26 Nov
2003
26 Nov
'03
2:37 a.m.
I recommend to have a close look upon DA/AD-Convertor-Quality, 2
channels at top notch quality are better then 8 with compromized sound,
especially, if you want to use your recordings later on for professional
studiowork.
I use a Hi-End 2-channel card (Terratec EWX 24/96) and i am very pleased
with that even though i had to pay only about 200,- EUROS for it.
Plus: the card is perfectly supported by alsa - means, it is better
supported as by the Factorydriver terratec is offering for Win32 :-)
Duplex is also very important and not an issue with 24/96.
The chain is as weak as its weakest segment:
take care for good Cables, preamps etc
Am Mit, 2003-11-26 um 02.12 schrieb Erik Steffl:
I would appreciate some advices as to what HW do I
need to do some
simple recording.
Here's what I would like to be able to do:
tasks: record a guitar, possibly other instruments (not neccessarily
at the same time), record old vinyl from turntable etc. [using linux PC]
in:
few audio channels (I can think of using 2 or 4 so I guess I should
plan for about 8?)
midi
out:
just stereo audio? or optical digital something? does it make sense
to have many outputs?
midi
other:
full duplex, I think built in midi wavetable synth is good enough for
me, not sure about external mix (I've read recommendation to have one
but I'm not sure why).
I've read that Delta* cards are fairly good and well supported under
linux - looks like delta 66 is what I want? What about Delta 1010-LT -
same price, more in/out but no external box (=lower sound quality?).
What about midi? I'd like to have midi in/out and wavetable synth
(not sure if I really need synth). The sync-ing midi and audio is done
by apps so I don't have to worry about cards working well together?
I can read the specs but I'd really appreciate practical advices
since I have almost no experience (well, I have few audio cards:-).
TIA
erik