27 Jun
2008
27 Jun
'08
7:41 p.m.
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc(a)cosgroves.us> wrote:
On 27 June 2008 at 22:10, "Martin Horn" <martin.horn(a)ostec.org> wrote:
I have an indigo dj pcmcia, and my only complaint is that I cannot use
it with my current favorite laptop (old ibook g3 with no pcmcia slot).
I had no issues with noise levels (pcmcia cards are very well shielded
and grounded). If all you need is something that sounds about as good
as the record player, any $30 usb 1 (which will work with any usb 1 or
2 port) soundcard is just about guaranteed to work with the
snd_usb_audio driver and many of them have rca cable inputs. Of course
your latency will be a bit high and sound quality less than perfect,
but the flac files should sound at least as good as your turntable
after capture.
You can get a Soundblaster Audigy PCMCIA for less
than 100 $
I think, it got just one input but the quality of record and
playback is fine. You also have 5.1 or 7.1 output or so with
that if you need it later. I think its supported by alsa as
well.
I'm nervous about internal cards, even PCMCIA w/o a breakout box,
being noisy.
The MAudio Fasttrack I can recommend as well
regarding the
quality, but just for recording in wav quality with 2 channels
there are cheaper solutions which will work...
Which flavor of Fasttrack do you have? The models I see are
"USB", "Pro", "Ultra" and "Ultra 8R". The last
two look
comparable to the Delta 1010. The "Pro" version retails for
$199. The "USB" version is around $149 (all this is US$) but
it's max sample rate is 48kHz whereas the others are all 96kHz.
The Tascam US-144 is around $144 US, and claimed by the ALSA
matrix to work.
Thanks....
--
Kevin
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