Doesn't the RME HDSP range support hardware mixing? I don't know how well this is supported in linux. They would provide everything except your points 3 and 7. Regards, Johan On Saturday 17 February 2007 21:45, Peter wrote: > Hi, > > since the years I put together my last computer, it is easier in every area of > hardware to find good components that also work on linux, EXCEPT on > sound-cards. Here are my requirements: > > 0) (solid) alsa support > 1) hardware mixing > 2) avaliable in shops > 3) Stereo output, Support Capturing from Microphone > //The following items are considered more of a wish, not necessities > 4) connected via PCI or even PCI Express > 5) 5.1 suport > 6) 24 bit > 7) price less than 100 $/Eur > > The soundcard(s) I used to use where the Creative cards based on the emu10k1 > chipset (SB Live!, Audigy2). These cards were great, but they aren't avalible > in any normal shop anymore (there are second hand cards on ebay though). When > viewing *all* the soundcards in a big (german) online hardware store I found > either the card was listed, but lacked hardware mixing, or the card was not > listed, or the card was not supported (most promenently the X-Fi cards from > Creative, which lack a driver, the situation has been covered on other > threads). > > > What I also don't understand is that I couldn't find many people alike me, > asking for some cards that work on linux and provide hardware mixing that can > actually be bought. Why is this? Some possible answers I can think of are: > > 0) linux people don't care about hardware mixing [why? software mixing in > linux is a big building site and was never capable to provide me the comforts > and possibilities I got with hardware mixing on the emu10k1 based cards.] > 1) There are some great sound-cards out there that satisfy points 0, 1 and 2 - > and people have been good at just using them and not telling me about them. > 2) linux people don't buy new hardware (but use their old sound-cards, and > they ever break) > > Peter > -- > If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom. > -- Robert Frost > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > -- You're never alone when you hear voices inside your head. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
