27 Jun
2008
27 Jun
'08
2:12 p.m.
On 27 June 2008 at 11:47, plutek-infinity <plutek(a)infinity.net> wrote:
OK, the hardware is not overkill. But, my wallet would probably
fall over dead. Actually, I do wish that I'd gone the RME route
from the start. But, I've got a pair of Delta 1010s and don't
want to go through the hassle of switching over. Eventually, my
computer will die and I won't be able to get a motherboard with
two PCI slots to run those units. I'm hoping that Firewire sound
adapters with pro specs and lots (>=16 full-duplex) of channels
will be working flawlessly by then. For some amount of time
Firewire might let me avoid motherboard specifics that impact
which sound adapters I use.
Not really,
just trying to give some sort of indication as to the
sound quality level of the adapter I'm after. The internal card of
the laptop is probably not good enough, though I should at least
confirm that. An RME setup might, might just be overkill for the
job. ;-)
to my mind, RME is never overkill -- just think of all the things you could do with your
lappy then.
Neither of my laptops is really all that powerful of a machine.
One of them is a 700MHz Pentium II. But, I can run Audacity on
them for post processing quite well, with patience that is.
I was hoping for an answer that a piece of gear like one of these
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/MAudio-Fast-Track-Pro-Mobile-USB-Aud…
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/PreSonus-AudioBox-USB?sku=243007
would work. Even better would be something cheaper. :-)
But, looking over the ALSA sound card matrix, it looks pretty sparse
for things which operate via USB.
Thanks....
--
Kevin