I'm
currently looking at getting a new soundcard--the Hoontech was
really
only a temporary measure to get sound out of the
PC. Unfortunately,
it
seems that the SW1000 won't ever be supported
so it's not much use.
I'd like a card with balanced 24-bit analog I/O and SPDIF I/O. The
MiaMIDI
card seems to have these features. Does anyone
have experience with
this
card on a Linux system?
I also thought that a Delta66 would be suitable too.
I'll let others help you there. I'm using RME cards, but I use
external
A/D-D/A
Mark is right on here about PlanetCCRMA, Fernando keeps a very clean
shop and he is also an excellent source of help when you need it...and
you will need it :)
I have used various M-audio cards under Linux and found them to be
rather foolproof. In our studio we have two machines with 1010's and
one with an OmniStudio (Delta 66 plus I/O box) that run flawlessly.
Cards like these with the envy24 chipset also have a nice envy24control
panel which gives you access to mixer levels, clock source select,
sampling rate, route selection, etc, everything the M$/Mac version does
(your Hoontech card might also have the envy24 chip? I know the
Soundtrack DSP 24 does).
Another box (dual boot laptop) has an RME HDSP Multiface which I have
not used under Linux for a while, but there have been some exciting
recent developments for this card, including a TotalMix clone (see
RME's page). It might be worth checking into.
Kevin
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