24 Oct
2002
24 Oct
'02
6:40 a.m.
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Peter L Jones wrote:
> I'm not a hardware expert so I can't answer to all these questions, but I
> can tell about the criteria I used when I selected my last card. My
> primary use is multitrack recording and mixing. I needed capability to
> record >2 channels, high-quality a/d and good support for low-latency and
> full-duplex. My choice was midiman delta44. It has 4 ins, an external
> a/d&a/d box (important for high-quality conversion), good ALSA drivers and
> wasn't too expensive (ie. a lot cheaper that the RME cards for instance).
> So far I've been very satisfied with this purchace.
Midiman Delta44 does not have an external DAC. Trust me, I have one and I've
looked inside the breakout box. :) IIRC only the Delta1010 has external DAC.
S/N for the Delta44 is ~96dB, compare to >100dB for the Delta1010.
Overall I like the Envy24 stuff, but currently I think the alsa driver has
some stability issues with my kernel (maybe from too many patches or that
proprietary NVidia junk).
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Andrew W. Schmeder
andy(a)e-molecule.com