M P Smoak wrote:
Hi Dave and all,
"serious audio production" ? I think we might benefit by expanding
our view of what's serious audio and what's not. My current system, old
but stable, has a SBlive and runs Planet CCRMA RH9. My soon to be main
system has a SB Audigy. My understanding is that the Linux driver (that
I think Lee R wrote) is very good and I hope complete. It's working now
with Planet CCRMA fc7, although I've not yet tested it throughly yet.
What I see as a problem is the lack of documentation on the mixers and
indeed mixers for it. Many mixers listed at the linuxaudio site are
dead links; qamix that I used with rh9 isn't available; I haven't found
any mixer that has good documentation on how to use it.
I'm a user of audio and I real serious about playing and recording but
I'm not, and don't want be, an audio pro. I use audio in my consulting
work, mainly recording telephone meetings with clients. I also use it
as a musician. Linux is a tool, as is the soundcard.
Please, let's expand the definition of "serious audio" to folks that use
"consumer hardware". Seriously :>)
I've not had much problem with the connectors.
Hi Marv,
I don't believe I associated my use of the term with anyone's particular
workspace, nor do I mean to suggest that "serious audio production ==
audio professional". Even "audio professional" is subject to broader
definition, i.e. it doesn't necessarily refer to someone working in a
commercial recording studio.
I'll modify my original statement: Sure, you can be serious about audio
production with an SBLive, but you'll probably get better -sounding
audio from a Delta or RME device. The difference was certainly notable
here in my own studio.
Jam on.
Best,
dp