16 Jan
2003
16 Jan
'03
6:50 p.m.
Paul,
I've been reading some stuff lately (I wish I could remember where)
about problems with USB and audio. I wouldn't recommend that path. If
he's going to go with an ice1712/envy24 card and he wants to put
together a small studio then the best bets are the M Audio Delta 44,
Delta 66, Delta 1010, Terratec EWS88MT, or ST Audio C-Port DSP2000
depending on how many channels you need and what features you want. I'm
using the DSP2000 with no problems and I know that there are quite a few
people using the Delta cards (I'm not sure about the Delta 1010LT
though).
Jan
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 11:28, Paul Winkler wrote:
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 10:23:44AM -0600, Richards, Ed
wrote:
Here is another good one.
Ed Richards
?
http://www.djcj.org/LAU/guide/audio_quality_HOWTO.htm
Thanks for the complement, but wow is it old.
But the point still stands that your best bet for a good
home studio is either an ice1712 based card, e.g.
the M-audio Delta series, or one of the RME cards.
there are now some interesting usb devices that are reported
to work but I don't know anything else.
Before buying anything, I'd search teh ALSA list archives
and the linux-audio-user archives for reports of success or trouble
with the card you're interested in.
Note that the ice1712 cards are all a little different...
some work easily out-of-the-box, some have given people trouble.
And some versions of ALSA have been more or less broken with
these cards. Get the latest ALSA, maybe even from CVS.
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