I use Fedora Core 5 + Planet CCRMA to record live audio into my PC... I generally only send line-level and mic-level into my onboard nforce3 soundcard. Unfortunately its a noisy card. What I'm looking for, ideally, will be a card with: XLR input mic level inputs Line level inputs high-impedance instrument-level inputs (not necessary, but would be nice) 5.1 output (doesn't need to be spdif) I don't currently need any MIDI capability, optical in/out, or anything too fancy. I'm not against these by any means, as they may become useful down the road. I realise my chances of getting a XLR input are slim as well. Most importantly I want a card that is fully supported under linux with high-quality recording capability with as little noice and fuss as possible. I'm quite picky about that. I've been looking at M-Audio Delta 1010LT, which would do everything I need, and more. Its about $200 and I was really hoping to spend a bit less than that. Also, I'd like to know if all the features of the Delta 1010LT are supported by ALSA. I've read about people who think its great and people who couldn't get it to work properly, I'd like to hear from someone who has used the various inputs for recording purposes. I was also looking at the Roland/Edirol UA-20, I'd like to hear some about these, as they seem to have decent linux support as well. Something like a Yamaha MW-10 would be awesome, but I do need linux support, afaik there is none for that device. -------------- | hollywoodb | --------------