On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 05:17 +1000, Mark Constable wrote: Last time i checked, the Audigy boards were actually using a fixed bitrate / sample width (16/48 if i'm not mistaken) internally, and did a "transparent" conversion to go to other values. Very ugly. Maybe Audigy4 is different (somehow i doubt it). I am also not sure about the quality of their hardware and converters, especially when compared to professional gear (see below). I'd rather look at _real_ cards for music applications, such as the M- Audio pro models (entry-level professional gear): http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.list&ID=pciinterfaces The Delta 1010 has been on my shopping list for a long time. RME makes very high quality products but they're more expensive (high- end professional gear): http://www.rme-audio.com/english/index.htm Just be aware that Fireface, their latest product, is not supported on Linux, but the rest works fine. HDSP9632 is the smaller, expandable card (modular). Multiface and Fireface are the bigger, fixed-config ones. http://www.rme-audio.com/english/hdsp/hdsp9632.htm http://www.rme-audio.com/english/hdsp/multifa.htm http://www.rme-audio.com/english/hdsp/digifa.htm All the cards mentioned above are used in music studios and featured in magazines and publications for musicians. I never heard about a musician to use Audigy. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/