. It was further suggested
that one of the USB A/D converters could be useful as it would also
work on a laptop.
Taking into account price, performance and driver support, what
options do you think I should consider?
To connect to a cassette tape recorder is it sufficient to run a cable
from its audio output to the input of the sound card, or is an audio
isolation transformer also necessary (not sure where one would acquire
this but I have heard that they are sometimes needed)?
There are informative reviews at http://www.linuxhardware.org/ but
they focus mainly on playback functionality rather than recording.
Any suggestions for a newcomer to the field would be most welcome.
Jason.
Hey,
thanks for the advice. I don't care too much on which distro is
easiest to install. I care more about how good it works for music
production. If you had the choice which one of the suggestions given would
you use?
About the firewire stuff. I think it is too bad that linux does not
support it at this point. There are lots of decent soundcards that are
firewire based. MOTU 828mkII, Edirol FA-101, Presonus Firepod. The only
decent pci card I can think of that has multiple ins/outs on it is the delta
1010. Firewire gives the posibility to use the soundcard on different
computers and portability is not a problem. It seems strange that the linux
community isn't heading in that direction. I understand that it takes alot
of work but I think that the firewire soundcards give alot more options than
the pci cards. Any comments?
Thomas
>
>On Sunday 22 August 2004 03:00 pm, Jan Depner wrote:
> > The easiest installation known to man - Fedora Core 1 (full load) and
> > Planet CCRMA.
> >
>
>Nah, pre-loaded is easier ;)
>
> > Jan
> >
> > On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 13:45, John Check wrote:
> > > On Sunday 22 August 2004 01:59 pm, Austin wrote:
> > > > On 08/22/2004 01:42:56 PM, Thomas Pickett wrote:
> > > > > I am currently installing gentoo onto my computer and I am having
> > > > > difficulty
> > > > > because I don't have much time to install. Should I just stick
>with
> > > > > gentoo
> > > > > and get the install done eventually or can you suggest a better
>linux
> > > > > dist.
> > > > > that is better?
> > > >
> > > > If you're a beginner and/or have limited time, gentoo is a really
>*bad*
> > > > idea.
> > > >
> > > > I'd suggest a binary-based distro, with an easy installer, and a
> > > > package manager with automatic dependency resolution. Mandrakelinux
>10
> > > > + contribs or + Thac's RPMS, or the combination of RedHat/Fedora +
> > > > Planet CCRMA packages would proabably be best.
> > > >
> > > > Debian has a great package manager, but crappy installer. SuSe is
>vice
> > >
> > > Debian installer isn't that bad, it's just not pretty to look at. If
>he
> > > got Gentoo installed, he'll feel positively coddled by the Debian
> > > installer.
> > >
> > > The other options you suggest are popular.
> > >
> > > > versa IMHO.
> > > >
> > > > Hope that helps.
> > > >
> > > > Austin
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->I'd only recommend USB for a Laptop. PCI is much easier to set up and
works more reliable. You also get "more bang for the buck" with PCI
cards, as USB cards tend to be a little bit overpriced. But if you're
on a budget and need one card for both laptop and stationary machine
(or if you hate screwdrivers), then USB is fine as well. It provides
enough bandwidth for high quality stereo recordings.<-
If you wanted to up the price a little bit, you could get something like
an RME HDSP Multiface, or a related card, that would allow you to use
the same unit with a PCI card in one machine and a cardbus on your
laptop.
Matt
