[linux-audio-user] Which audio card to use?

[Brian Redfern]

You have to be carefull with ice1712 cards if you run ATI Rage card for
video, I had that combo and couldn't get an undistorted recording with my
Audiophile card, then I sold the Audiophile and went back to using my
sblive card and all the latency issues went away.

http://www.brianredfern.org

On 16 Jan 2003, Jan "Evil Twin" Depner wrote:

> 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.
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > Paul Winkler
> > http://www.slinkp.com
> > Look! Up in the sky! It's THE WENCH!
> > (courtesy of isometric.spaceninja.com)
> 
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